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  • All Things To All Men (2013)
    Review preview for All Things To All Men

    All fur coat and no knickers.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A bent copper tries to rip off a kingpin.
  • The Darkside Of Society (2022)
    Review preview for The Darkside Of Society

    Occam’s razor is badly needed here.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    The story of the Keith family in Beverly Hills and the reality which inspired cult film Society.
  • The Killing Fields (1984)
    Review preview for The Killing Fields

    Himself a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, lucky to have escaped with his life, Ngor subsumes himself in the role in a way that makes one wonder that he made it through filming without losing his mind.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A journalist and photographer are separated when the Khmer Rouge takes power in Cambodia, one winning awards, the other struggling to survive.
  • The Last Impresario (2013)
    Review preview for The Last Impresario

    Otto's sensitively structured portrait of an engaging Peter Pan draws us irresistibly into his world.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    The story of producer and social butterfly Michael White.
  • Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
    Review preview for Leaving Las Vegas

    Cage and Shue transform [their characters] into believable people you feel you could talk with - transcending the usual boundaries of the screen and your heart.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    A sensational, if doomed romance between a prostitute and a suicidal drunk.
  • The Last Breath (2024)
    Review preview for The Last Breath

    These sharks behave more like the real thing, curious to begin with, observing and then swooping in for test bites rather than going straight for the kill.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
  • The Medallion (2003)
    Review preview for The Medallion

    The Medallion has five scriptwriters. Surely one of them might have noticed a gaping hole where the story should have been.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Jackie Chan in a resurrection magic kung fu adventure.
  • The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
    Review preview for The Million Dollar Hotel

    Wim Wenders films this dysfunctional love story in a tricksy cinematic manner, adding another layer of pretension to the already overloaded dumpster.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    After a billionaire's son dies, the FBI investigate the eccentric residents of a skid row hotel.
  • Naked Lunch (1991)
    Review preview for Naked Lunch

    Jim Isaacs's creatures are remarkable, as is the film - unique, disturbing, wicked.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An addict writer descends into a hallucinatory existence after accidentally killing his wife.
  • The Persian Connection (2016)
    Review preview for The Persian Connection

    The Persian Connection is anchored by an affecting performance from Safai.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An Iranian gangster wrongly accused of stealing from his boss is forced to hunt down stolen goods.
  • The Painted Bird (2019)
    Review preview for The Painted Bird

    Smutný gives us faces that will stories even when they're still, the weight of long experience etched into every line.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A lone Jewish boy has to fend for himself in Nazi-occupied eastern Europe.
  • The Piper (2023)
    Review preview for The Piper

    The musical work within the film is its greatest asset so one wonders if certain scenes ended up being edited to suit it, rather than the other way around.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    When a composer is tasked with finishing her late mentor's concerto, she discovers that playing the music could have deadly consequences.
  • A Room With A View (1985)
    Review preview for A Room With A View

    The cast could not be better.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A chance encounter in Florence leads a respectable young Englishwoman to develop secret passions.
  • Timecode 2000 (2000)
    Review preview for Timecode 2000

    Within the confines of this technically complex idea, Figgis has created a work of considerable artistic merit.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Experimental film, using split-screen to tell its story about the day in the life of Hollywood folk.
  • Walk Like A Panther (2018)
    Review preview for Walk Like A Panther

    Predictability is the name. Wrestling is the game.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Geriatric wrestlers return to the ring to save their favourite pub in a Yorkshire village from greedy developers.
  • Warlock (1989)
    Review preview for Warlock

    While immensely trashy, Warlock also takes itself very seriously, which is probably its saving grace.

    James Gracey · 3.5 out of 5
    An evil warlock facing a death sentence, flees from the 17th to the 20th Century with a witch-finder in hot pursuit.

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