I Play Rocky

Rousing biopic about how Sylvester Stallone got Rocky to the screen

Club Kid

Gorgeously engaging drama with Reggie Absalom & Jordan Firtman

Godzilla Minus Zero

Monster sequel combines massive action with lots of melodrama

La Bola Negra

Dazzling, emotional Spanish literary epic set across three periods

Onwards and Sideways

Rhys and Laura explore Parkinson's in an involving comedy-drama

Nuisance Bear

Clever documentary explores social issues while following a polar bear

Alicia’s conspiracy
4.NOV: Vikander, McAvoy & Egerton will team up for writer-director Iannucci's new thriller
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Dornan joins Gillen in the Belfast comedy-drama short Nostalgie
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Gleeson, Meaney, Gillen in POWER
Wonders joins Gisondo for GOBLIN
Bakalova & Rudnitsky to GET OFF
Pegg, Duplass, Osment on PHONE
Long joins Ortega/Byrne in NASTY
Meyers leads PRETTY KILL MACHINE
Raye up for Safdie's LIZARD MUSIC
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Cate & Todd reteam
1.NOV: Blanchett and Haynes will reunite for The Maids, based on Genet's 1947 play.
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Storrie will play the villain opposite Gosling in Levy's new Ghost Rider
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Idris produces, stars in SACRAMENT
Giamatti & Nivola in GRANDGEAR
Laurent, Khan, Balan for YEARS
Cube will be back for LAST FRIDAY
Smith up for Aster's SCAPEGOAT
Dion joins McCartney in CLOUDS
Huller has a secret DOOMSDAY role
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Juno meets AI
28.OCT: Temple, McAvoy and King will star in AI comedy Almost You, directed by Ted Lasso's Lipsey.
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Ramos & Pena are teaming up for true-life baseball romp Free Agent
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O'Connell joins Murphy in QUIET 3
Gadd goes West for RODE TO RUIN
Mckenna-Bruce in THROTTLED
Suvari & Arquette are HOMESICK
Lang & Edel reteam for MERCY
Niles, Panthaki, Brake in CRAWL 3
Servillo & Koch for VARIATIONS
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MANIPULATION
THE DIVINE TRAGEDY
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13 Nov:
I PLAY ROCKY
HOW TO ROB A BANK
EBENEZER
THE MOSQUITO BOWL
BEING HEUMANN
BITTER CHRISTMAS
MISTY GREEN
FJORD
CONFESSION
1 IN 2
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20 Nov:
ELSINORE
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING
YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER...
JOSEPHINE
A MAN WALKS DOWN THE STREET
FILIPINANA
MAVERICK: THE EPIC ADVENTURES...
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27 Nov:
THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES...
FOCKER-IN-LAW
IN WAVES
ALL OF A SUDDEN
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
14TH
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October TV Roundup
SCREEN: Brothers, Ted Lasso,
La Mesias, Lanterns, Chad Powers, Star Trek, The Shards and more...

Slap that puck
STAGE
Hilarious musical parody Heated Rivalry, Underbelly Soho until 1 Nov...

Adventures in space
DANCE
Bourvis, Peel & Lee-Turton bring their evocative Pia to the Barbican...

Message from Mother Earth
DANCE
Dickson Mbi's propulsively epic folk tale Tellus, at Sadler's Wells East...

Shadows @ London Film Fest
FESTIVAL: The 70th LFF, 7-18 Oct...

Hope and pain
DANCE
Ballet Black at 25 features high vibes and dark emotions at Sadler's Wells...

Demanding and dazzling
DANCE
Acosta Danza's breathtaking Cuban Baroque at Sadler's Wells...

Everybody shout ¡Olé!
DANCE
Yllana's acclaimed, cheeky Flamenc Oh!! at the Peacock until 10th Oct...

Recollections may vary
DANCE
Jess & Morgs' dazzling, politically charged Deepfake at Sadler's East...

Shadows @ Venice Film Fest
FESTIVAL: 2-12 Sep in Italy...

A loose-limbed connection
DANCE
NDC Wales' expressive, deliberately imprecise Blue|Glas at Sadler's East...

