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  • At Eternity's Gate (2018)
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    For those who know and love Van Gogh's work, the effect is hypnotic, a translation of his vision into a new medium.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The last days of Vincent van Gogh.
  • At Night Comes Wolves (2021)
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    What is painfully lacking in the film is the agency of the main character and women in general.

    Mateusz Tarwacki · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman escaping an unhappy relationship becomes involved with a cult.
  • At The End Of The Day (2018)
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    Martin delivers a finely tuned performance that retains audience sympathy without sliding into apologism.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A conservative Christian professor who experiences a profound change when he goes undercover and infiltrates a gay support group to stop their plans to open an LGBTQ youth shelter in their small town.
  • At The Heart Of Gold: Inside The US Gymnastics Scandal (2019)
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    This isn't just a film about sexual abuse and the culture of stigma and doubt that surrounds it. It's an examination of the wider issues around the vulnerability of children.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about a US Olympic gymnastics coach who abused young trainees, and the cover-up that followed.
  • At The Height Of Summer (2000)
    Close-knit Vietnamese family exposes secrets of an emotional/sexual nature.
  • Audition (1999)
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    Scenes of torture may turn the stomach, but underlying them is a greater psychological horror.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A widower becomes infatuated with a shy ex-ballet dancer and her mysterious past.
  • Augustine (2012)
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    Augustine belongs to a family of movies that scrutinise the social construct of illness, not with a lecture but with a wayward glance.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A professor studying 'hysteria' in the 1890s finds himself attracted to one of his patients.
  • August 1991 (2005)
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    Raag has succeeded in capturing the surreal sense of a world where the rules have suddenly been thrown out.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A dramatisation of the events that took place when Soviet tanks rolled into Estonia in 1991.
  • August: Osage County (2013)
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    We witness the best ensemble acting in a film with actresses in leading roles that Hollywood has produced this year.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A dysfunctional family comes together to deal with a crisis.
  • August Winds (2014)
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    Through an intimate story of a close-knit community, Mascaro takes on wider themes of global warming in a subtle way.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A teenager finds adventure when she leaves the city to look after her grandmother.
  • Aurora's Sunrise (2022)
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    It is Aurora herself who, unsurprisingly, provides the most poignant observations as she looks back at her life.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Recreation of one woman's flight from the Armenian Genocide.
  • Austin Powers In Goldmember (2002)
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    The plot beggars belief and having begged moves on.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Third instalment of the spy spoof which sees Austin travel to the Seventiess to rescue his kidnapped dad.
  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
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    Familiarity encourages critical amnesia.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The shagadelic sleuth retrieves his stolen sexual appetite from Dr Evil.
  • Australia (2008)
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    Australia undercuts its cinematic insecurities with heart, soul and imagination.

    James Benefield · 2.5 out of 5
    Sprawling epic sees English toff and drover bond over cattle and kids.
  • Australian Rules (2002)
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    What makes the film work is the incredibly earnest acting of the main players.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    Racial tension hides beneath the surface of a tidy Australian fishing town.
  • Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
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    A fascinating, if skewed, account of creativity gone wild.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The story behind the literary 'hoax' of JT LeRoy.
  • Autómata (2014)
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    The audience should be warned that the film boasts a cliche level that could also be hazardous to health.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    An insurance investigator finds himself on the trail of intelligent robots in a future dystopia.
  • Auto Focus (2002)
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    The film's attempt at softcore titillation fails; it's like a tacky home movie, masquerading as social comment.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Biopic of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane.
  • Autumn Adagio (2009)
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    Autumn Adagio approaches the deeply personal with respect and penetrating sensitivity.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    A nun rediscovers her emotions.
  • Autumn Blood (2011)
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    A superb piece of work.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Two orphans living high in the mountains are threatened by a gang of local men and must face a brutal struggle to survive.
  • Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
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    What gives the film its strength is Bresson's refusal to compromise truth for the sake of expedience.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of a maltreated donkey.
  • Au Revoir L'Été (2013)
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    The abiding sense is one of a gentle progress, an unfolding as of leaves, shadows dappled sliding slowly afternoonwards.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Rites of passage drama about a youngster on a summer break with her family.
  • Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
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    Such a sweet and fun little film that it's hard not to warm to it and be utterly won over by the time its hour and a half is up.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Lightweight and funny crime caper about a desperate man trying to score an air fare.
  • Avé (2011)
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    Both young actors are impressive here, fully invested in their roles.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A young hitchhiker meets an intriguing girl with a penchant for fabulous lies.
  • Ava (2017)
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    Beautifully observed, Sadaf Foroughi's feature début explores the way that, even in societies explicitly controlled by men, it's often women who enforce social rules and seek to control one another's behaviour.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A youngster in Iran begins to rebel.
  • Avalanche Sharks (2013)
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    There's a good deal of spurting blood to provide visual accompaniment to the off-key screaming.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    The terror of the seas hits the slopes.
  • Avanti Popolo (2012)
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    As a kind of call to arms against nostalgia on the one hand but forgetfulness on the other, Uruguayan-born Michael Wahrmann charts ambitious terrain.

    Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
    A son tries to reconnect with his father in a film that explores the nature of film.
  • Avatar (2009)
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    There is much in Avatar that is broadly drawn, clichéd even – but it is also these very things which might just earn it the status of a classic.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A wheelchair- using former marine is conscripted to travel to a jungle moon via a biological 'avatar' to infiltrate the local aliens who are standing in the way of plans to mine ore. Being re-released with additional footage.
  • Avatar: Fire And Ash (2025)
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    Where the story stumbles, the film is carried forward by action.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Our heroes grapple with grief and encounter a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, as the conflict on Pandora escalates.
  • Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)
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    Ponderous but glorious.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
  • Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)
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    Save your grey matter for coordinating the movement of your hand to your mouth, or your jaw to the sticky cinema floor.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    Tony Stark and his team take on rogue AI Ultron.
  • Avengers: Endgame (2019)
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    Directors Joe and Anthony Russo use the length to explore more than one significant theme in depth and to shift tone markedly from hour to hour.

    Jane Fae · 4.5 out of 5
    The remaining Avengers take a final stand.
  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
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    Infinity War is a clearing of the decks: opportunity for new characters and plots to emerge; opportunity too for some characters to move on.

    Jane Fae · 4.5 out of 5
    The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
  • The Aviator (2004)
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    The Aviator is a beautiful picture with flawless performances, wonderful cinematography and extravagant mise-en-scene.

    Josh Morrall · 5 out of 5
    The early years of movie mogul and planemaker, Howard Hughes.
  • Av: The Hunt (2020)
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    Through the simple act of showing us Ayse's far right from the start - along with her lover's attempts to defend her - director Emre Akay places viewers instinctively on her side.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A thriller about honour killing.
  • Await Further Instructions (2018)
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    Await Further Instructions succeeds on all counts.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    It's Christmas Day and the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house.
  • The Awakening (2011)
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    The Awakening is a film that will keep you guesing as multiple possible solutions to its puzzles appear and disappear.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A woman devoted to exposing psychic hoaxes is invited to investigate ghostly sightings at a remote boarding school.
  • Awakening The Zodiac (2017)
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    Writers Jennifer Archer and Mike Horrigan correctly surmise that the key to making a Zodiac story compelling is not horror but mystery.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple who are struggling to make ends meet come across film reels that may have belonged to the legendary serial killer, and set out to track down their source.
  • Awaydays (2008)
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    While it's enjoyable, even affecting in places, it's heavy handed and clumsy in others.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Tragic romance, based on Kevin Sampson's book about Tranmere Rovers hooligans in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • Away We Go (2009)
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    Once they hit the road, the script goes away with the pixies.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Indie comedy about a couple who go on a road trip to help them decide where is best to bring up baby.
  • The Axe (2005)
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    Garcia – reminiscent of a young Jack Lemmon - puts the hang into dog perfectly and the script will bite your arm off.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    It's murder to find a job in France.
  • Axiom (2022)
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    The way doubt starts to enter into everything we hear from any of the characters is subtly orchestrated.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A well-liked young museum attendant invites his colleagues on a sailing trip on his aristocratic family’s boat, but all is not quite as it seems.
  • Aya (2021)
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    Once in a while a director like Gillard comes along as a reminder of the entrancing possibilities of cinema.

    Stephanie Brown · 5 out of 5
    Aya lives on an island with her mum and brother, as flooding threatens her house, Aya makes a choice.
  • Ayka (2018)
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    They say it's the hope that kills you and Dvortsevoy lets enough light in to emphasise her plight.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman who has just given birth abandons her baby in the struggle to survive.
  • Azor (2021)
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    Many doors are not very open, they give us merely a little glimpse into a strange world.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Thriller set in the world of high finance.
  • Azrael (2024)
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    We get demonstrations of skill, from the weaving of a bracelet to the use of herbs to treat a wound, and these elements reinforce the idea that this is a real society which has developed organically over time.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Many years following the apocalypse, a devout cult of mute zealots hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment.
  • Abattoir (2016)
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    This feels like an episode of Mystery Theater and will charm fans of old radio horror.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After the death of her sister and nephew, real-estate investigative reporter Julia uncovers the sinister truth behind a series of gruesome murders where the entire killing rooms have been dismantled and pulled from their foundations.
  • The Abduction Club (2002)
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    As a costume romance, based on real events, it is inept.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Younger sons of aristocrats in Ireland, 1780, join a club and kidnap rich unmarried girls.
  • Abe And Phil's Last Poker Game (2017)
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    Although it's not entirely successful as a film, its balance of comedy and tragedy serves to demystify a part of life too often hidden away.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Two very different men become friends in a care home and bond with a young nurse looking for her birth father, hoping it might be one of them.
  • About Adam (2001)
    In Dublin, where charm grows on trees, joy matters more than blame.

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