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  • About Face: Supermodels Then And Now (2012)
    Review preview for About Face: Supermodels Then And Now

    Though it doesn't really go anywhere new, this film provides a solid document of a series of interesting lives, and succeeds in showing that being good looking doesn't equal being stupid or having nothing to say.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    An exploration of ageing and beauty in the company of the original supermodels.
  • The Accidental Husband (2008)
    Review preview for The Accidental Husband

    Essentially a celebration of glorious selfishness.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    An angry firefighter decides to get revenge on the radio agony aunt who ruined his relationship, spoiling her wedding plans by faking a document which says she's already married to him.
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
    Review preview for Blue Velvet

    One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young man befriends a woman in trouble and discovers a sinister side to life in his small town.
  • Cat Person (2023)
    Review preview for Cat Person

    The central portion of the film is delciously discomfiting.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    College student Margot meets 33-year-old Robert at the cinema where she works. After a casual flirtation at the concession stand, they carry on conversations through texts. As their perceptions of each other collide, events spiral out of control. Based on The New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian.
  • La Chimera (2023)
    Review preview for La Chimera

    Rohrwacher’s visually eclectic style is well suited to exploring the contrasts between present and past, natural and artificial, poverty and wealth.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
  • Conclave (2024)
    Review preview for Conclave

    Director Edward Berger and his director of photography Stephane Fontaine have made every frame art.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Drama surrounding the election of a new Pope.
  • Closet Monster (2015)
    Review preview for Closet Monster

    Well-paced, genuinely funny most of the time and emotionally resonant.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A sexually confused teenager drifts into a fantasy world where his anxieties take physical shape.
  • Death Becomes Her (1992)
    Review preview for Death Becomes Her

    Both female stars are on fine form here, relishing the chance to let go and unleash the full force of their personalities.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The rivalry between two ageing actresses only becomes more bitter when they acquire the gift of eternal youth.
  • Enemy (2013)
    Review preview for Enemy

    Villeneuve knows how to stoke the tension so that benign moments become first unsettling and then downright creepy.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Adam leads a monotonous life until he discovers Anthony, a small-time actor physically identical to him.
  • The Gospel According To André (2017)
    Review preview for The Gospel According To André

    Flashes a light to illuminate different stages in the life of the man who invented himself with style and grace.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Portrait of André Leon Talley.
  • Incredibles 2 (2018)
    Review preview for Incredibles 2

    When Pixar are good, they are very very good, and this is.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The animated super family take on a new villain - The Screenslaver.
  • Infamous (2006)
    Truman Capote researches the Clutter murders for In Cold Blood.
  • Joy (2015)
    Review preview for Joy

    As wild as it seems at times, the film is deeply grounded in an emotional truth for each of the protagonists.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Story of the woman who invented the Miracle Mop.
  • Keyhole (2011)
    Review preview for Keyhole

    To enjoy this kind of adventure, you have to get lost in Guy Maddin's house, because he has made a ghost of a film - 'but a ghost isn't nothing.'

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A criminal undertakes a surreal and supernatural journey through his own house.
  • Left Luggage (1998)
    Review preview for Left Luggage

    I don’t know what irritated me more: the film’s cosy predictability and thematic conservatism or its insufferably mawkish tone.

    Themroc · 1 out of 5
    A young secular Jewish girl takes a job as a nanny in a strict Hasidic household.
  • Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017)
    Review preview for Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story

    Director Tiffany Bartok doesn't shy away from the depressing aspects of Kevyn's story, nor obfuscate his responsibility for parts of what went wrong.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An intimate look at the make-up artist.
  • Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (2021)
    Review preview for Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

    The puppetry here is brilliantly done.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Marcel, a one-inch-tall shell, lives a miniature life with his grandma Connie and their pet lint, Alan. When the trio goes viral, they get millions of fans and new hope for finding their long-lost family.
  • My Dog Tulip (2009)
    Review preview for My Dog Tulip

    A warm and witty tribute to man's best friend and an odd couple love story.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    Bittersweet tale of one man and his dog.
  • Roger Dodger (2002)
    Review preview for Roger Dodger

    The film is all words and attitude.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A chat-up artist takes his teenage nephew on a tour of New York night life.
  • The Rossellinis (2020)
    Review preview for The Rossellinis

    Insightful and at times wonderfully playful.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A documentary recounting the lives of Roberto Rossellini's children from the perspective of Alessandro Rossellini, the first grandson of the director.
  • The Saddest Music In The World (2003)
    Review preview for The Saddest Music In The World

    Hilarious throughout.

    Andrea Mullaney · 4.5 out of 5
    Depression-era melodrama where beer baroness runs competition to discover the saddest music in the world.
  • Spaceman (2024)
    Review preview for Spaceman

    While the lo-fi production design on the spaceship - with its man-made webbing and items from food tins to tools strapped down left right and centre - is absorbing in its detail, there's only so long it can distract you from the film's bloated running time.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    An astronaut, has been on a space mission for months. He realises that his wife might not be waiting for him once he returns to Earth. In his desperation, he turns for help to a mysterious creature lurking deep in the bowels of his spaceship.
  • Two Lovers (2008)
    Review preview for Two Lovers

    Joaquin Phoenix is utterly convincing in this role, conveying the longing and confusion with glimpses of the happier guy he could be.

    Val Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A man struggles with his emotions as his founds tentative relationships with two women.
  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Part One The Moab Story (2003)
    Review preview for The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Part One The Moab Story

    A self-important, prosaic and ill-defined artistic tableau.

    David Stanners · 1.5 out of 5
    A meandering historical epic life story of a traveller/natural historian/writer.
  • Wild At Heart (1990)
    Review preview for Wild At Heart

    The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

    Nicky Falkof · 4 out of 5
    Sailor and Lula go on the run, after Lula's mum bids to kill her daughter's beau.

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