

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

A season of Italian films
FESTIVAL:
Diving into a special programme from BFI and Cinecittà...

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

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

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...
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STAGE: RVT riotoius panto Growled
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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The Bride!

Bale & Buckley are full-on in Gyllenhaal's audacious, uneven romp

Hoppers

Bale & Buckley are full-on in Gyllenhaal's audacious, uneven romp

Scream 7

Neve Campbell & Courteney Cox are back for more stabby nastiness

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
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THE WRECKING CREW
KANGAROO
WORLDBREAKER
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
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Everybody to Kenmure Street 
Timely, electrically charged doc about a Glasgow commmunity protest

Sound of Falling

Profoundly involving German drama traces four generations of women

Sirāt

Absolute jaw-dropper of a thriller, traversing the deserts of North Africa

Heel

Offbeat British drama with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough

The Testament of Ann Lee

Fiercely original Shakers-founder biopic with Amanda Seyfried

The Presidents Cake 
Lovely drama from Iraq followign a young girl who needs to bake

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
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A PRIVATE LIFE
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
CRIME 101
GOAT
PALESTINE 36
MY FATHER'S SHADOW
LITTLE AMELIE
STITCH HEAD
PILLION
TWINLESS
SCARLET
IS THIS THING ON?
ISLANDS
7 KEYS
NOUVELLE VAGUE
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
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