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Caught Stealing


Enjoyably scrappy crime comedy with Matt Smith and Austin Butler


The Toxic Avenger


Extremely silly folk hero remake is a mess but keeps us laughing


Row


Fragmented trans-Atlantic rowing thriller has a visceral sense of dread


The Thursday Murder Club


Cosy British whodunit with Ben, Helen, Pierce and their all-star pals


Big Boys


Internalised comedy-drama about a teen on a momentous camping trip


Young Mothers


Bracing Belgian drama sends five teen mothers on powerful journeys

film news
Halle in Paris
27.AUG
: Berry will play a New York housewife turned Paris escort in Foumbi's drama Fleur.
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Lively will produce and star in action romantic comedy The Survival List
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Tillman is joining SPIDER-MAN 4
Farmiga to Walberg's WEEKEND
Sandler & Levy make DAD CAMP
Wonders & Wilde join OCTOBER
Pressly & Newman take LAST SHOT
Gyasi is slave poet in THE BARD
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Jason sets sail
24.AUG
: Momoa will star in Leitch's next big action movie, which will be set on a pirate ship
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Gyllenhaal & Costner team up for comedy Honeymoon With Harry
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Hall & Faris back for SCARY MOVIE 6
Pearce & O'Connell in Boyle's INK
Wright & Spencer in new SALESMAN
Gillan joins Stahelski's HIGHLANDER
Luna for footbal drama MEXICO '86
McKellen & Wood back for GOLLUM
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Brie and friends
20.AUG
: Larson, Quaid, Golding & Collins will
team up for Orley's Close Personal Friends
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Haddish, Grace, Sawa & Macchio to star in thriller The Girl in the River
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Stanfield, Clarke, Claflin go F.A.S.T.
Wiig will voice MASTERS's Roboto
Huller, Diehl, Madeley to 1949
Park for sci-fi comedy BETTER LIFE
Penn, Redd, Pally in PASSWORD
Johnson is Luhrmann's JEHANNE
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box office

coming soon

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5 Sep:
THE CONJURING: LAST RITES
ON SWIFT HORSES
HONEY DON'T
TWINLESS
THE CUT
CHRISTY
PAUL & PAULETTE TAKE A BATH
RIEFENSTAHL
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12 Sep:
DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE
SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES
THE LONG WALK
ISLANDS
DIRTY BOY
TRAUMATIKA
DREAMS
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19 Sep:
A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY
STEVE
SAIPAN
SOVEREIGN
SOLO
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26 Sep:
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
ELEANOR THE GREAT
MOTHER'S PRIDE
BETTER DAYS
THE DEAD OF WINTER
ELLIS PARK
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3 Oct:
THE SMASHING MACHINE
HIM
URCHIN
ANEMONE
GOOD BOY
MORE >>


Recently published reviews:
LURKER
PAUL & PAULETTE TAKE A BATH
ODYSSEY
213 BONES
THE HOME
PIG HILL
YOUR HOST
NIGHT OF VIOLENCE
DON'T LET THE CAT OUT
WHERE IS JUAN MOCTEZUMA?
SANE INSIDE SANITY
THE DEGERATE

stage & more
26th FrightFest
Scary movies in Leicester Square...


Learning to let go

STAGE
Lorenzo Allchurch's Lost Watches at the Park Theatre until 23rd Aug...


July TV Roundup

SCREEN Too Much, The Bear 4, Squid Game 3, Andor 2, The Last of Us 2, Sirens, Murderbot and more...


Dorian TV Award winners

SCREEN Hacks, The Pitt and Adolescence take top Galeca prizes...


Can you see the real me?

DANCE
Quadrophenia: a dazzling mod ballet at Sadler's Wells until 13th July...


Trying to put on a show

STAGE
Kiki & Herb's triumphant return at Soho Theatre Walthamstow...


From a meow to a roar

STAGE
Fresh from Glastonbury, Otto & Astrid bring The Stages Tour to London...

