The Wizard of the Kremlin

Jude Law and Paul Dano lead this skilfully fictionalised Putin biopic

Normal

Familiar but enjoyable small-town action comedy with Bob Odenkirk

Rebuilding

Josh O'Connor is excellent in this quiet drama set after a wildfire

Wasteman

Over-familiar but cute romcom with Rege-Jean Page and Halle Bailey

Departures

Clever and engaging British drama explores a disconnected romance

Diamanti

Dazzling Ozpetek drama highlights the work of Italian costume makers

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

Odessa as Rogue?
15.APR: A'zion rumoured to play Rogue in Schreier's new X-Men movie, with Claffey as Beast
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Hart & Cube are set to return for a third Ride Along, 10 years later
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Hewson joins Tatum's ISLE OF MAN
Gardner, Moffat in Diaz romcom
Sennott up for KOCKROACH drama
Charles to soccer bio 99'ERS
Dickens & Corddry are INNOCENT
Hawley is remaking TERRIFIED
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Cameron’s Troop
12.APR: Diaz will star in DuVall's nearly 40-years-later sequel to 1989 comedy Troop Beverly Hills
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Hemsworth, Elba, Farahani will be back in action for a third Extraction
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Mackie, Keen, Bauer in BARRCUDA
Johansson & Rockwell to RAY GUNN
Offerman joins Garland's RING
Clarke & McElhone in DARKNESS
Tyga, Epps, Greer for BABY drama
Alexander leads LILIAN NEXT DOOR
Blair & Flannery in ETHAN biopic
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Jenna vs Gremlins
8.APR: Ortega reportedly lands lead role in Columbus' almost 40-years-later Gremlins sequel
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Mescudi will write, direct, star in and compose songs for Doe drama
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Smith, Shipp, Apa join ELEPHANT
Newton & Reid up for HOT YEAR
Pena, Messina, Morales to TUMOR
Serkis back as Alfred in BATMAN II
Miranda directs film of OCTET play
Fennell unlikely to remake INSTINCT
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24 Apr:
MICHAEL
MOTHER MARY
I SWEAR
ROSE OF NEVADA
OMAHA
BROKEN BIRD
CHERRI
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1 May:
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
HOKUM
WILD FOXES
KOLN 75
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD
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8 May:
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
MORTAL KOMBAT II
KOKUHO
ROMERIA
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15 May:
THE CHRISTOPHERS
JIMPA
ORPHAN
THE ACTIVIST
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April TV Roundup
SCREEN: Beef 2, Jury Duty 2, Bridgerton 4, Starfleet Academy, Bait, The Madison, Paradise 2 and more...

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

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...

A question of faith
STAGE
Where There Is No Time grapples fashion, at Seven Dials until 28 Mar...

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...

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...

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NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders, Chad...
DANCE: Ebony Scrooge, Sadler's East
STAGE: The Great Christmas Feast
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
STAGE: Get Down Tonight, Charing X
DANCE: Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells
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Balls Up

Witty but unfunny rude comedy with Mark Wahlberg & Paul Walter Hauser

Erupcja

Uneven improvisational Polish romantic comedy with Charli XCX

Almost Us

Phoenix-set romantic drama is entertaining and a bit awkward

You, Me & Tuscany

Over-familiar but cute romcom with Rege-Jean Page and Halle Bailey

Hamlet

Riz Ahmed is solid amid a mix of modern-day grit and archaic words

Undertone

Podcast horror has a superb dread-inducing sound mix but isn't scary

ChaO

Visually inventive Japanese anime is a wildly fantastical slapstick romcom

Heads or Tails?

An offbeat and comically edgy Western that's set in 1890s Italy

Pizza Movie

Outrageously wacky drug trip comedy led by Gaten, Lulu and Sean

They Will Kill You

Enjoyably grisly action horror with Patricia Arquette and Zazie Beetz

D Is for Distance

Intimate, kaleidoscopic doc follows a family through a health crisis

Holy Days

Warm and silly New Zealand road movie with Judy, Miriam and Jacki

A Magnificent Life

Beautifully animated but brisk and talky biopic about Marcel Orphuls

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

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PAST LIFE
REMINDERS OF HIM
HOW TO MAKE A KILLING
RESURRECTION
ONE LAST DEAL
THE BRIDE!
HOPPERS
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Colours of Time

Inventive French drama cleverly explores the past and present

Mirrors No 3

Paula Beer leads another involving, subtly nuanced drama from Germany

Eagles of the Republic

Lively comedy about Egyptian politics shifts into a darkly involving thriller

California Schemin’

Energetic and hugely engaging true story about Scottish rappers

The Stranger

Ozon's gorgeously shot and performed film of the Camus classic

The Christophers

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

Father Mother Sister
Brother
Jim Jarmusch's all-star triptych astutely explores family dynamics

Outcome

Sharp-edged, fast-paced Hollywood comedy with Keanu Reeves

The Drama

Pitch-black romantic comedy with Robert Pattinson and Zendaya

DJ Ahmet

Hugely likeable drama about sheep-herding brothers in North Macedonia

Night Stage

Wonderfully lurid thriller from Brazil is complex, sexy and very entertaining

Splitsville

Engagingly smart comedy about fidelity, led by Dakota Johnson

Orwell 2+2=5

Stunningly powerful Raoul Peck doc explores Orwell's prescient ideas

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THE LAST BLOSSOM
UNDERLAND
TWO PROSECUTORS
LA GRAZIA
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
THE GOOD BOY
ARCO
LATE SHIFT
BROKEN ENGLISH
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
SCARLET
SOUND OF FALLING
SIRAT
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
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