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  • An Education (2009)
    Review preview for An Education

    Although we are talking age old themes here – first love, dodgy geezers, questions of class – the material is spectacularly well handled.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A 16-year-old - and her family - are swept off their feet by a debonair older man.
  • And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
    Review preview for And When Did You Last See Your Father?

    The boy discovers his father’s failings as he grows up and is hurt by them. His mother has always known, but she is of an older generation where wives were expected to suffer in silence.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Memories of living with a popular dad.
  • Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
    Review preview for Elizabeth Harvest

    It's Lee who dominates the film in a performance that feels animal, instinctual.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A brilliant man marries a much younger woman and shows her his home, stating that it's all hers - except for one room she can't enter.
  • Elsinore (2026)
    Review preview for Elsinore

    Scott’s beacon of light is swallowed up by Stone and Beresford’s heavy-handedness.

    Paul Risker · 3 out of 5
    Account of Ian Charleson’s life, capturing the moment when he faced his own mortality as he prepared to play Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre.
  • The Imitation Game (2014)
    Review preview for The Imitation Game

    The kind of period drama that screams “festival launch” but doesn’t trust its audience enough to tell its story subtly or with any surprises.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Alan Turing helps crack the Enigma code.
  • The Testament Of Ann Lee (2025)
    Review preview for The Testament Of Ann Lee

    Made with consummate care, the film stands out for its exquisite cinematography.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.

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