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  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile (2019)
    Review preview for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile

    By avoiding serial cliches, director Joe Berlinger touches on a different level of revelation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
  • Garden State (2004)
    Review preview for Garden State

    Portman captures something so rare that it defies description.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Returning home to New Jersey in a twentysomething haze of dysfunctional doubt.
  • Hidden Figures (2016)
    Review preview for Hidden Figures

    Spencer [is] particularly strong in communicating not just fluency but enthusiasm for what she does.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The story of three black women who revolutionised computing and engineering and helped put Americans in space.
  • Home (2015)
    Review preview for Home

    As a marketing devise for soundtrack sales it has possibilities

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A lonely alien makes friends with the last teenage girl on Earth.
  • A Kid Like Jake (2018)
    Review preview for A Kid Like Jake

    Young Davis is a real find, bringing such freshness and naturalism to the role of Jake that it's impossible to lose sight of what's at stake.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Parents struggle to do the right thing after realising that their child is gender nonconforming.
  • The Leader (2026)
    Review preview for The Leader

    Here, ideas do not flow hierarchically: they are conceived in the space between two individuals; they emerge from conversation and are endlessly recycled, coming to seem more like the obvious truth every time.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In 1997, 39 members of the American cult known as Heaven's Gate committed the largest mass suicide to ever take place on American soil. This is their story.

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