Film review: 1917 strips back the history for a sensory spectacular
Sam Mendes spins a thrilling men-on-a-mission yarn with 1917, an epic WWI journey that transcends its “one-take” tagline.
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Anniversary feature: La Dolce Vita and the star too big for Hollywood
Ahead of La Dolce Vita’s anniversary screenings at The Electric Cinema, we wonder why Marcello Mastroianni never became a Hollywood star.
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Film review: Uncut Gems is a roller coaster crash you can’t look away from
The Safdie Brothers up the ante in a thriller that you’ll find yourself trying to alter the course of as it descends into unbearability.
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Feature: Yes, Cats is a CGI eyesore, but there’s so much more wrong
You’ve heard about the soul-troubling CGI cat monstrosities, but there’s plenty else amiss n Tom Hooper’s catastrophic production.
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Preview: Slip into the surreal with Jodorowsky at The Mockingbird
The Mockingbird is showing two films by one of cinema’s all time-great surrealists, Alejandro Jodorowsky – El Topo, and The Holy Mountain.
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Film review: Never mind the controversy, Jojo Rabbit is just boring
Taika Waititi’s new WWII-set comedy-drama Jojo Rabbit about a Nazi boy’s compassionate awakening skews resonance for dullness.
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Feature: Counteract’s 20 greatest films of 2019
The year might have closed with a few duds, but 2019 has been great for film. Read on to find out some of our favourites.
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TV review: Gavin and Stacey return for a spellbinding Christmas Special
Ten years on, Gavin and Stacey are gloriously back with full hearts and small troubles for a Christmas Special.
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Film review: 6 Underground will make you unwell from its awfulness
Michael Bay teams up with Netflix to give us 6 Underground, a film so aggressively horrendous you can almost taste it
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Film review: Atlantics blends star-crossed lovers with supernatural satire
Debut feature director Mati Diop’s Atlantics tells a heady story of fantastical love against economic oppression in Senegal.
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