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Mothers’ Instinct: Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain can’t save this duff suburban psychodrama
This thriller about two Sixties neighbours who fall out following a tragedy frustratingly refuses to go for broke
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The New Boy: Cate Blanchett’s religious drama is heavy on symbolism, light on meaning
A mysterious child makes sparks fly at a 1940s outback nunnery in director Warwick Thornton’s fuzzy, sleep-inducing drama
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Drive-Away Dolls: Ethan Coen tries to get along without his brother – unsuccessfully
This flatly methodical Fargo-No Country for Old Men hybrid could have been fished out of the brothers’ old wastepaper basket
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Oscars 2024 review: Jimmy Kimmel delivered a fast, controversy-free and stonkingly adequate ceremony
The returning host was hit and miss, other than one sizzling Trump gag, but he kept the spotlight on a deserving crop of winners
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Origin: a hopelessly US-centric race drama
This dramatisation of a book which argues that racism is an aspect of the caste system will leave British viewers bewildered
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High & Low: John Galliano, review: an unflinching view of fashion’s most flawed genius
Kevin Macdonald's gripping, star-studded documentary shows how the former Dior superstar unraveled – but struggles to find out why
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Lisa Frankenstein: a rather frightful attempt to redo early Tim Burton
Directed by Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda, this romcom riff on Mary Shelley’s tale is hindered by its obsession with 80s cult classics
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Spaceman: this weird, ambitious sci-fi propels Adam Sandler into uncharted territory
Sandler takes on a rather more philosophical role than usual, starring as a lonely astronaut who talks to a giant eight-eyed spider
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Dune: Part Two, review – when was the last time a $190m blockbuster was this stately and sinister?
Denis Villeneuve's sequel to his 2021 sci-fi epic is a bold and visually astonishing piece of filmmaking
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The 2024 Screen Actors’ Guild Awards were hostless – and pointless, too
Sandwiched between the Baftas and Oscars and live-streamed on Netflix, this punishingly generic show felt like the ChatGPT of gong-givings
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Seven Veils: Amanda Seyfried is the only good thing about this maddeningly obscure drama
Seyfried stars as a struggling director remounting an opera in a film that is an egghead exercise – both scrambled and undercooked
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Perfect Days: a beautiful portrait of everyday life in Tokyo
This Oscar-nominated drama from Wim Wenders about a toilet cleaner's daily life is a lovingly detailed character study
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Sasquatch Sunset: the revolting, scatological Bigfoot movie nobody asked for
It's hard to work out just who this yucky tale of Bigfeet – starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg in furry bodysuits – is aimed at
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Janet Planet: a riveting tale of relationships with a dash of Grimm spookiness
Playwright Annie Baker's debut at the Berlin Film Festival is a tenderly mysterious coming-of-age story
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David Tennant (and a dog) achieved what every award show host dreams of
He may not have been side-splittingly funny, but Tennant passed the ultimate award show test of never once making you cringe on his behalf
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The Outrun, review: Saoirse Ronan earths Amy Liptrot's redemption memoir
The 2016 book, about a young alcoholic finding salvation back home in the Orkneys, was a prizewinning hit
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Treasure: a mollifying portrait of the Holocaust's horrors
Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry star in Julia von Heinz's topical – yet emotionally stilted – drama about the legacy of anti-Semitism in Poland
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Cuckoo: a wackadoo horror-thriller that promises more than it delivers
Screening at the Berlin Film Festival, Tilman Singer's chiller has an intriguing premise but keeps missing the target
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Madame Web, review: a perturbing new spin on dullness and stupidity
Dakota Johnson's Spider-Man spin-off is a new low in a mini franchise comprised almost entirely of new lows
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This is Me...Now: Jennifer Lopez’s cinematic odyssey is an astonishing pop-art tour de force
In this bonkers and unpredictable film-cum-music video, the impossibly glamorous star reflects on her life as a serial monogamist
