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Tuner


Engaging romcom/thriller with Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall


The Salt Path


Earthy humour and inspiring drama with Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs


Sandbag Dam


Croatian drama skilfully captures a young man at a crossroads


Finding Emily


Cute, amusing British romcom with Spike Fearn and Angourie Rice


Eagles of the Republic


Lively comedy about Egyptian politics shifts into a darkly involving thriller


Everybody to Kenmure
Street

Energetic, riveting doc about a community that takes action

film news
Colman is a Servant
20.MAY
: Domingo, Hoult, Jupe & Corrin will star in Lee's remake of the 1963 classic The Servant.
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Blanchett, Gomez & Fassbender
will star in Corbet's epic film Origin
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Madigan & Cooper lead PASSED
Jonsson, Storrie, Burke to PLEASE
Smith leads Green's SUPERMAX
Leo for action thriller MANEQUIN
Stiller, Galitzine in MATTER OF TIME
Franco joins JOHN RAMBO prequel
Sandler is making GROWN UPS 3
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Florence at Midnight
17.MAY
: Pugh will produce and star in existential fantasy The Midnight Library, directed by Davis
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Bailey joins Portman as cyclist in psychological thriller Pumping Black
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Colman & Tovey in Haigh's BIRD
Twigs is Josephine Baker in biopic
Zellweger & Spacek in the SUN
Huppert, Bessa & Raye to LINEAGE
Edebiri, Cooper, Bautista in ALLY
Jones' Agatha Christie is MISSING
Neeson, Cleese, Modine for THING
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Jessie & Paul reteam
13.MAY
: Buckley & Mescal will reunite for Zeitlin's Louisiana outlaw drama Hold on to Your Angels.
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Fonda, O'Dowd, Reilly & Hollander lead Northern Irish thriller Ceasefire
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Zegler & Brody take LAST DANCE
Redmayne & Teller for STAR ONE
Gainsbourg & Ramirez have FUN
Woodley leads MOTHER'S HELPER
Strong is von Horn's PASSENGER
Mara on Campbell-Hughes' QUEST
Astin gets greedy in SCRUGGS
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box office

coming soon

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29 May:
POWER BALLAD
MISS YOU, LOVE YOU
FAIRYLAND
THE LAST VIKING
A FEW FEET AWAY
WE'RE NOTHING AT ALL
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5 Jun:
MADFABULOUS
ERUPCJA
SHE'S THE HE
KOLN 75
THE LONELY MUSKETEER
UNDERLAND
THE MISFITS
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12 Jun:
DISCLOSURE DAY
STOP! THAT! TRAIN!
PINK NARCISSUS
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19 Jun:
TOY STORY 5
ROSE OF NEVADA
CACTUS PEARS
NINO
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS
MORE >>


Recently published reviews:
TUNER
FINDING EMILY
POWER BALLAD
THE MISFITS
OBSESSION
DRIVER'S ED
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
MORTAL KOMBAT II SWAPPED
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
APEX
MOTHER MARY
ORPHAN
EXIT 8
THE LAST VIKING
MICHAEL

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stage & more

We own this city

STAGE
Brecht's electrifying The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, RSC Swan until 30 May...


Rage against the machine

DANCE
Jefta van Dinther's hypnotic Remachine at Sadler's East...


Joyful mischief

DANCE
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on a delightful UK tour until 24 June...


Art, absinthe and anarchy

STAGE
The Lost Estate immerses us in 1890s Paris for Chat Noir! all summer...


April TV Roundup

SCREEN: Beef 2, Jury Duty 2, Bridgerton 4, Starfleet Academy, Bait, The Madison, Paradise 2 and more...


The dark side of masculinity

DANCE
Bullyache's dazzling, bleak A Good Man Is Hard to Find at Sadler's East...


Across the sea

DANCE
We Caliban offers a a twist on The Tempest at Sadler's Wells East...


More relevant than ever

INTERVIEW: Writer-director Bill Condon and actor Tonatiuh talk about Kiss of the Spider Woman...


Dancing in the streets

DANCE
Dorrance Dance's explosive The Center Will Not Hold at Sadler's Wells...


Don’t fence me in

STAGE
Stephen Brower brings Palatable Gay Robot to Udderbelly Blvd London...


Shadows @ 40th BFI Flare

FESTIVAL: LGBTQIA+ festivities take over the Southbank 18-29 March...


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...

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STAGE: Where There Is No Time
SHADOWS AWARDS: best/worst of '25
Shadows @ Cinema Made in Italy
DANCE: Pina Bausch's Sweet Mambo
STAGE: Gecko's The Wedding
STAGE: Beauty and the Beast panto
STAGE: Boys in the Buff, Golden Goose
NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders, Chad...
DANCE: Ebony Scrooge, Sadler's East
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now showing

Normal


Familiar but enjoyable small-town action comedy with Bob Odenkirk


Driver’s Ed


A witty script and fresh cast elevate this goofy teen road-trip comedy


Jimpa


Smart and intimate queer coming-of-age story with Olivia Colman


The Activist


Thoughtful thriller from Lithuania centres around LGBTQ protesters


The Sheep Detectives


Charming and often hilarious romp in which a flock works out whodunit


Mortal Kombat


Lively, overcrowded sequel features one grisly battle after another


Remarkably Bright
Creatures

Heartwarming comedy-drama about offbeat people and a wise octopus


Hit Me Hard and Soft


Experience Billie Eilish's Manchester concert with riveting 3D camerawork


The Devil Wears Prada 2


Fabulous cast reunites for an enjoyable sequel with a clunky script


Swapped


Colourfully animated body-swap adventure is pointed and endearing


Hokum


Blackly comical folk horror puts Adam Scott in a creepy Irish hotel


Mother Mary


Emotive drama meets bonkers ghost story with Michaela & Anne


Michael


Thinly drawn but entertaining biopic covers Michael Jackson up to 1988


Omaha


Warmly moving family road-trip drama starring John Magaro


Exit 8


Claustrophobic Japanese thriller set in a freaky inescapable metro station

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KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
BROKEN BIRD
REBUILDING
ALMOST US
BALLS UP
ERUPCJA
YOU, ME & TUSCANY
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recommended

The Christophers


Clever art-world comedy-drama with Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen


Obsession


Inventive horror mixes comedy, a classic premise and real scares


High Tide


Funny, moving queer immigrant drama has a remarkably light touch


The Wizard of the Kremlin


Sharp and snappy fictionalised biopic stars Jude Law as Vladimir Putin


Orphan


Beautifully produced Hungarian drama traces a young boy's identity


Diamonds


Dazzling Ozpetek drama highlights the work of Italian costume makers


Romería


From Spain, this involving odyssey swirls with memories and secrets


Kokuhō


Sumptuous, involving Japanese drama about kabuki theatre actors


Departures


Engaging, sharply pointed British drama traces an offbeat relationship


The Last One for the Road


Delightful Italian comedy-drama follows friends from pub to pub


Wild Foxes


Energetic French-Belgian drama looks at machismo among young boxers


Apex


Riveting wilderness thriller with Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton


I Swear


Engaging award-winning biopic about a British Tourette's campaigner

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ROSE OF NEVADA
CHERRI
WASTEMAN
COLOURS OF TIME
MIROIRS NO 3
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
THE STRANGER
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
THE DRAMA
OUTCOME
NIGHT STAGE
DJ AHMET
SPLITSVILLE
ORWELL: 2+2=5
THE LAST BLOSSOM
UNDERLAND
TWO PROSECUTORS
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