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  • Aisha (2022)
    Review preview for Aisha

    Wright’s performance is among the very best of the year to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland flounders in a maze of social services and bureaucracy as her situation becomes increasingly dire.
  • Challengers (2024)
    Review preview for Challengers

    The whole thing is ludicrously dragged out over 13 years, and sitting through it feels like longer.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, transformed her husband into a champion. But to overcome a recent losing streak and redeem himself, he'll need to face off against his former best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend.
  • 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.
  • Disclosure Day (2026)
    Review preview for Disclosure Day

    Perhaps it is gauche to call a director approaching 80 naïve, but that is the sentiment that lingers as Disclosure Day itself unfolds.

    Edin Custo · 3.5 out of 5
    Alien adventure thriller.
  • Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
    Review preview for Florence Foster Jenkins

    The embarrassment levels are high

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    The story of a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite being unable to carry a tune in a bucket.
  • God's Own Country (2017)
    Review preview for God's Own Country

    Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Young sheep farmer Johnny numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker offers the promise of something else.
  • The History Of Sound (2025)
    Review preview for The History Of Sound

    Most of the filmmaker’s passion, wisdom and wits is packed in the first half, while the second half represents pure “production” of content.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 2.5 out of 5
    Two young men in 1920 set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.
  • Hide And Seek (2013)
    Review preview for Hide And Seek

    Joanna Coates' Hide And Seek comes as a breath of fresh air.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Four young people move into a remote house together to experiment with non-monogamy.
  • Lee (2023)
    Review preview for Lee

    Winslet performance holds a powerful sway, embracing Lee’s abrasive and conflicted personality and viewing the horrors with an analytical eye and a sense of bravado as well as despair.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during the Second World War.
  • The Mastermind (2025)
    Review preview for The Mastermind

    Reichardt’s attention to detail is visible in every aspect, and the perfect casting is no exception.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 4.5 out of 5
    In a quiet corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, JB Mooney, an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief, plots his first major heist. But when things go south, his life is turned upside down.
  • Mothering Sunday (2021)
    Review preview for Mothering Sunday

    The façade of a happy picnic shows all the cracks, despite the lovely geese flying overhead.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.
  • Only You (2018)
    Review preview for Only You

    A seriously intelligent script.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A couple who fall in love at first sight face problems when they try to conceive.
  • Rebuilding (2025)
    Review preview for Rebuilding

    It could not be more apposite in exploring how whose who have lost everything in such environmental disasters, find resilience in human connections.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward.

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