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  • The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism (2017)
    Review preview for The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism

    The film mixes shots of paintings in the exhibition with footage of the places which inspired them, some of which have changed little since. Some excellent work is done blending the one into the other.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary on the development of American impressionism.
  • 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.
  • A Cock And Bull Story (2005)
    Review preview for A Cock And Bull Story

    That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

    Themroc · 4 out of 5
    The difficulty of being Steve Coogan playing Tristram Shandy in a film directed by Jeremy Northam.
  • The House Of Mirth (2000)
    Review preview for The House Of Mirth

    This is a long, slow and supremely well-written film.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A New York socialite faces financial ruin after falling victim to the rumour of an affair.
  • How To Lose Friends And Alienate People (2008)
    Review preview for How To Lose Friends And Alienate People

    This is a film which knows exactly what it is and what it wants to achieve and, as a result, never pretends to be something it’s not.

    Adam Micklethwaite · 4 out of 5
    Can a British journalist hack it in the New York world of a fashion magazine.
  • Johnny English Reborn (2011)
    Review preview for Johnny English Reborn

    English is given more depth and there's a real story that doesn't depend on the central joke.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Disgraced secret agent Johnny English is welcomed back into the fold as a trio of top assassins threaten the Chinese premier.
  • The Last King Of Scotland (2006)
    Review preview for The Last King Of Scotland

    It is a brave film that portrays Idi Amin not simply as a monster, but as a complex individual.

    Steve Harwood · 4 out of 5
    Ugandan dictator's rise to power as seen through the eyes of a young doctor.
  • The Mighty Celt (2005)
    A boy and his dog in the wake of an IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland.
  • Mr Morgan's Last Love (2013)
    Review preview for Mr Morgan's Last Love

    Caine makes the most of the material on offer.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    A retired philosophy professor falls for a young Parisian woman.
  • The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
    Review preview for The Pale Blue Eye

    If you have a particular passion for the Gothic, you may find this film appealing despite its flaws.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man whom the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Princess Mononoke (1997)
    Review preview for Princess Mononoke

    In this way, Miyazaki avoids any simplistic 'message', preferring to present a more complicated dialectic on the environmental difficulties that continue to 'curse' us to this day.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A prince becomes caught up in a battle between a mining town and a forest.
  • Robin Robin (2021)
    Review preview for Robin Robin

    The action also feels under-powered in places, with set pieces mainly reminding you of other, more accomplished Wallace & Gromit outings, while you long for a bit more of the Gruffalo's heart.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A robin is adopted by a family of mice but finds she's not very good at sneaking.
  • Sister (2012)
    Review preview for Sister

    It is a well-observed portrait of the family ties that bind, but with insufficient narrative development to justify its length.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A snapshot of life for a 12-year-old, who steals from the rich at a local ski resort to support him and his sister.
  • Shadow Dancer (2012)
    Review preview for Shadow Dancer

    Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
    Review preview for The Spy Who Dumped Me

    People are being shot everywhere you look

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Two friends find themselves caught up in an international conspiracy thanks to one of their ex-boyfriends.
  • Straightheads (2007)
    Review preview for Straightheads

    The climax of Adam and Alice’s vengeance becomes so extreme that it veers into black farce. As a thriller it’s tight and gripping enough.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    A couple, brought together by a chance encounter, react to a horrific attack by plotting vengeance.
  • Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma (2026)
    Review preview for Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma

    Anderson and Einbinder are a terrific pairing.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    When the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed to a new director, she visits the original movie's star only to fall into a blood-soaked world of desire and delirium.
  • Tron: Ares (2025)
    Review preview for Tron: Ares

    There isn't a point where Ares feels fun.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A highly sophisticated program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.
  • Viceroy's House (2017)
    Review preview for Viceroy's House

    Such an important story cannot be squeezed into 106 minutes. The politics are complex and the religious conflict on a Syrian scale of horror

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
  • The X-Files: I Want To Believe (2008)
    Review preview for The X-Files: I Want To Believe

    The story boils down to a pretty familiar chase scenario.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    Mulder and Scully are reunited for a case involving a disgraced priest who has psychic visions linked to a series of gruesome abductions.
  • The X Files (1998)
    Review preview for The X Files

    The effects are fun, the script is sharp and suspension of disbelief encouraged.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Feature-length outing for Mulder and Scully.
  • X Files - Season 7 (1999)
    Review preview for X Files - Season 7

    It's been good. Maybe, it will get better when Scully breaks free.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Last series with David Duchovny, in which there are less supernatural shocks.
  • The X Files: Season 8 (2000)
    Review preview for The X Files: Season 8

    Chris Carter and the creative team have done a magnificent job.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Sci-fi series soldiers on without David Duchovny, but can it survive?

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