Our film critic reviews the latest and most noteworthy film releases
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Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: Canada / USA | Running time: 133 min | Genres: Comedy, Drama | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson | Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest masterpiece is a nostalgic love letter to seventies Hollywood, which is
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Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: United Kingdom | Running time: 116 min | Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery | Director: Edgar Wright | Starring: Thomasin McKenzie Anya Taylor Joy, Matt Smith. | BBFC 18 By Jack Weir Edgar Wright’s latest psychological horror film follows aspiring fashion designer Eloise, who after moving to London to study
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Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands | Running time: 116 min | Genres: Drama, Comedy | Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Starring: Mads Mikkelsen Thomas Bo Larsen. | BBFC 12A By Jack Weir Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film is a complex and realistic depiction of drinking culture, skilfully demonstrating both the highs and the
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Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: USA | Running time: 120 min | Genres: Drama, Music | Director: Darius Marder | Starring: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Darius Marder’s directorial debut stars Riz Ahmed as Ruben, a heavy metal drummer who blows out his eardrums during a show
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Release date: 2019 | Country: USA, China | Running time: 100 min | Genres: Comedy, Drama | Director: Lulu Wang Starring: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo | BBFC PG By Jack Weir Lulu Wang’s The Farewell stars Awkwafina as Billi, a Chinese-American woman becoming accustomed to her eastern culture after years living in New
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Release date: 1988 | Country: Japan | Running time: 124 min | Genres: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Writers: Katsuhiro Ôtomo and Izô Hashimoto | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Akira’s cultural impact is immeasurable, creating the cyberpunk genre and single-handedly projecting anime into western culture for the first time. Watching it
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Release date: 1999 | Country: USA | Running time: 119 min | Genres: Drama | Director: Tony Kaye | Starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir American History X follows Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard, an ex neo-nazi, in his attempts to stop his younger brother from going down the same dark
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Release date: 2019 | Country: South Korea | Running time: 132 min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller | Director: Bong Joon Ho | Starring: Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jol | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Boon-joon Ho’s latest masterpiece is thematically very important, exploring themes not often present in Hollywood such as class mobility
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Release date: 2019 | Country: USA | Running time: 135 min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller | Directors: Benny & Josh Safdie | Starring: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Idina Menzel | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir The Safdie Brothers’ newest film brought me more creative inspiration than any film I’ve seen in years. The art
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Release date: 2019 | Country: UK - France - Belgium | Running time: 101 min |Genre(s): Drama |Director: Ken Loach |Starring: Debbie Honeywood, Kris Hitchen, Rhys Stone |BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Ken Loach’s latest tour de force is a tragic critique on “zero-hour” contracts and their devastating effects on