The Monkey

Outrageously grisly romp is blackly hilarious rather than scary

Barrio Boy

Light-handed and elusive, this Brooklyn drama has an emotional kick

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Glorious 50th anniversary restoration of Peter Weir's dreamy Aussie classic

I’m Still Here

Beautifully made, important drama from Brazil with Fernanda Torres

Invasion

Tough Dutch marines dive into action in sunny Caribbean locations

Bridget Jones: Mad About
the Boy
Renee Zellweger is back for further amusing singleton adventures

SHADOWS' AWARDS
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Kate takes on June
19.FEB: Winslet will star in and make directing debut with Goodbye June, with Collette, Mirren & Spall
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Wiig & Murray team up for Barbakow's comedy Epiphany
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Bardem leads BELOVED drama
Baccarin & Purefoy join MASTERS
Hawke & Crowe team for WEIGHT
Ackie & Nighy join Statham action
Jacobi, Rizwan, Eve for TINSEL
Hodge, Beesley, Feild in JACK RYAN
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Kerry gets political
16.FEB: Washington & Yeun are joining Affleck & Anderson in the political thriller Animals
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Keough & Keoghan team up for immigrant drama Butterfly Jam
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Dern joins Cooper's IS THIS ON
Qualley, Pearce, Brolin in STARS
Skarsgard & Bartlett for HOOD
Giamatti is Art Bell in DJ biopic
Teller is WWII hero cyclist BARTALI
Bautista leads sci-fi DREADNOUGHT
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Natalie & Lena unite
12.FEB: Portman & Dunham are teaming up to make the couples therapist romcom Good Sex
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Radcliffe & Hedges will star in Vietnam War thriller Trust the Man
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McConaughey in Greengrass' RAGE
De Niro leads THE WHISPER MAN
Pearce for MR SUNNY SKY romance
Coel & McKellen in CHRISTOPHERS
Gunning joins Ramsay for DANCER
Wilson & Ritchson in RUNNER
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28 Feb:
THE LAST SHOWGIRL
THE END
MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE
A SLOTH STORY
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN
SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON
CHANG'AN
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7 Mar:
MICKEY 17
DAY OF THE FIGHT
ONE OF THEM DAYS
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
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14 Mar
OPUS
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP
BLACK BAG
SISTER MIDNIGHT
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21 Mar:
SNOW WHITE
THE ALTO KNIGHTS
FLOW
SANTOSH
WHEN AUTUMN FALLS
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28 Mar:
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD
A WORKING MAN
DEATH OF A UNICORN
THE END
TIME TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS
HOLY COW
VIET AND NAM
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Looking for love
DANCE: Pina Bausch's monumental Vollmond (full moon) returns to Sadler's Wells until 23rd February...

The winner takes it all
STAGE: Europeans compete to remain in Britain in the riotously clever Miss Brexit at Clapham's Omnibus...

Who do you trust?
STAGE: Antigone [on strike] brings
headlines to dazzling life at
Park Theatre until 22 Feb...

Down the rabbit hole
STAGE: Dave Florez's snappy black comedy The Gift is at Park Theatre until 1st March...

In a really good place
STAGE: Amrou Al-Kadhi brings alter-ego Glamrou, and her straight-talking Iraqi mother, to Soho Theatre...

A mi manera
STAGE: Alejandro Postigo presents an engaging masterclass in dramatic Spanish music until 26th Jan...

Rich’s Best & Worst of 2024
44th SHADOWS AWARDS:
Recapping the year with lots of lists...

December TV Roundup
SCREEN: Disclaimer, A Man on the Inside, Monsters, Perfect Couple, Only Murders 4, Heartstopper 3 and more...

This is the greatest show
STAGE: Riches and Kearns are hilarious as Ball and Boe for 14 nights only at Soho Theatre...

A gleeful panto mashup
STAGE: Potted Panto makes a triumphant return to Wilton's Music Hall for the holidays...

Walk away the blues
DANCE: Rosas brings Exit Above,
an extraordinary explosion of
movement, to Sadler's Wells...

Run, stop, fall, rise
DANCE: RB Dance Company brings its award-winning tap-dancing sensation Stories to the Peacock until 2nd Nov...

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COMEDY: Larry Dean's Dodger on tour
STAGE: Filibuster at Jackson's Lane
INTERVIEW: The Wild Robot team
COMEDY: Paly & Jay's Roadshow
DANCE: Chicos Mambo's playful Tutu
STAGE: Foreverland at Southwark
AUG TV: Bear, Shogun, Acolyte...
DANCE: Frontiers at Sadler's Wells
Shadows @ London Film Fest
DANCE: Khan's Giselle, Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Sex Lives of Puppets returns
DANCE: Resurgence at Sadler's Wells
Shadows @ London's FrightFest
Shadows @ Edinburgh Fringe
STAGE: Jamie Allan's Amaze, London
STAGE: Frankie Goes to Bollywood
JUN TV: Ripley, Bridgerton, Hacks...
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Captain America:
Brave New World
Sam is back with a new sidekick and a collection of shadowy villains

Paddington in Peru

The loveable bear heads off on an entertaining Amazon adventure

The Dead Thing

Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon in an entertaining but very silly romcom

The Sloth Lane

Colourful Latin-flavoured animated comedy is goofy but entertaining

Drained

British indie is a grisly, emotionally charged take on the vampire genre

Cottontail

Observational, meandering drama travels from Tokyo to Great Britain

Love Hurts

Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose take on inventive action and a silly plot

The Fire Inside

Ryan Destiny is terrific in this biopic about boxing champ Claressa Shields

Companion

Snappy, bracingly nasty thriller with Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid

You’re Cordially Invited

Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon in an entertaining but very silly romcom

Luther: Never Too Much

Entertaining doc chronicles the career of iconic musician Luther Vandross

Star Trek: Section 31

Choppy action comedy nuttiness with a strong cast led by Michelle Yeoh

Presence

Hushed supernatural drama about a family being watched by a ghost

Back in Action

Ridiculous but fun action comedy with Jamie Foxx & Cameron Diaz

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WOLF MAN
HERE
WILLIAM TELL
VERMIGLIO
GRAND THEFT HAMLET
GET AWAY
SANTOSH
IT'S RAINING MEN
EXTREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC
LADY LIKE
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3
HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS...
MUFASA: THE LION KING
KRAVEN THE HUNTER
QUEER
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Memoir of a Snail

Stop-motion stunner is engaging as it grapples with very dark themes

To a Land Unknown

Smart, engaging story follows scrappy Palestinian migrants in Athens

Desire Lines

Inventive mix of documentary and drama explores masculinity

Bonus Track

Charming British coming-of-age romance about teen musicians

September 5

Riveting thriller about journalists covering the Munich 1972 attack

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Riveting, slow-burn Iranian thriller is unflinching and boldly important

Hard Truths

Mike Leigh's astute drama is anchored by an on-fire Marianne Jean-Baptiste

No Other Land

Powerfully important doc takes a personal look at the West Bank

Saturday Night

Kinetic, enjoyably chaotic comedy about the very first SNL broadcast

The Brutalist

Toweringly ambitious, powerfully involving epic immigrant story

The Colours Within

Sophisticated anime teen drama is full of music and emotional resonance

A Complete Unknown

Bracingly well-made Bob Dylan drama starring Timothee Chalamet

The Writer

Provocative two-hander about old friends is thoughtful and moving

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A REAL PAIN
MARIA
BABYGIRL
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
NICKEL BOYS
VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
NOSFERATU
WE LIVE IN TIME
WHO I AM NOT
2073
BETTER MAN
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