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  • '71 (2014)
    Review preview for '71

    Burke is interested in people not politics, keeping the focus on the sudden outbreaks of inhumanity and humanity in the madness, expertly crafting his thriller from the swirling fog of war.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A young British soldier is accidentally left behind by his unit on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.
  • American Animals (2018)
    Review preview for American Animals

    As a cinematic first the audacity and imagination of Bart Leyton's way of working breaks new ground

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in US history.
  • The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022)
    Review preview for The Banshees Of Inisherin

    Banshees is lifted by good performances, particularly from Keoghan and Condon, whose major scene together has a delicacy of emotion that is sharply at odds with the brute force McDonagh more generally employs.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
  • Bird (2024)
    Review preview for Bird

    Amid all the deprivation Arnold, as is her style, uncovers elements that lift the action out of the ordinary and into the realms of fantasy and magical realism.

    Richard Mowe · 3.5 out of 5
    12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
  • Calm With Horses (2019)
    Review preview for Calm With Horses

    It's usually Keoghan who gets the acting plaudits, but though he is good as a wannabe bad guy, it's Jarvis who provides the heft, in more ways than one here.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Thriller about a crime enforcer for a clan of drug dealers, while also trying to be a good father to his autistic son.
  • Dunkirk (2017)
    Review preview for Dunkirk

    This is not just a war film. It is an artistic triumph.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Dramatic rescue of British soldiers, trapped on the beaches in France, at a critical moment in WWII.
  • Eternals (2021)
    Review preview for Eternals

    This is almost an hour longer than anything else Zhao has directed, and while her eye is keen there must surely have been a point where someone looked at a script and thought 'this is too much'.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    The saga of a race of immortal beings.
  • The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017)
    Review preview for The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

    Lanthimos confirms his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most original and unsettling directors

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A teenage boy tries to integrate a surgeon into his broken family but his motives become increasingly sinister.
  • Mammal (2016)
    Review preview for Mammal

    The film has an intensity that creates its own tension.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth.
  • Norfolk (2015)
    Review preview for Norfolk

    Norfolk is as much a statement about land as it is about the people who live there.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A tough-love father's strong relationship with his teenage son is tested when the boy befriends a girl.
  • Saltburn (2023)
    Review preview for Saltburn

    Its unreliable geographies, human and physical, make it even more beguiling.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Struggling to fit in at Oxford University, Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
  • Trespass Against Us (2016)
    Review preview for Trespass Against Us

    The West Country slang in use is at times impenetrable, but it’s clear that writer Alex Simmonds has spent a long time learning its intricacies, and the actors are doing their best to capture the spirit and tone of this community.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    A man looks to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family.

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