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The Outrun


Saoirse Ronan and the Orkney setting elevate a familiar rehab story


Things Will Be Different


Fiendishly inventive time travel thriller centres on a sibling relationship


All Kinds of Love


Relaxed romantic comedy is sexy, warm and somewhat predictable


Salem’s Lot


New adaptation of Stephen King's novel goes for easy scares


Daaaaaalí


Riotously surreal biopic about Salvador Dali is ingeniously playful


Maya and the Wave


Beautifully shot documentary about surfing legend Maya Gabeira

film news
Saoirse in Narnia
4.OCT: Ronan reteams with Gerwig
for a new movie series based on CS Lewis' classic book series
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Day-Lewis returns to acting in Anemone, alongside Bean & Morton
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Berry in Hemsworth's CRIME 101
Keough, Turner, Bell for PRUNING
Graham & Strong join NOWHERE
Clarke/Bigelow reunite for thriller
Tyldum remakes Hitchcock's ROPE
Dunaway joins EVILRY thriller
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Margot on the moor
27.SEP:
Robbie & Elordi will star in Fennell's new take on the classic novel Wuthering Heights
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Monroe leads remake of 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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Roth joins PEAKY BLINDERS movie
Steenburgen, Harris, Stiller in DINK
Bakalova & Cherry are WRONG
Shannon & Ruck on VACATION
Soni leads FADE TO BLACK thriller
Smith will produce Latifah biopic
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Colman faces UFOs
22.SEP: Domingo joins Spielberg's
next project, alongside Blunt, Firth, O'Connor and Hewson
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Lopez and Goldstein have an Office Romance, cowritten by Goldstein
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Cena leads the MATCHBOX movie
Arjona up for ONSLAUGHT action
Tyler joins Chalamet's MICKEY
Jamil, Gage, Laviscount join PEOPLE
Apa is Nowell in SUBLIME biopic
Robbie produces THE SIMS movie
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box office

coming soon

11 Oct:
68th London Film Festival
WE LIVE IN TIME
SATURDAY NIGHT
TRANSFORMERS ONE
HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN
PIECE BY PIECE
SALEM'S LOT
PORTRAITS OF DANGEROUS WOMEN
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18 Oct:
THE WILD ROBOT
ANORA
SMILE 2
THE CRIME IS MINE
HARD TRUTHS
TIMESTALKER
KENSUKE'S KINGDOM
STUNTMAN
IN RESTLESS DREAMS
SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS
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25 Oct:
EMILIA PEREZ
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
NICKEL BOYS
YOUR MONSTER
LAYLA
MEMBERS CLUB
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1 Nov:
HERE
ANORA
EMILIA PEREZ
BLITZ
JUROR #2
HERETIC
A REAL PAIN
HOME SWEET HOME: WHERE EVIL LIVES
SUPER/MAN
THE DIVIDED ISLAND
MORE >>

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Recently published reviews:
PORTRAITS OF DANGEROUS WOMEN
WE LIVE IN TIME
DERELICT
FRIGHT
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
SALEM'S LOT

stage & more

Kindness is a survival skill

INTERVIEW: An encounter with
The Wild Robot's creative team at
Annecy Film Festival...


Who wants to live forever

STAGE: Emma Hemingford's new play Foreverland at Southwark Playhouse Borough until 19th Oct...


Dazzling and demanding

DANCE: Frontiers showcases striking work from three Canadian choreographers at Sadler's Wells...


It’s time to party

COMEDY: Paly & Jay bring Ultimate Roadshow to London: Kings Head 25-28 Sep, Soho Theatre 29 Oct-3 Nov...


Love beyond barriers

DANCE: Akram Khan brings his powerful take on Giselle to Sadler's Wells until 28th September...


Let’s talk about sex

STAGE: Witty, inventive grown-up show The Sex Lives of Puppets is back at Southwark until 28th Sep...


Tempting and triumphant

DANCE: London City Ballet makes a Resurgence at Sadler's Wells nearly 30 years later...


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...


Embracing childlike wonder

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


Warrior queens

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

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STAGE: Dorian musical at Southwark
STAGE: Jack Tucker at Soho Theatre
JUN TV: Ripley, Bridgerton, Hacks...
DANCE: NYDC's Wall, Sadler's Wells
STAGE: London Clown Festival, Soho
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
Shadows @ BFI Flare
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now showing

Beauty Grace Malice


Low-budget thriller is a bit rough but has strong character moments


Megalopolis


Coppola's ambitious passion project gets rather messy but is also dazzling


Lee


Kate Winslet is excellent in this biopic about photographer Lee Miller


Hellboy: The Crooked Man


Continuing adventures of the snarky demon are genuinely funny and scary


Rez Ball


Rousing basketball drama touches on big issues in the Navajo nation


Sleep


Fiendishly clever pitch-black Korean ghost comedy gets under the skin


Inherit the Witch


Low-budget British horror has enough wit and style to be a guilty pleasure


Notice to Quit


Easy-going comedy about a single dad on a momentous day in New York


Strange Darling


Impressive, outrageously rug-pulling thriller about a serial killer


Eureka


Playful, cleverly elusive three-part drama about indigenous peoples


The Critic


Ian McKellen is terrific even as this British period mystery turns soapy


The Queen of My Dreams


Colourful Canadian drama uses clever touches to explore cultural roots


Dead Teenagers


Riffing on teen movies, this meta-horror movie is fiercely original


Dead Money


Slick and pacey but cliche-riddled poker thriller with Emile Hirsch

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BROKEN BIRD
ROB PEACE
THE WHIP
FIREBRAND
STARVE ACRE
HOARD
WOLVES AGAINST THE WORLD
CLOSE TO YOU
REAGAN
PARADISE IS BURNING
MERCHANT IVORY
THE EXORCISM OF SAINT PATRICK
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recommended

My Old Ass


Fiercly original, entertaining comedy about a teen who meets her older self


Transformers One


Strikingly well made animated origin story is funny and thrilling


The Substance


Deliciously over-the-top fable about body image with Demi Moore


Will & Harper


Beautifully intimate road-movie doc about Will Farrell and Harper Steele


Girls Will Be Girls


Insightful, refreshingly unflinching coming-of-age drama from India


In Camera


Witty British drama inventively explores an actor's inner life


Speak No Evil


Expertly made thriller gradually builds real suspense before it pounces


Winner


Snappy and astute whistleblower biopic starring Emilia Jones


My Favourite Cake


Beautifully made Iranian drama about a lovely late-in-life romance


Apollo 13: Survival


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


His Three Daughters


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


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

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MANDOOB (NIGHT COURIER)
RED ISLAND
ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS
HOLLYWOODGATE
RADICAL
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS
THE CONVERSATION
A STORY OF BONES
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