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  • 45 Years (2015)
    Review preview for 45 Years

    To call the film haunting is an understatement.

    Luke Shaw · 5 out of 5
    A marriage is thrown into turmoil with news of a long dead lover.
  • Aberdeen (2000)
    Review preview for Aberdeen

    It is the journey, not the arrival, that matters.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman is forced to confront her past and present on a trip to see her dying mum.
  • Angel (2007)
    Review preview for Angel

    Lucy Russell in particular puts in a fascinating and nuanced performance.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 4 out of 5
    The life story of a self-obsessed young woman determined to succeed as a romance novelist at the beginning of the 20th Century.
  • Assassin's Creed (2016)
    Review preview for Assassin's Creed

    This film is not worth seeing. The costumes, special effects and a brilliant cast can't save it.

    Donald Munro · 1.5 out of 5
    Two factions struggle for control of mankind's destiny.
  • Babylon A.D. (2008)
    Review preview for Babylon A.D.

    Never really delivers the goods like it should.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    In a war-ravaged future world, a mercenary is hired to transport a mysterious girl between Russia and America.
  • Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
    Review preview for Basic Instinct 2

    Catherine Tramell is a great character and Stone pulls it off perfectly.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    Sharon Stone reprises her role as sexy author with possible murderous streak.
  • Benedetta (2021)
    Review preview for Benedetta

    The interplay of the spiritual and the sensual is vital here.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
  • Boogie Woogie (2009)
    Review preview for Boogie Woogie

    Less the free-form, jazzy ensemble satire on the art world it aspires to be than an over-elaborate and under-funny undertaking by high quality actors who should know better.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Art world satire.
  • Chaotic Ana (2007)
    Review preview for Chaotic Ana

    A glossy, superficial affair, leading up to a climactic sequence too laughable to impress in any way.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    An artist who joins a commune tries to uncover her past lives to end a cycle of violence.
  • Cleanskin (2012)
    Review preview for Cleanskin

    Cleanskin is a smart and visceral thriller.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A secret agent tracks down a would-be suicide bomber and his cell.
  • Deception (2008)
    Review preview for Deception

    As a thriller, a piece of soft porn, or a character study, the film is room temperature.

    Chris · 2.5 out of 5
    Softcore thriller about a Wall Street auditor brought into a world of sleaze.
  • Dune (2021)
    Review preview for Dune

    It is pretty.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A young man must survive on the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people.
  • Dune: Part Two (2024)
    Review preview for Dune: Part Two

    Dune at least looks, sounds, amazing, though not always.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
  • The Duchess (2008)
    Review preview for The Duchess

    Ultimately, the film suffers from the same problem as the marriage it depicts: a lack of sizzling passion.

    Maria Realf · 3.5 out of 5
    The true story of an aristocrat who came into conflict with the political and moral system of her day.
  • Everything Went Fine (2021)
    Review preview for Everything Went Fine

    François Ozon makes what could have been an impossibly painful subject more palatable but nonetheless affecting.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A father asks for help to die.
  • The Eye Of The Storm (2011)
    Review preview for The Eye Of The Storm

    The thematic links are remarkable, because they reveal and conceal simultaneously.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A dying mother is determined to manipulate her family to the very end.
  • The Forbidden Room (2015)
    Review preview for The Forbidden Room

    What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
  • Heading South (2005)
    Review preview for Heading South

    Instead of context and plot, Cantet has aimed at a character-based narrative, which falls flat due to lack of characters.

    David Stanners · 2.5 out of 5
    Three female tourists, looking for fun in Haiti, end up with more than they bargained for.
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
    Review preview for I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

    Owen is fine when looking moody, but not so good when given dialogue - it seems too staged, too deliberate.

    Trinity · 3 out of 5
    Once a gangster, always a gangster?
  • I, Anna (2012)
    Review preview for I, Anna

    Given the Rampling family pedigree there are certain expectations of quality, and Southcombe largely lives up to the promise with this sharply stylish crime mystery that gives plenty of space for Rampling to flex her acting muscles.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    A detective falls for a woman who may be mixed up in a murder case.
  • Lemming (2005)
    Review preview for Lemming

    Moll can hold his own, offering in Lemming a death-defying leap into the angst-ridden psyches of the modern couple.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    A French angle, with David Lynch references, to the surreal underbelly of bourgeois marriages.
  • Melancholia (2011)
    Review preview for Melancholia

    Lars von Trier's sublime invitation to the end of the world is a grand film by a master story teller who does not repeat himself.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Two sisters' relationship is examined as a planet threatens to bring about the apocalypse.
  • My Uncle Silas (2000)
    Review preview for My Uncle Silas

    Good, light-hearted Sunday evening fun.

    David Stanners · 4 out of 5
    Tales of a nephew and his madcap uncle.
  • Never Let Me Go (2010)
    Review preview for Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go arrives trailing a lot of hype and carrying a considerable weight of expectation. Happily, it more than delivers.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    Adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's best-selling novel about love and loss.
  • Orca - The Killer Whale (1977)
    Review preview for Orca - The Killer Whale

    There may be moments when it's truly awful, but it's also strangely compelling.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    After his partner and unborn child are killed, a killer whale seeks revenge on the humans responsible.
  • Peter Beard: Scrapbooks From Africa And Beyond (1998)
    Review preview for Peter Beard: Scrapbooks From Africa And Beyond

    Beard loves big landscapes and big animals; his joie de vivre and fascination with the scale of the universe come across strikingly in these epic frames.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A retrospective on the work of photographer, artist and adventurer Peter Beard.
  • Portrait Of The Artist (2014)
    Review preview for Portrait Of The Artist

    [A] thorny, intangible and episodic cinematic dream.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    A filmmaker becomes obsessed with the film of his next movie.
  • Red Sparrow (2018)
    Review preview for Red Sparrow

    The lady can't keep her clothes on. It's part of the training

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A former ballerina is recruited into Russia's spy school where students learn the artifice of the honey trap
  • The Sea (2013)
    Review preview for The Sea

    For all its visual skill and mostly good performances, this is a tiresome, dull film.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    An art historian explores haunting memories in the village he visited as a child.
  • The Sense Of An Ending (2017)
    Review preview for The Sense Of An Ending

    No defense against a life less lived

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A second-hand camera dealer remembers his university years when relationships were scarred with tragedy and desire while living a life of selfish isolation.
  • Summer Things (2002)
    Review preview for Summer Things

    Light without being floaty, easy to watch without leaving a trace, almost attractive, certainly self-assured and faintly amusing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Sexual liaisons and family misunderstandings on a French holiday with Charlotte Rampling.
  • Swimming Pool (2002)
    Review preview for Swimming Pool

    If looks could kill, the audience would be dead.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A prickly English author looks for inspiration in a hedonistic housemate.
  • Under The Sand (2000)
    Review preview for Under The Sand

    A study in grief, using magic realism, seems metaphorically top heavy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A widow in denial about her husband's death, imagines he is still at home.
  • The Wings Of The Dove (1997)
    Review preview for The Wings Of The Dove

    Amini's script cuts James to the bone. Softley allows the magic of Venice to intoxicate his senses.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A woman who can't marry her lover due to his lack of wealth, sees an answer to her problems in the form of a sick millionairess.
  • Young & Beautiful (2013)
    Review preview for Young & Beautiful

    Keeps holding out a promise of insight into its young protagonist's mentality and makeup, but ends up merely observing her from a cool distance, as if through the binoculars from the opening scene.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    Portrait of a 17-year-old, who sells her body for cash.

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