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100 films to look forward to in 2026 – part one
We may still be deep in the 2025 awards cycle for a few more months, but that’s no excuse for looking…
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The Voice Of Hind Rajab review – essential, if…
This is a near impossible film to review. In a world flooded with propaganda and misinformation about the genocide in Gaza, Kaouther…
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Rental Family review – Brendan Fraser shines in…
Since playing a toothpaste superhero in an advertisement, down-on-his-luck actor Phillip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser) has been living in Tokyo for several…
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State of Statelessness review – an intimate…
This is a film about the constant sense of being slightly out of step with where you are standing, rendered with…
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Giant review – another tired boxing biopic for…
It’s nearing a quarter-century since the retirement of “Prince” Naseem Hamed, Sheffield’s world champion boxer of Yemeni heritage. For a while, in…
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Peter Hujar’s Day review – Ira Sachs’ best film…
It’s only a matter of time before kids are doing the Peter (Hujar) Pilgrimage: a leisurely photographer’s stroll down New York’s 2nd…
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Chloé Zhao: ‘There’s a desire for the language of…
The career ascent of writer/director Chloé Zhao has been immense, taking in intimate indie dramas (Songs My Brother Taught Me,…
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Hamnet review – Jessie Buckley could make a stone…
This is a film about what it means to have children and the pulverising consequences that come from potentially losing them…
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Avatar: Fire and Ash review – another James…
Despite its entirely digital construction and sometimes uncanny mix of 24 and 48FPS 3D, Avatar: Fire and Ash is full…
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Coming of age with Rob Reiner
“It was the summer of 1959, a long time ago. But only if you measure it in terms of years.” Richard…
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