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  • The Kitchen Brigade (2022)
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    Warm-hearted and humorous without losing sight of the manifold injustices many migrants face.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Explores the world of French gastronomy while also tackling issues of social justice and inclusion.
  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    Review preview for The Kite Runner

    There's no denying the Taliban are and were horrible people, but here they are grotesque, even to the point of comedy.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Epic tale of friendship and family, set in Afghanistan.
  • Kittens In A Cage (2015)
    Review preview for Kittens In A Cage

    Revel in dialogue that will either have you reaching for the off-button within seconds - or in stitches, throughout.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    Ukulele-playing bad girl Junie Butler gets muscled into prison by her rat fink friends. Abandoned by all, she turns to the warm embrace of her pyromaniac cellmate as they plot to escape.
  • Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp (2024)
    Review preview for Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp

    The composite structure of the film means that there’s plenty of plot to hold the action sequences together.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After helping a vampire, Araragi becomes one of them. To become human again, he must recover the vampire's limbs, which have been stolen by hunters.
  • Klara And The Sun (2026)
    Review preview for Klara And The Sun

    Rarely does a character jump off the screen in the way Klara does. Ortega is luminous in the role.

    Paul Risker · 3 out of 5
    An Artificial Friend is desperate to find a loving home.
  • Klaus (2019)
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    This is definitely among the spookier animated Christmas tales out there, and it's liable to give more sensitive little ones some serious chills.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An spoiled young aristocrat sent to learn responsibility as a postman in a remote northern town meets an elderly toymaker and has a brilliant idea.
  • Klimt & The Kiss (2023)
    Review preview for Klimt & The Kiss

    Klimt’s influences were numerous and widespread. It would be impossible to do them all justice here (there is quite enough material for a series), but Ray does her best.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about The Kiss, situating it within the context of other artistic works by Gustav Klimt.
  • Köln 75 (2025)
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    Emde is a force to be reckoned with. The film could not have been made any other way.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organise the greatest solo jazz concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.
  • Klondike (2022)
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    Gorbach presents war as an insidious and dangerous beast, prowling about the edges of people's lives, swiping at those who aren't directly involved just as easily as those who are.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia - Ukraine during the start of war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after, they find themselves at the center of an air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.
  • Kneecap (2024)
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    It's got the musicality that proper swearing should.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This anarchic Belfast trio becomes the unlikely figurehead of a civil rights movement to save the mother tongue.
  • Knife + Heart (2018)
    Review preview for Knife + Heart

    This isn't the kind of film that's destined to win mainstream awards but Paradis' performance deserves to be remembered.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Paris, Summer 1979. Anne produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald... then one of her actors is brutally murdered.
  • A Knight's Tale (2001)
    Review preview for A Knight's Tale

    What matters more is whether this mixture of stunt riding spectacle and tongue-in-cheek works. Surprisingly, it does. Almost.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A peasant pretends to be a nobleman in order to compete on the jousting circuit.
  • Knight And Day (2010)
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    It all feels too professional, too clean, too choreographed.

    Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5
    A car mechanic finds herself on the run with an AWOL Superspy.
  • Knight Of Cups (2015)
    Review preview for Knight Of Cups

    Malick and his cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, if nothing else, deliver stunningly beautiful vistas and backdrops for his narratives and characters, yet like the characters, there seems to be something empty at its core.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    Targeting the world of showbusiness.
  • Knit's Island (2023)
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    The filmmakers are to be commended on their dedication. Creating a rapport with subjects for a documentary is never an easy task but gaining trust in a virtual space is surely doubly difficult.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Somewhere on the Internet, there is a space of 250 square kilometers in which individuals gather in community to simulate a survivalist fiction. This documentary explores it.
  • Knives And Skin (2019)
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    This is a world of ballgowns, sequins and lace...but none of that diminishes the ability of its heroes to think clearly or take charge of their own fates.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Trouble brews in small town America after the disappearance of a teenager.
  • Knives Out (2019)
    Review preview for Knives Out

    As a whodunit, the film is fun and forgettable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A detective is called into investigate the mysterious death of a renowned crime writer.
  • Knocked Up (2006)
    Review preview for Knocked Up

