The Last Showgirl

Pamela Anderson is terrific in this lovely ode to Las Vegas razzle dazzle

The End

Audacious, well-made but out of control apocalyptic musical

The Summer With Carmen

Funny, sexy Greek meta-comedy explores friendship and filmmaking

Last Breath

Taut true-life underwater thriller about divers on the ocean floor

My Dead Friend Zoe

Strongly performed true story uses humour to explore grief and trauma

Superboys of Malegaon

Delightful true story from India about friends who want to make movies

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Ayo takes on Barney
26.FEB: Edebiri will write and possibly star in a live-action movie about Barney the purple dinosaur.
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Thompson & Redmayne will star in Kaufman's fantasy Later the War
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Abdul-Mateen to Wahlberg's MEANS
Curtis produces TRUEBADOUR thriller
Pine leads NOWHERE FAST Western
Waites joins WILD HORSE ensemble
Palmer in Crowe's BEAR COUNTRY
CONSTANTINE 2 is in the works
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Janelle beats the FBI
23.FEB: Monae will produce and star in Never Saw Me Coming, true story of a hacker who made a fortune
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Johnson, Blunt & DiCaprio team up for Scorsese's 1960s Hawaii thriller
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Is Zendaya in Smith's HANCOCK 2?
Stewart, Shawkat are WRONG GIRLS
Ali leads Tariq's YOUR MOTHER
Goth & Fernandez to ODYSSEY
O'Connell joins next GODZILLA
Rourke, Chatwin, Angel play GAME
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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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7 Mar:
MICKEY 17
DAY OF THE FIGHT
ONE OF THEM DAYS
GIANTS OF LA MANCHA
THE EMPIRE
THE VISITOR
ERNEST COLE: LOST & FOUND
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14 Mar
OPUS
BLACK BAG
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP
LAST BREATH
THE RULE OF JENNY PEN
THE PARENTING
THROUPLE
SHE'S THE HE
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21 Mar:
SNOW WHITE
THE ALTO KNIGHTS
FLOW
SANTOSH
WHEN AUTUMN FALLS
THE THINKING GAME
MISERICORDIA
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28 Mar:
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD
DEATH OF A UNICORN
THE END
IRENA'S VOW
VIET AND NAM
TIME TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS
HOLY COW
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Rhythms from rubbish
STAGE
Yllana and Toompack create magic with Trash! at the Peacock until 1 Mar

Down the rabbit hole
STAGE
Dave Florez's snappy black comedy The Gift, at Park Theatre until 1 Mar

Looking for love
DANCE
Pina Bausch's monumental Vollmond at Sadler's Wells until 23 Feb

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

The winner takes it all
STAGE
The riotously clever comedy Miss Brexit at Clapham's Omnibus

In a really good place
STAGE
Amrou Al-Kadhi brings alter-ego Glamrou to Soho Theatre

A mi manera
STAGE
Alejandro Postigo's engaging cabaret masterclass Copla at The Other Palace

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 at Soho Theatre

A gleeful panto mashup
STAGE
Guilty pleasure Potted Panto is back for the holidays at Wilton's Music Hall

Walk away the blues
DANCE
Rosas' Exit Above is an extraordinary explosion at Sadler's Wells

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DANCE: Stories at the Peacock
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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A Sloth Story
aka The Sloth Lane
Colourful Latin-flavoured animated comedy is goofy but entertaining

The Monkey

Outrageously grisly romp is blackly hilarious rather than scary

Barrio Boy

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

Invasion

Tough Dutch marines dive into action in sunny Caribbean locations

Captain America:
Brave New World
Sam is back with a new sidekick and a collection of shadowy villains

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

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

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

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STAR TREK: SECTION 31
LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH
PRESENCE
BACK IN ACTION
WOLF MAN
HERE
WILLIAM TELL
VERMIGLIO
GRAND THEFT HAMLET
GET AWAY
SANTOSH
IT'S RAINING MEN
EXTREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC
LADY LIKE
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Chang’An

Dazzling, art-filled animated historical epic set set in China's Tang Dynasty

I’m Still Here

Beautifully made, important drama from Brazil with Fernanda Torres

I Am Martin Parr

Skilful, entertaining doc about the inimitable British photographer

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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

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

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THE COLOURS WITHIN
THE BRUTALIST
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
THE WRITER
A REAL PAIN
MARIA
BABYGIRL
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
NICKEL BOYS
VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
NOSFERATU
WE LIVE IN TIME
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