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  • Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
    Review preview for Ain't Them Bodies Saints

    Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Love story about an escaped outlaw and the wife who waits for him.
  • Bucking Fastard (2026)
    Review preview for Bucking Fastard

    For all the strangeness of the premise there’s not a lot of meat on the bones of this story.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The adventures of a pair of twins whose speech is synchronised and lives co-dependent.
  • Carol (2015)
    Review preview for Carol

    A beautifully crafted piece.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
  • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot (2018)
    Review preview for Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

    It's hard to be tough on a film as warm-hearted as this one is in spirit - like Callahan, it's trying hard even when it fails.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Portrait of cartoonist John Callahan and his battle with alcoholism.
  • A Ghost Story (2017)
    Review preview for A Ghost Story

    Reveals just enough in the sparse dialogue and long silences to keep us intrigued.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    This is the story of a ghost and the house he haunts.
  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
    Review preview for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

    In the end, this isn't the obnoxious film it might have been but it isn't a very interesting one either.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A journalist tries to solve a murder from the past with the help of a brilliant but damaged young woman.
  • Her (2013)
    Review preview for Her

    It is in these details, the small objects Jonze provides us with in his film of disembodied desires, that essences become distilled.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A lonely writer falls in love with his new all-purpose operating system, leading to romantic and existential complications.
  • Kubo And The Two Strings (2016)
    Review preview for Kubo And The Two Strings

    A journey you have never travelled before

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.
  • Lion (2016)
    Review preview for Lion

    To its great merit, the film does not go for romanticizing or exploiting this child's life-threatening dilemma and the impossibly difficult decision-making process can be felt throughout.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    An Indian man who was adopted by an Australian couple as a boy heads off to find his real family.
  • Mary Magdalene (2018)
    Review preview for Mary Magdalene

    She won't marry. She refuses. Is she lesbian? Hey, that's an idea. Let's investigate.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An interpretation of the Biblical story of the woman who travelled with Jesus.
  • A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
    Review preview for A Nightmare On Elm Street

    There's crude exposition in almost every early line, read as if in a high school play rehearsal.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A dead child molester pursues teenagers through their dreams in this remake of the 1984 hit.
  • Nightmare Alley (2021)
    Review preview for Nightmare Alley

    From its first kindlings it draws breath from your lungs as surely and as steadily as it draws your eyes.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who may be even more dangerous than he is.
  • Pan (2015)
    Review preview for Pan

    Visual indigestion and intellectual flatulence

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A 12-year-old orphan is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland where he fights pirates to save fairies and ultimately discovers his destiny as Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up.
  • Side Effects (2013)
    Review preview for Side Effects

    Soderbergh, just as he did with his 2011 film Contagion shows that the disaster you expected safely elsewhere, is right in front of you.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A successful couple's lives spiral out of control after one of them is prescribed a drug to treat anxiety.
  • Song To Song (2017)
    Review preview for Song To Song

    Some films need to be watched alone. This is one of them.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Modern love story set against the backdrop of the Austin music scene.
  • The Social Network (2010)
    Review preview for The Social Network

    Fincher's cautionary fable is way more riveting than anyone could reasonably have expected.

    David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
    The story behind the founding of Facebook.
  • The Winning Season (2009)
    Review preview for The Winning Season

    As the film progresses, its identity crisis becomes increasingly evident as standard indie tropes are interrupted by cackhanded attempts and comedy of the broadest type.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A misfit is brought in to coach his local girl's high school basketball team.
  • Women Talking (2022)
    Review preview for Women Talking

    Polley has crammed in a lot of good ideas, but they cannot all usefully share the same space.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A group of women from a remote religious community deal with the aftermath of sexual assault perpetrated by the colony’s men.

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