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  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
    Review preview for The Baader Meinhof Complex

    Further evidence of German filmmakers’ willingness to confront the darker episodes of their recent past – and spark a controversy in the process.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    As protests against the West German government of the late 1960s become increasingly violent, a group of young left-wingers decide to take direct action.
  • Bulk (2025)
    Review preview for Bulk

    It's not a map, it's a blueprint, a means of telling fortunes and a handsome puzzle to boot.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Sci-fi nightmare fusing head scrambling multiverse and a conspiracy of global proportions that might mean the end of the world as we know it.
  • The Collini Case (2019)
    Review preview for The Collini Case

    A seamlessly crafted thriller with exemplary performances all round.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
  • Control (2006)
    Review preview for Control

    Only 15 minutes into this instant classic I thought ‘this is a bloody masterpiece’.

    Dylan Matthew · 5 out of 5
    The short, anguished life of Joy Division's lead singer.
  • Downfall (2004)
    Review preview for Downfall

    Although everyone knows the outcome, the film remains riveting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    German dramatisation of the last days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
  • The King's Man (2021)
    Review preview for The King's Man

    From a technical standpoint, Vaughn and the cinematographer Ben Davies outdo themselves.

    Antoni Konieczny · 3 out of 5
    In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.
  • Rush (2013)
    Review preview for Rush

    Undoubtedly a classy mainstream product.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    The rivalry between Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda comes to a fateful head at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
  • La Syndicaliste (2022)
    Review preview for La Syndicaliste

    Sustained by a bravura performance from Isabelle Huppert in a total change of register from her last comedic outing with the same director Mama Weed, the new collaboration never puts a frame out of place.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    The true story of of a whistleblower who shook the French nuclear industry.
  • Youth Without Youth (2007)
    Review preview for Youth Without Youth

    What emerges, despite the magic realist trappings, is a classic Coppola tale; Like Kurtz and Michael Corleone, Dominic is a man alone, haunted by his memories and driven to tragedy by the essence of his character.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A university professor is struck by lightning and finds himself growing younger.

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