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  • The Black Dahlia (2006)
    Review preview for The Black Dahlia

    Everything is so hurried that the wheels begin to come off.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Two cops hunt a killer in 1940s LA.
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
    A boy's childhood in Ireland with a depressed mum, an alcoholic dad and a vivid imagination.
  • Colette (2018)
    Review preview for Colette

    This evocation of Colette in 2018 knows that its heroine will always be larger than what is on screen.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    The story of author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette's rise to fame.
  • Dorian Gray (2009)
    Review preview for Dorian Gray

    To pull this off requires a strong script and intelligent direction, and, surprisingly, this film mostly succeeds, despite occasional moments of ham-fistedness.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A man has eternal youth... but what about the portrait in his attic?
  • The Education Of Jane Cumming (2026)
    Review preview for The Education Of Jane Cumming

    Heldman’s sharpest instinct is to show how a society polices intimacy by pretending it cannot see it.

    Edin Custo · 3.5 out of 5
    Edinburgh, 1810. Two female teachers find themselves at the centre of a scandal.
  • Fracture (2007)
    Review preview for Fracture

    Fracture is clever, masterfully controlled by an actor whose love affair with the camera never seems to wane.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An attempted murder leads to legal mind games in a Los Angeles courtroom.
  • Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

    The Order Of The Phoenix is the best in the series.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Harry Potter and friends find themselves in trouble as a mysterious stranger seizes power at Hogwarts.
  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

    Is it familiarity that makes the heart grow fonder? Or magic?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Harry enters the second year at Hogwarts... and it's even more perilous than the first.
  • Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001)
    Review preview for Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

    No surprises. Nothing to write home about. And yet thoroughly entertaining.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The boy wizard's first adventure.
  • Hot Milk (2025)
    Review preview for Hot Milk

    Mackey is a simmering, sullen, potent lead, keeping viewers on edge even as she lounges in the sun.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Rose and her daughter Sofia journey to a Spanish seaside town to meet an enigmatic healer. As Sofia embraces an affair with an alluring stranger, tensions with her overbearing mother threaten their fragile bond.
  • The Hippopotamus (2017)
    Review preview for The Hippopotamus

    Allam makes no secret of the fact that, as Ted, he's essentially playing Fry himself, capturing every little vocal tick and expressive nuance.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A theatre critic is offered a princely sum to travel to a stately home to investigate a series of unexplained ‘miracles’.
  • If (2024)
    Review preview for If

    While Framestore and Cadence have notionally brought the various creatures to 'life' they've not got that vital spark one would hope for.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
  • Kindred (2020)
    Review preview for Kindred

    With impressive, performances all round, this is a film that grips throughout despite its slow pace.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A woman who is taken in by her partner's family after his unexpected death comes to believe that they do not have her best interests at heart.
  • The Last September (1999)
    Review preview for The Last September

    This is a mood piece.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The decline of the Anglo-Irish gentry of the Twenties, as seen through the eyes of one family.
  • Lizzie (2018)
    Review preview for Lizzie

    This is a grim, austere story of the pressure cooker of frustration, rage and fear that results when the patriarchy squeezes just as tight as the corsets of the time.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Lays bare the legend of Lizzie Borden to reveal the much more complex, poignant and truly terrifying woman within — and her intimate bond with the family’s young Irish housemaid, Bridget Sullivan.

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