His Three Daughters

Strong sibling drama with Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen

Rob Peace

Strongly involving true story is a bit on-the-nose as it tackles big themes

The Whip

Likeable British comedy about a caper to take down the government

Firebrand

Complex, lavishly made drama about the only wife to survive Henry VIII

Starve Acre

British folk horror about a couple dealing with elemental nastiness

Apollo 13: Survival

Eye-catching archival documentary is far more riveting than most thrillers

Ocean is back
9.SEP: Clooney & Pitt will be back for Ocean's 14, probably joined by Damon, Affleck, et al
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Taylor-Johnson & Hardy team up for Fukunaga's Blood on Snow thriller
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Adams takes lead in LAZY SUSANS
Brie is Evil-Lyn in MASTERS movie
Harden & Muniz for RENNER thriller
Rose in Canaries for DROWNING POOL
Wallis & Statham stage a MUTINY
Yousafzai produces SEA WOMEN doc
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Charli wants sex
4.SEP: Charli XCX joins Wilde & Hoffman in Araki's artist-muse drama I Want Your Sex
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Neeson, Jupe, Grazer & Ryder lead heist comedy 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
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Baccarin joins WRECKING CREW
Mann, Fisher, Bluteau, Faris to SPA
Brooks & Butterfield in SOMETIMES
Goodluck & Oakes for GHOSTS
Panettiere is A BREED APART
Jarratt returns for WOLF CREEK 3
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Gwyneth is back
1.SEP: Paltrow will join Chalamet in Safdie's fictionalised biopic about a ping pong champ
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Keoghan joins Murphy and Ferguson in the Peaky Blinders movie
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Pine lands role in Italian KIDNAPPING
Bunny joins Aronofsky's STEALING
Spacek & Nolte reunite in DIE
Mikkelsen gets BACK TO REALITY
Woodall & Hoffman lead TUNER
THE INBETWEENERS 3 is incoming
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13 Sep:
LEE
THE CRITIC
MY OLD ASS
IN CAMERA
BROKEN BIRD
DEAD MONEY
DEAD TEENAGERS
MY FAVOURITE CAKE
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS
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20 Sep:
WOLFS
THE SUBSTANCE
STRANGE DARLING
EUREKA
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
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27 Sep:
MEGALOPOLIS
THE WILD ROBOT
LEE
THE OUTRUN
MY OLD ASS
NEVER LET GO
SLEEP
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4 Oct:
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT
HOME SWEET HOME: WHERE EVIL LIVES
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (50th anniv)
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APOLLO THIRTEEN: SURVIVAL
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
THE WHIP
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Let’s talk about sex
STAGE: Witty, inventive grown-up show The Sex Lives of Puppets is back at Southwark until 28th Sep...

25th FrightFest in London
FESTIVAL: Lots of great films at London's scary movie festival...

Reviews from the Fringe
FESTIVAL: A week of daily reports on shows at the Edinburgh Fringe...

August TV Roundup
SCREEN: Watching The Bear 3, Shogun, The Boys 4, The Acolyte, Fallout, The Curse and much more...

Warrior queens
STAGE: The colourful new musical Frankie Goes to Bollywood lands on London's Southbank until 18th Aug...

Embracing childlike wonder
STAGE: Jamie Allan brings his nostalgic magic show Amaze to Marylebone Theatre until 24th Aug...

I’m gonna live forever
STAGE: Dorian: The Musical gives Oscar Wilde's classic a gothic present-day spin at Southwark until 10 Aug...

Get to the punchline
STAGE: Zach Zucker's riotous alter-ego Jack Tucker's Comedy Standup Hour at Soho Theatre...

All for one and one for all
DANCE: National Youth Dance Company performs Wall at Sadler's Wells and on tour...

Just clowning around
STAGE: London Clown Festival kicks off with an opening night cabaret at Soho Theatre...

June TV Roundup
SCREEN: Ripley, Baby Reindeer,
Bridgerton 3, Hacks 3, Palm Royale,
Eric, Supersex, Steve! (Martin)...

Kindness is a survival skill
INTERVIEW: An encounter with
The Wild Robot's creative team at
Annecy Film Festival...

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DANCE: Carlos Acosta's Carmen
Shadows @ Sundance London
STAGE: Jazz Emu's Knight Fever
STAGE: Piece of Me at Camden
STAGE: Dave Hill's Caveman, Soho
STAGE: Opera Locos at the Peacock
APR TV: Mary & George, Fargo, Feud...
STAGE: Unfortunate at Southwark
STAGE: Tang Shu-wing's King Lear
STAGE: Why I Stuck a Flare
DANCE: Ray Young's Out, Baylis
STAGE: Flabbergast's Dream, Wiltons
DANCE: Assembly Hall, Sadler's Wells
Shadows @ BFI Flare
DANCE: McGregor at Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Blue at Seven Dials Playhouse
Shadows Awards Sweepstakes 2024
STAGE: Connor Burns at Soho Theatre
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Hoard

Bold stylish British drama is also rather elusive and overlong

Wolves Against the World

Ambitions heavy metal horror takes a jarring look at racism

Reagan

Dennis Quaid is solid in a pushy, simplistic biopic about a complex man

Close to You

Improv-style drama with Elliot Page is insightful but meandering

Broken Bird

Stylish and inventive British dramatic horror is relentlessly grim

Paradise Is Burning

Involving, startlingly raw Swedish drama about three feisty sisters

Merchant Ivory

Engaging doc looks at the iconic team behind 1980s period dramas

The Exorcism of Saint
Patrick
Provocative and knowing dramatic horror explores conversion therapy

Widow Clicquot

Swoony 19th century biopic about the grande dame of Champagne

Between the Temples

Quirky, warm comedy with Jason Schwartzman & Carol Kane

Strange Darling

Twisty, lurid serial killer thriller continually resets our expectations

Jackpot!

Enjoyably silly murderous action comedy with Awkwafina & John Cena

Alien: Romulus

With a retro style, this sequel finds familiar and effective scary moments

Ozi: Voice of the Forest

Brightly animated adventure with a pointed save-the-forest message

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BORDERLANDS
THE INSTIGATORS
TUESDAY
DANCE FIRST
SKY PEALS
DIDI
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
DETAINED
SEBASTIAN
CHUCK CHUCK BABY
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
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Kneecap

Blisteringly entertaining Irish comedy has something important to say

Black Dog

Witty, inventive drama set in the Gobi Desert about a dog and his man

Mandoob (Night Courier)

Quirky, fascinating drama from Saudi Arabia explores after hours life

Red Island

Beautufully observed drama about a French boy in Madagascar

Only the River Flows

Gritty and quirky Chinese mystery thriller has a terrific 1990s vibe

Hollywoodgate

Astonishing doc goes undercover as Taliban leaders discover an arsenal

Radical

Engaging and uplifting true story from Mexico, starring Eugenio Derbez

Twilight of the Warriors:
Walled In
Stylised 1980s Hong Kong action is genuinely thrilling and involving

The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola's surveillance masterpiece is back on the big screen

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Beautifully animated shipwreck adventure based on Morpugo novel

A Story of Bones

Powerfully important, involving doc about wilfully forgotten history

Crossing

Powerfully involving Georgian drama set in the margins of Istanbul

The Echo

Immersive narrative doc from Mexico explores generational feelings

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THELMA
SCALA!!!
DESPICABLE ME 4
SISI & I
QUEEN TUT
UNICORNS
KILL
THE NATURE OF LOVE
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