Move, members, move
DANCE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's soulful Legacy at Sadler's Wells...

August TV Roundup
SCREEN: Ride or Die, The Bear 5,
Tip Toe, Widow's Bay, Spider-Noir,
The Vampire Lestat and more...

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Shadows @ London's FrightFest
Shadows @ Edinburgh Fringe
DANCE: The Car Man, Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Lost Estate's Chat Noir!
JUN TV: Half Man, Hacks, Euphoria...
STAGE: Ali in Wonder(Eng)land
STAGE: Dada's Blue Mist on tour
INTERVIEW: Minions & Monsters
STAGE: Richard III at the Cockpit
STAGE: –320°F at Sadler's Wells
INTERVIEW: Kanawade's Cactus Pears
Shadows @ Raindance Film Fest
DANCE: Phoenix's Interplay
DANCE: Acosta Danza Yunior
APR TV: Beef, Jury Duty, Bridgerton...
DANCE: Ballets Trockadero on tour
INTERVIEW: Kiss of the Spider Woman
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Think of England

Complex fictional history about soldiers making morale-raising porn

The Mosquito Bowl

Earnest, inspiring true story of football-playing Marines in WWII

Bad Day at the Office

John Hannah stars in this bonkers first-person London action mayhem

Ghost in the Cell

From Indonesia, a prison action thriller with horror and witty gags

Ali G: Who Iz I?

Sacha Baron Cohen brings his dodgy alter-ego back to the big screen

These Violent Delights

From Scottish Ballet, an inventively filmed dance of Romeo & Juliet

Street Fighter

Bombastic videogame movie is loud, offensive and occasionally funny

Winter of the Crow

Lesley Manville faces some serious nastiness in Soviet-era Warsaw

Matchbox: The Movie

Wildly unoriginal action comedy with John Cena and guilty-pleasure stunts

The Lost Children of Tuam

Monica Dolan is excellent in this dark, intense true story from Ireland

The Yellow Tie

Romanian conductor biopic stars Ben Schnetzer & John Malkovich

Comédie Française

Hilarious and knowing backstage comedy set in Paris' iconic theatre

April X

Near-future thriller is strikingly shot and has a charismatic cast

The Portuguese House

Gentle odyssey explores a Spanish man's identity and reinvention

Heart of the Beast

Uber and Brad Pitt are terrific in survival-by-numbers thriller

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HER PRIVATE HELL
CHARLIE HARPER
BABYSTAR
IN-I IN MOTION
CALL MY AGENT! THE MOVIE
FALL 2: DEADPOINT
BLUE FILM
JUST AN ILLUSION
EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD
GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE...
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De Gaulle: Resistance

Fascinating, thrilling biopic of the French leader is part one of two

Primetime

Enjoyably unhinged biopic follows the crew of To Catch a Predator

Gentle Monster

Skilfully made drama with Lea Seydoux explores a complex villain

Queen at Sea

Edgy, earthy, urgent British drama is led by a superb Juliette Binoche

Everest: The Other Side

Eleanor Coppola's lively, engaging doc watches her daughter at work

The Devils

Finally, the director's cut of Ken Russell's scandalous 1971 classic

Wildwood

Spectacular stop-motion epic is simply dazzling storytelling

Possible Love

Gorgeous drama from Korea explores powerfully involving themes

Fatherland

Sandra Huller takes a wonderfully nuanced trip to post-war Germany

Making Marie Antoinette

Eleanor Coppola's lively, engaging doc watches her daughter at work

Forgotten Island

Dazzlingly animated Filipina adventure embraces strong themes

Naza

Riveting and urgent journalistic doc queries Israeli forces bombing Gaza

Musk

Alex Gibney's four-hour doc is informative and terrifyingly urgent

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CASE 137
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL
FJORD
TENZING
DIGGER
CHILD
KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER...
THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2
KIKUYU LAND
BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL
SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF...
SUNNY DANCER
DE GAULLE: LIBERTE
PRESSURE
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
THE CONDOR DAUGHTER
LA FEMME INFIDELE
LATE FAME
LEVITICUS
THE LAST BLOSSOM
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