    Judd Apatow has marked himself out as the leader of the pack when it comes to delivering effortless and believable raunchy comedy.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Comedy about an unplanned pregnancy after a one-night stand.
  • Knocking (2021)
    Review preview for Knocking

    Molocco’s performance is excellent and will make viewers feel for Molly even if they have no experience with this type of situation.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When Molly moves into her new apartment after a tragic accident, a strange noise from upstairs begins to unnerve her. As its intensity grows, she confronts her neighbours – but no one seems to hear what she is hearing.
  • Knock At The Cabin (2023)
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    While it's familiar enough to ring a bell, it struggles to straddle a line of uncertainty.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.
  • Knock Down The House (2019)
    Review preview for Knock Down The House

    The documentary is clearly on the side of candidates, which is fine, but it could also benefit from a bit more scepticism and empathy for its auxiliary subjects.

    Jeremy Mathews · 3 out of 5
    Four young Democratic candidates take on established incumbents in the US 2018 election.
  • Knots: A Forced Marriage Story (2020)
    Review preview for Knots: A Forced Marriage Story

    Director Kate Ryan Brewer deserves credit for choosing stories which, whilst powerful, don't lend themselves to easy sensationalism.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Three women talk about how they were forced or coerced into marriages as young teenagers in the US, and how they lacked recourse in law.
  • Know Fear (2021)
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    LoCascio does an impressive job of shooting in cramped spaces and squeezing dramatic potential out of what must have been a difficult location shoot.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A man persuades his family members to help him perform an ancient ritual with the aim of freeing his wife from demonic possession.
  • Knuckleball (2018)
    Review preview for Knuckleball

    It's essentially a simple premise but the delivery is a thing of beauty.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A boy is sent to stay with his grandfather out on a farm, but runs into trouble with a creepy neighbour.
  • Koko-di Koko-da (2019)
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    We don't see the much of the immediate aftermath of death here, but instead are treated to the way grief can linger, catching anger and guilt in its wake

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorsing them, luring them deeper and deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror.
  • Kokomo City (2023)
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    It’s thrilling to watch a filmmaker like Smith throw a wrench in the gears and deliver an unapologetic ode to outcasts that’s every bit as punk rock as its subjects.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided.
  • Koktebel (2003)
    Review preview for Koktebel

    The father and son are not so much returning home as trying to build a new one on the foundations of Russia's history, in a terra incognita where values, and even names, have changed.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A father and son's relationship is explored on a road trip.
  • Kokuho (2025)
    Review preview for Kokuho

    The performances are thrilling, emotionally direct and physically exacting, but they function as narrative instruments too.

    Edin Custo · 4.5 out of 5
    A boy born into a family of gangsgters is taken in by a kabuki theatre actor and finds a talent for the craft.
  • Kolya (1996)
    Review preview for Kolya

    Kolya deserves its accolades by accepting the challenge of a simple idea and turning it into a work of universal humanity.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A middle-aged man meets his match when he has to look after a young boy.
  • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
    Review preview for Kong: Skull Island

    Boggles the mind and stretches credibility to the outer reaches of imagination

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Scientists, soldiers, a photo journalist and an English toff explore a hidden island stuffed with dangerously large preditors
  • KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
    Review preview for KPop Demon Hunters

    The film was conceived by Korean American Maggie Kang and it benefits from a knowing humour, playing affectionately with its stereotypes.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A world-renowned K-Pop girl group balance their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as demon hunters.
  • Kraken (2023)
    Review preview for Kraken

    A satisfying eco-horror with much more monster action than most.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    New technology in use at a fish farm awakens something slumbering in the depths.
  • Kratt (2020)
    Review preview for Kratt

    It disappoints a bit on the monster front and it’s extremely uneven, with a dose of political satire that’s too broad for most adults and will bore most kids, but when it hits the mark, younger viewers will love it.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Children are left to grandma’s without smartphones. Real life seems boring until they find instructions for kratt - magical creature who will do whatever its master says. All they have to do now, is to buy a soul from the devil...
  • Kraven The Hunter (2024)
    Review preview for Kraven The Hunter

