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  • The Singers (2025)
    Review preview for The Singers

    Illuminating their faces, Davis intentionally brings out wrinkles and rough skin – the features that speak to who they are, to their unique life experiences.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An impromptu singing contest takes place in a lonely bar.
  • Underground (2007)
    Review preview for Underground

    Just how much pleasure can be gained from watching unpleasant characters beat on each other? Answer: Not much.

    Daniel Hooper · 1 out of 5
    Twelve fighters compete to win £500,000 in an underground fighting competition.
  • Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide (2010)
    Review preview for Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide

    A painstakingly curated trailer reel that pays affectionate if sometimes wry tribute to a bygone chapter in the history of genre cinema.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Collection of trailers to films that fell foul of censorship laws, along with documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape.

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