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  • Advantageous (2015)
    Review preview for Advantageous

    As with the best science fiction, the technology of the future is used to explore the human condition of the present.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    In a near-future city, a mother faces a stark choice about her future.
  • American Splendor (2002)
    Review preview for American Splendor

    The performances are finely nuanced, capturing the complexities of real life individuals and avoiding caricature.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 5 out of 5
    True story about misfit who creates a popular comic series based on his own life.
  • Drones (2010)
    Review preview for Drones

    Amber Benson and Adam Busch's Drones may be slight, but that low-key triviality is an essential part of its humour.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    An office worker discovers one of his colleagues is an alien.
  • Grind (2026)
    Review preview for Grind

    We move from one subject and set of characters to another, but the pacing, energy, horror and humour are perfectly in key, and the whole is a perfect delight.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A horror anthology tackling the modern work landscape through four timely perspectives – the hustle culture of an MLM, the endless repetitiveness of a food delivery driver, the online horrors of a content moderator, and the unionisation of a coffee shop.
  • The Girl From Monday (2004)
    Review preview for The Girl From Monday

    A depressingly banal story.

    Themroc · 2.5 out of 5
    In a dystopian near future, counter revolutionaries battle the multimedia conglomerate that runs their lives.
  • Henry Fool (1997)
    Review preview for Henry Fool

    Posey is irresistable. She has perfected the dysfunctional bitch to such a degree, it is pure sweet delight, masochisticly speaking, to keep your eyes on her.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Dark fable about a novelist hobo who introduces a man to literature, with extraordinary consequences.
  • The Last Temptation Of Becky (2026)
    Review preview for The Last Temptation Of Becky

    Lulu Wilson’s impatient energy and Wexler’s panache are perfectly matched.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Now a CIA field agent, Becky goes undercover in Poland to infiltrate a family running an inn at The Wolf's Lair, one of Hitler's WWII bunkers. When she learns the father, Wilhelm Reuss, plans to spark the Fourth Reich, Becky must stop him.
  • Sweet And Lowdown (1999)
    Review preview for Sweet And Lowdown

    The nostalgic delight of this movie is due partly to Santo Loquasto's production design and Laura Cunningham Bauer's costumes, both of which are outstanding.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Imaginary biopic of a jazz musician.
  • Tesla (2019)
    Review preview for Tesla

    The fact that Michael Almereyda's playful biopic doesn't quite fire on all cylinders feels more like a tribute than a failing.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Highlighting the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology –including his own previous work – by pioneering a system of wireless energy that will change the world.
  • Wonderstruck (2017)
    Review preview for Wonderstruck

    This creative and visually arresting adaptation of Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel marks a filmmaker at the top of his game.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Both set out on quests.

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