Dead Man’s Wire

Gus Van Sant's true-life thriller with Dacre Montgomery & Bill Skarsgard

Arco

Engaging animated adventure from France about a young time-traveller

Late Shift

Leonie Benesch is outstanding as a frazzled nurse in this Swiss drama

The Good Boy [aka: Heel]

Offbeat British drama with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough

La Grazia

Another dazzling Roman odyssey from Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo

Two Prosecutors

Stylised pitch-black political comedy set in a Kafkaesque Soviet Union

Awards Mania!
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SHADOWS SWEEPSTAKES
Who should have won
the prizes this year.
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OSCAR • BAFTA • GLOBES • DORIANS
LONDON CRITICS • ONLINE CRITICS

Oprah’s baton twirler
18.MAR: Winfrey teams up with HER to make Sims' drama about a ballerina who becomes a majorette
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Cooper lined up to direct and costar with Robbie in her Ocean's prequel
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Janney, Waltz, Bridges in MINIONS
Ortega & Russell in SINGLE remake
Duchovny & Simpson for SOAPBOX
Oswalt & Bellows join HOLIDAZE
Lee is back for GANGSTER remake
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS will be back!
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Selena is Linda
15.MAR: Gomez will star in Russell's biopic about 1970s and 1980s musical icon Linda Ronstadt
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Thompson heads to Greece to lead Carpignano's thriller A Separation
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Winslet & Taylor-Joy join GOLLUM
Pierre is TOMORROW's Green Lantern
Alwyn up for Alfredson's SEANCE
Bernal in VALLEY OF SHADOWS
Gugino, Leguizamo join EXORCIST
Eilish will star in THE BELL JAR
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Conan will be back!
11.MAR: Schwarzenegger is returning for McQuarrie's decades-later action sequel King Conan
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Davis & Clarke will star in Noyce's corporate corruption thriller Ally Clark
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Reeves leads action comedy SHIVER
Gyllenhaal in PLAY BY PLAY action
Edgar-Jones leads TOMORROW
Gilbert/Quane direct WILD ROBOT 2
Pine, Boutella, Winstone face YETI
Tarantino takes on the West End
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PAST LIFE
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27 Mar:
THEY WILL KILL YOU
SPLITSVILLE
HOLY DAYS
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE
THE LAST BLOSSOM
DJ AHMET
ORWELL: 2+2=5
UNDERLAND
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3 Apr:
MR BURTON
KOKUHO
NIGHT STAGE
D IS FOR DISTANCE
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10 Apr:
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
HAMLET
THE STRANGER
CHAO
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17 Apr:
REBUILDING
DEPARTURES
DIAMONDS
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC
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Shadows @ 40th BFI Flare
FESTIVAL: LGBTQIA+ festivities take over the Southbank 18-29 March...

Rich’s 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...

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

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STAGE: The Fit Prince at King's Head
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
Shadows @ London Film Fest
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Mr Burton

Toby Jones and Harry Lawtey are excellent in this formulaic biopic

Abode

Warmly involving five-part film from Ireland mixes comedy and drama

Past Life

Both over-serious and silly, this hypnotsis thriller is a guilty pleasure

Reminders of Him

Simplistic and sappy, this moving romantic drama at least looks great

How to Make a Killing

Black comedy with Glen Powell starts well but then turns strangely grim

Resurrection

Ambitious Chinese epic is dazzling, moving and somewnat out of reach

One Last Deal

Danny Dyer goes for broke in this one-man show about a sports agent

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,
Don’t 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

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BROKEN BIRD
HAMLET
JIMPA
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU
STRAY KIDS: THE DOMINATE EXPERIENCE
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Broken English

Inventive, riveting doc traces the life and career of Marianne Faithfull

Mirrors No 3

Paula Beer leads another involving, subtly nuanced drama from Germany

Everybody to Kenmure
Street
Timely, electrically charged doc about a Glasgow commmunity protest

The Love That Remains

Bittersweet Icelandic drama is an engaging, mesmerising journey

Scarlet

Epic-scale anime spin on Hamlet is visually spectacular and moving

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

The Testament of Ann Lee

Fiercely original Shakers-founder biopic with Amanda Seyfried

The President’s 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

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COLD STORAGE
WASTEMAN
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU
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
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