Heel

Offbeat British drama with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough

Scream 7

Neve Campbell & Courteney Cox are back for more stabby nastiness

The Testament of Ann Lee

Fiercely original Shakers-founder biopic with Amanda Seyfried

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 President’s Cake

A young girl's adventure in Iraq is fascinating and warmly involving

Awards Mania!
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SHADOWS SWEEPSTAKES
Who should be winning this year's prizes.
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OSCAR • BAFTA • GLOBES • DORIANS
LONDON CRITICS • ONLINE CRITICS

Jessie & her Sisters
4.MAR: Buckley, Ronan, Johnson and O'Connor will star in Rohrwacher's Three Incestuous Sisters
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Lindo & Idris may join Washington in Coogler's third Black Panther
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Majors will lead war action movie
Giamatti up for BOUTIQUE horror
Harris joins Scorsese's NIGHT
Calle boards Flanagan's EXORCIST
Van Dien & Ferrari in LOVE ME DEAD
Reitman/Keenan plan ASTRO BOY
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Tom is Abe
1.MAR: Hanks will lead Lincoln in the Bardo, a live-action/animation hybrid by Johnson
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Johansson, Bailey & Ali are set to return for Jurassic World: Liberation
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Scott joins Blunt in BLUE FIELDS
Haddish takes Dawson's LESSON
Pine joins Stone in romcom CATCH
Rylance to Fannings' NIGHTINGALE
Ryan & Rudd in McCarthy's drama
Barrymore, Diaz, Liu for ANGELS 3
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Viola’s Prayer
25.FEB: Davis will produce Jones' film of his deal-with-the-devil comic book The Untamed: A Sinner's Prayer
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Bell voices Amy Rose in SONIC 3, alongside Schwartz, Elba, Reeves
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Redmayne leads Kore-eda film
MacLaine is author MARGRET
Moretz & Goggins in MISTER
McKinnon & Cena make ATTEMPT
Mikkelsen joins Scorsese's NIGHT
Gugino & Modine for FLORIST
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THE BRIDE
BREAKING SOCIAL
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13 Mar:
HOW TO MAKE A KILLING
ONE LAST DEAL
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
SCARLET
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET
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20 Mar:
PROJECT HAIL MARY
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
ARCO
THE GOOD BOY
ABODE
LA GRAZIA
TWO PROSECUTORS
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27 Mar:
SPLITSVILLE
HOLY DAYS
THE LAST BLOSSOM
TWO PROSECUTORS
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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Rich’s 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,
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

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 That’s 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 I’d 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 Father’s 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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