    A film doesn't have to have a message, or a moral; indeed if its only motive is mercenary then that's fine, as long as it entertains. Kraven just doesn't.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.
  • Kriya (2020)
    Review preview for Kriya

    Like most occult horror, Kriya will have its most profound effects on those raised within the minority traditions it addresses, or at least something close to them.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A DJ encounters a beautiful woman at a club, goes back to her home, and finds himself thrust into a nightmare odyssey of ritual magic, patriarchal death customs and unusual family conflict.
  • Krull (1983)
    Review preview for Krull

    Just about the most boring fantasy film ever made.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    When aliens arrive to conquer the planet of Krull they kidnap a prince's girlfriend and things get personal.
  • Kryptic (2024)
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    Full of invention and not so tight on construction.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A psychothriller about a woman’s search for a missing monster hunter and her growing realisation that she is inescapably linked to the creature being pursued.
  • Kult Film (2019)
    Review preview for Kult Film

    Unfamiliarity with Kult doesn't stop this high-energy on and off-stage documentary about them being entertaining.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of the popular Polish band.
  • Kundun (1997)
    Review preview for Kundun

    Mathison's deep concern to honour the project with perfect truth lacks objectivity.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The story of the childhood of the 14th Dalai Lama.
  • Kung Fu Deadly (2026)
    Review preview for Kung Fu Deadly

    Although the film is pretty formulaic, it’s warm-hearted, it has enough different things going on to remain entertaining, and it rattles along at a fair old pace.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A late-to-launch young man and his even less responsible friend realise they may be the last line of defense between humanity and an ancient Chinese evil. Martial arts and supernatural horror collide in this romp of a buddy comedy.
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008)
    Review preview for Kung Fu Panda

    A thoroughly enjoyable confection that will amuse the kids and provide some decent laughs for those of us for whom attempting a roundhouse kick would require pain medication and physical therapy (I know, I tried).

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    Po the pudgy panda becomes an unlikely hero in this kids' adventure.
  • Kurayukaba (2023)
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    Tsukahara creates an immersive and vivid world both in the present and the past.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A detective heads into a city's maze-like underbelly on a case.
  • Kursk: The Last Mission (2018)
    Review preview for Kursk: The Last Mission

    While the tension of the build up to the initial disaster on the submarine is well-handled, Vinterberg struggles to dovetail that with his other plot lines.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Retelling of the Kursk submarine disaster.
  • Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
    Review preview for Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    A film full of intimacy and affection, of insight into the effort it takes to be both an artist and a human being.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    An in-depth look at the life and work of the writer.
  • Kylgor In The Grisly Abyss (2026)
    Review preview for Kylgor In The Grisly Abyss

    When you see that term ‘grisly abyss’, you’d better believe it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Grimdark fantasy, an epic quest, buckets of blood… all puppets.
  • Kyuka Before Summer's End (2024)
    Review preview for Kyuka Before Summer's End

    Between fragments of formal experimentation, the relationship between the two siblings and their father's struggle with melancholia deliver a muddled but tender summer chronicle.

    Sergiu Inizian · 3 out of 5
    A dad and his twin kids go on a boat holiday filled with unexpected encounters.
  • Klimt (2006)
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    A shallow portrayal.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 2 out of 5
    A portrait of the artist as a middle aged man.
  • KM 31 (2006)
    Review preview for KM 31

    In terms of mood, it is masterful, however, the film falls down slightly due to a surfeit of subplots.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An accident blackspot holds a supernatural secret.
  • Knightriders (1981)
    Review preview for Knightriders

    Knightriders represents the venerable director’s most personal and intimate work.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    The head of a mediaeval re-enactment troupe begins to lose his grip on reality.
  • Knight Rider: The Complete Third Series (1984)
    Review preview for Knight Rider: The Complete Third Series

    It's the coolness of K.I.T.T. (and the Hoff's MASSIVE hair) that made long-lasting impression on the world.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    The Hoff, wearing The Hair, kicks criminal ass, with the aid of his talking car.

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