Marty Supreme

Timothee Chalamet is excellent in a busy, fast epic ping-pong biopic

Peter Hujar’s Day

Ben Whishaw & Rebecca Hall are excellent as chatty 1970s artists

Father Mother Sister
Brother
Venice-winning sibling drama triptych with a powerhouse ensemble cast

The Housemaid

Twisty, insinuating thriller with Sydney Sweeney & Amanda Seyfried

SpongeBob: Search for
SquarePants
Another riotously ridiculous adventure for the animated pals

The Choral

Alan Bennet's script makes British period drama rousing and engaging

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THE 45th SHADOWS AWARDS
GOLDEN GLOBES • LONDON CRITICS

Zoe goes to Italy
26.DEC: Sandana & McConaughey will star in romantic caper Positano, set on the Amalfi Coast
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Lowe and Ziegler team up for time-loop romantic comedy Holidaze
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Madigan joins SPONSOR thriller
Mikkelsen in Scorsese's NIGHT
Grint faces Depp's EBENEZER
Eidinger is TOMORROW's Braniac
Hutton, Covino in Howard's DAWN
King will direct a LABUBU movie
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Olivia in Elsinore
17.DEC: Colman & Scott will star in Elsinore, Stone's biopic about British actor Ian Charleson
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Lawrence, Hutcherson & perhaps Harrelson back for Sunrise
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Oyelowo/DuVernay plan HEIST
Stanfield is Rodman in 48 HOURS
Stone & Strathairn join BABIES
Depp leads MASTER & MARGARITA
Reilly & Segel team for SPONSOR
Highmore on OTHER PLANETS
Sedaris & Dinello remake WASP
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Alexander the Wolf
10.DEC: Skarsgard will star in 1860s Pacific Northwest drama The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands.
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Kardashian, Feimster, Glaser & Song for Vegas comedy Fifth Wheel
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Hedges joins Cera's ANSWER
Agron & Kesy on SECOND STREET
Dano heads into Zeller's BUNKER
Plummer joins Jolie in SUNNY
Norris, Corrigan, Cruz in DEBBELS5
Bush, Holly, Guttenberg on TRIP
Kore-eda makes live-action LOOK BACK
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9 Jan:
HAMNET
PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
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16 Jan:
RENTAL FAMILY
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
A PRIVATE LIFE
HEAVYWEIGHT
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
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23 Jan:
THE HISTORY OF SOUND
H IS FOR HAWK
NO OTHER CHOICE
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IS THIS THING ON?
ISLANDS
HAMLET
NOUVELLE VAGUE
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
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Rich’s Best & Worst of 2025
THE 45th SHADOWS AWARDS
More lists than you can count...

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...

Step back in time
STAGE
RVT panto Growled is a riotous spin on Beauty and the Beast, until 3rd Jan...

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

We need a little Christmas
STAGE
Brick Lane Music Hall's dinner-theatre The Magic of Christmas until 19 Dec...

Deep under the skin
DANCE
Ballet Black's darkly invlving double bill Shadows at Sadler's Wells...

Connection is the answer
DANCE
NDT & Complicite's staggering Figures in Extinction at Sadler's Wells...

Reminder from mother earth
DANCE
Akram Khan and Manal AlDowayan's elemental Thikra at Sadler's Wells...

That’s the way I like it
STAGE
KC & Sunshine Band musical rocks Charing Cross Theatre until 15 Nov...

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SEP TV: Chief of War, Wednesday...
STAGE: Ghost Stories at Peacock
Shadows @ London Film Fest
DANCE: Theatre of Dreams, Sadler's
DANCE: Bogota at Sadler's East
DANCE: Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells
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The Plague

A menacing vibe permeates this tale of peer pressure at water polo camp

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Harrowing thriller from Palestine uses real-life voice recordings

Avatar: Fire and Ash

The third epic episode is seriously impressive but feels repetitive

Ella McCay

Smart, uneven comedy-drama with Emma Mackey & Jamie Lee Curtis

Preparation for the Next
Life
Timely, observant NYC drama with Fred Hechinger & Sebiye Behtiyar

Eleanor the Great

Witty, sharply observant drama starring the great June Squibb

A Few Feet Away

Bold and introspective Argentine drama with rising star Max Suen

Oh. What. Fun.

Michelle Pfeiffer leads this silly but charming Christmas comedy

Magazine Dreams

Darkly moving bodybuilding drama starring a muscly Jonathan Majors

Little Trouble Girls

Slovenian coming-of-age drama explores some provocative issues

Sandbag Dam

Powerfully observant drama about young men in rural Croatia

Zootopia 2 [aka Zootropolis 2]

Madcap action comedy continues the raucous adventures of Nick & Judy

Christy

Ben Foster and Sydney Sweeney are terrific in this standard boxing biopic

Blue Moon

Ethan Hawke is legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart in this offbeat biopic

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THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE
THE CARPENTER'S SON
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
THE ICE TOWER
SAUNA
THE RUNNING MAN
NUREMBERG
PARK AVENUE
BULL RUN
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
EDEN & CHARLIE
RELAY
SHELBY OAKS
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS
THE RUN
HEDDA
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM...
AFTER THE HUNT
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Sentimental Value

Gorgeous Norwegian father-daughter drama has a clever filmmaking kick

The Testament of Ann Lee

Fiercely original Shakers-founder biopic with Amanda Seyfried

Is This Thing On?

Strikingly original true-life romcom with Will Arnett & Laura Dern

Goodbye June

Engaging British comedy-drama with Andrea Riseborough & Kate Winslet

Cover-Up

Fascinating documentary about legendary journalist Seymour Hersh

Lurker

Archie Madekwe & Theodore Pellerin are excellent in this chilling drama

The President’s Cake

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

Scarlet

Inventively animated Japanese action fantasy is a clever riff on Hamlet

It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi's funny and haunting Palme d'Or winning Iranian romp

Baby

Intimate, insightful Brazilian drama about a young man finding his feet

La Grazia

Toni Servillo stars in another gorgeous Paulo Sorrentino odyssey

Eternity

Witty afterlife romantic comedy hinges on an engaging dilemma

Merrily We Roll Along

Ambitious, skilfully filmed stage version of the Broadway musical

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A PRIVATE LIFE
FOLKTALES
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
HAMNET
PILLION
THE SECRET AGENT
RENTAL FAMILY
THE THING WITH FEATHERS
CACTUS PEARS
WICKED: FOR GOOD
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
MY FATHER'S SHADOW
JAY KELLY
ARCO
LEFT-HANDED GIRL
NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER
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