33rd Raindance Film Fest
In Central London until 27th June...


Defying gravity in the gloom

DANCE
Botis Seva's Until We Sleep rattles us to the core at Sadler's Wells East...


We’re all perfectly safe

STAGE
Simon Kane's surreal Jonah Non Grata at Soho Theatre, then at the Fringe...


Send in the clowns

STAGE
London Clown Festival rambunctiously kicks off at Soho Theatre...


Body and soul

DANCE
Phoenix Dance Theatre: Inside Giovanni's Room at Sadler's East...


May TV Roundup

SCREEN The White Lotus 3, Hacks 4, Adolescence, The Four Seasons, The Studio, Mid-Century Modern, more...

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Shadows @ SXSW London
DANCE: Detention at The Place
STAGE: Blood Wedding at Omnibus
STAGE: How to Fight Loneliness
STAGE: Plied & Prejudice at Vaults
DANCE: Snow White: The Sacrifice
DANCE: Skatepark at Sadler's East
STAGE: Jab at Park Theatre
MAR TV: The Residence, Paradise...
INTERVIEW: Summer With Carmen
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now showing

Little Trouble Girls


Provocative but elusive Slovenian drama about teens in convent school


The Life of Chuck


Sentimental and involving existential odyssey with Tom Hiddleston


Grand Prix of Europe


Corny but very cheerful animated action comedy about racing critters


Sex


The Oslo Stories Trilogy wraps up with thoughtful, provocative conversations


Red Sonja


Entertaining but over-serious new take on the fearsome fantasy heroine


The Ceremony


Eye-catching Yorkshire drama is intense but underdeveloped


Ne Zha 2


Lively Chinese animated epic is back with an English-language voice cast


The Home


Derivative horror in an old folk's home, starring Pete Davidson


Nobody 2


Another dose of gleefully grisly action comedy with Bob Odenkirk and family


Fixed


Deliberately rude animation about a family dog on a wild night out


Love


Oslo Stories Trilogy continues with this smart exploration of connections


Bambi: A Tale of Life in
the Woods

Nature documentary retelling of the classic 1923 tale about a young deer


Freakier Friday


Fab duo Jamie Lee Curtis & Lindsay Lohan have more body-swap antics


The Pickup


Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson lead a dopey but watchable action comedy

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SKETCH
THE MUSICIANS
THE BAD GUYS 2
BRING HER BACK
OH, HI!
SHOSHANA
GAZER
SMURFS
FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE
FRIENDSHIP
SUPERMAN
HARVEST
HIDDEN MASTER
HEADS OF STATE
THE OLD GUARD 2
THE SHROUDS
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recommended

Lurker


Inventive, insightful celebrity entourage drama is deeply involving


Motel Destino


Stunning Brazilian thriller is a bold spin on the femme fatale genre


Sorry, Baby


Smart, pointed comedy with Naomi Ackie and writer-director Eva Victor


Eddington


Ari Aster's complex, messy and dark satire set in the Covid-era Wild West


Dongji Rescue


Rousing thrills as Chinese fishermen defy the Japanese during WWII


Battleship Potemkin


For its 100th anniversary, Eisenstein's influential masterwork is restored with a Pet Shop Boys score


Materialists


Celing Song's smart, skilful spin on the romcom stars Dakota Johnson


Together


Inventively grotesque body horror with Alison Brie and Dave Franco


Weapons


Grisly horror is unusually entertaining thanks to unhinged sense of humour


Young Hearts


From Belgium, this charming coming-of-age drama explores first love


Stans


Inventive documentary follows Eminem through his fans' eyes


2000 Meters to Andriivka


Engulfing battlefield doc skilfully embeds us in the Ukraine war


The Naked Gun


Refreshingly silly-funny spoof with Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson

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LATE SHIFT
DREAMS
THE FANTASTIC 4: FIRST STEPS
DYING
SOVEREIGN
UNICORNS
THE OTHER WAY AROUND
BABY
JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH
PONYBOI
SALT WATER
RED PATH
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