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  • Backrooms (2026)
    Review preview for Backrooms

    Its images are often chilling. Its spaces have a genuine charge. But the plot often feels less like cinema than like a sequence of cutscenes from a video game with the gameplay removed.

    Edin Custo · 3 out of 5
    A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
  • Hannah Takes The Stairs (2007)
    Review preview for Hannah Takes The Stairs

    This is the kind of film that will receive rave reviews from pretentious critics and poncy awards at festivals you’ve never heard of. Meanwhile, average filmgoers like you and I will watch it and wonder: what on earth was that?

    Robyn Jankel · 1 out of 5
    Mumblecore film about a graduate and her love life.
  • Humpday (2009)
    Review preview for Humpday

    A mumblecore masterpiece.

    George Williamson · 5 out of 5
    Two old friends take male bonding a little too far.
  • The Puffy Chair (2005)
    Review preview for The Puffy Chair

    Realistic and deeply heartfelt.

    George Williamson · 4.5 out of 5
    Surprisingly real road trip movie about a quest to find a piece of furniture.
  • Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
    Review preview for Safety Not Guaranteed

    Part of SNG’s festival success is down to the sweetness that lies beneath each of the characters.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 3 out of 5
    A trio of magazine employees investigate a classified ad seeking a partner for time travel.
  • Tully (2018)
    Review preview for Tully

    Making a movie about a suffering mother who cannot admit that her tether has snapped is a brave endeavor

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    The exhaustion of being a wife, mother and now having another baby is saved by a young, optimistic, attractive night nanny who loves everything, especially her job
  • Your Sister's Sister (2011)
    Review preview for Your Sister's Sister

    What you get out of Your Sister's Sister is likely to depend quite a bit on the audience you see it with.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A tightly focused comedy drama exploring the bonds between siblings, best friends and lovers.

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