

Richs Best & Worst of 2025
THE 45th SHADOWS AWARDS
More lists than you can count...

Grounded in Indian soil
INTERVIEW:
Chatting with filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade about his acclaimed romance Cactus Pears...

February TV Roundup
SCREEN:
The Beauty, Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things 5, The Night Manager 2, Wonder Man, Industry 4, more...

Remember my name
DANCE 
Pina Bausch's Sweet Mambo premieres at Sadler's Wells, until 21st Feb...

More relevant than ever
INTERVIEW:
Writer-director Bill Condon and actor Tonatiuh talk about Kiss of the Spider Woman...

Married to the job
STAGE 
Gecko's sparky The Wedding explores social contracts, at Sadler's East...

Tale as old as time
STAGE 
Charing Cross Theatre's adult panto Beauty and the Beast until 11 Jan...

Let it all hang out
STAGE 
Cheeky song and dance in Boys in the Buff, Golden Goose until 10th Jan...

The boss new groove
DANCE 
ZooNation's dazzling hip-hop Ebony Scrooge, Sadler's East until 4 Jan...

A Victorian night out
STAGE 
The Great Christmas Feast, an immersive dinner & show until 4 Jan...

Make the yuletide gay
STAGE 
The Fit Prince is hilarious holiday anarchy, at King's Head until 3 Jan...

November TV Roundup
SCREEN
Boots, Only Murders 5, Chad Powers, Peacemaker 2, MobLand, Morning Show 4, Alien: Earth, more...

Step back in time
STAGE 
RVT panto Growled is a riotous spin on Beauty and the Beast, until 3rd Jan...
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STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's Magic
DANCE: Ballet Black's Shadows
DANCE: NDT's Figures in Extinction
DANCE: Thikra at Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Get Down Tonight, Charing X
SEP TV: Chief of War, Wednesday...
DANCE: Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Dont Die 
Madcap sci-fi comedy thriller with a time-travelling Sam Rockwell

Scare Out 
Sleek Chinese counter-espionage thriller is choppy but intriguing

Jimmy and Stiggs 
Outrageous yucky home-made horror from actor-filmmaker Joe Begos

Whistle 
Gleefully grisly high school horror romp starring Dafne Keen

The Day the Earth Blew Up 
Colourful and kinetic Looney Tunes movie feels random and unfocussed

Broken Bird 
Energetic concert film featuring the sensational K-pop boy band

Hamlet 
Riz Ahmed stars in a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's classic

Jimpa 
Warmly pointed Australian drama with Olivia Colman and John Lithgow

The Chronology of Water 
Kristen Stewart's mbitiously artful debut is painterly and ingulgent

All Thats Left of You

Emotional, melodramatic epic sees Palestine's history through a family

Stray Kids: The DominATE Experience 
Energetic concert film featuring the sensational K-pop boy band

The Wrecking Crew 
Jason Momoa & Dave Bautista unleash carnage in likeable romp

Kangaroo 
Adorable joeys populate this charming, often silly Aussie romp

Worldbreaker

Post-apocalyptic thriller is sharply well made, but oddly underwritten
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PRIMATE
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
THE RIP
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
THE HOUSEMAID
THE PLAGUE
SPONGEBOB: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
ELLA McCAY
ELEANOR THE GREAT
PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE
A FEW FEET AWAY
OH. WHAT. FUN.
MAGAZINE DREAMS
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS
SANDBAG DAM
ZOOTOPIA 2
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All You Need Is Kill 
Vistually lavish, narratively exciting animated alien invasion action

Palestine Comedy Club 
Engaging doc about standup comics who bring laughter amid tragedy

The Secret Agent 
Ripping all-star heist thriller with Chris Hemsworth & Halle Berry

Kokuhō 
Sumptuous, involving Japanese drama about kabuki theatre actors

Cold Storage 
Entertainingly grisly comedy with Georgina Campbell & Joe Keery

Wasteman 
Gritty, inventive British prison drama with David Jonsson & Tom Blyth

If I Had Legs Id Kick You 
Rose Byrne is astonishing in cleverly unhinged motherhood drama

A Private Life 
Bustling French mystery thriller with Jodie Foster & Daniel Auteuil

Wuthering Heights 
Emerald Fennell's delightfully excessive film of the Bronte classic

Crime 101 
Ripping all-star heist thriller with Chris Hemsworth & Halle Berry

Goat 
Smart, funny, gorgeously animated sports action starring, well, a goat

Palestine 36 
Stunning adventure traces a pivotal, eerily timely moment in history

My Fathers Shadow 
Gorgeously observational story of two boys out with their dad in Lagos
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LITTLE AMELIE
STITCH HEAD
PILLION
TWINLESS
SCARLET
IS THIS THING ON?
ISLANDS
7 KEYS
NOUVELLE VAGUE
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
THE HISTORY OF SOUND
H IS FOR HAWK
HEAVYWEIGHT
NO OTHER CHOICE
RENTAL FAMILY
SOUND OF FALLING
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
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