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FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
Three moody jazz variations in a very minor key
Stephen Troussé
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LA GRAZIA
After the overblown Parthenope, "Diet Sorrentino" is no bad thing
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SOUND OF FALLING
Like the Bergman of Fanny and Alexander filming Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space
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RESURRECTION
Directed by: Bi Gan Starring: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao Certificate: 15 Released: 13 March 2026 Rating: 8/10 Bi Gan’s first feature, Kaili Blues (2015), made when he was just 25, was notable for a remarkable 41-minute road trip accomplished in a single bravura shot. Midway
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DEAD MAN’S WIRE
Directed by: Gus Van Sant Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Al Pacino Certificate: tbc Released: 20 March 2026 Rating: 7/10 "There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay," insisted Gil Scott-Heron in 1970, but not even he could foresee our
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SIRÂT
Directed by: Oliver Laxe Starring: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Stefania Gadda Certificate: 15 Released: 27 February 2026Rating: 8/10 Galician director Oliver Laxe is shaping up to be modern cinema’s austere poet of mystical revelation. Mimosas (2016) was the kind of film that Sufi poets might have made if
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THE SECRET AGENT
Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho Starring: Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Udo Kier Certificate: 15 Released: 20 February 2026Rating: 9/10 Last year Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here began as a rapturous love letter to the lost Rio of his youth. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent feels
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NOUVELLE VAGUE
Directed by: Richard Linklater Starring: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin Certificate: 12A Released: 30 January 2026 Rating: 8/10 Richard Linklater has perfected the knack of making films so charming you want to find a quiet corner in them and curl up with glee. With last year’s Blue
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SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Directed by: Joachim Trier Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning Certificate: 15 Released: 26 December 2025 Rating: 9/10 There’s an epidemic of daddy issues abroad in cinemas right now. Last month, Noah Baumbach cast George Clooney as the beloved Hollywood icon Jay Kelly, desperately
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Directed by: Jafar PanahiStarring: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim AziziCertificate: 12AReleased: 5 DecemberRating: 8/10 On paper Jafar Panahi’s eleventh feature film might seem like a hard sell. Vahid, an Azerbaijani mechanic and white van man is working late one night in his Tehran workshop when he hears a
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JAY KELLY
Directed by: Noah BaumbachStarring: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura DernCertificate: 15Released: 14 NovemberRating: 8/10 Even though he’s been making movies for over 30 years, George Clooney sometimes feels like a simulation of a classic Hollywood icon, with such charm, glamour and ease in a dinner jacket that you
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BLUE MOON
Directed by: Richard Linklater Starring: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott Certificate: 15 Rating: 8/10 At this point the musical biopic is an unstoppable juggernaut of a genre, a heedless commercial cybertruck speeding on regardless of artistic success or audience appetite. In 2025 we’ve had Bob and the