Film review: Dark Waters adds a layer of style to the procedural genre
Mark Ruffalo is yet again a man on a mission in Todd Haynes’ seeringly engaging investigative thriller, overfilling with style and passion.
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Film review: Emma is an affectionate Austen update for an Instagram era
Music video director Autumn de Wilde delivers a gently contemporary version of Jane Austen’s antiheroine matchmaker Emma.
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Film review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a rare example of pure beauty
The fourth feature by French filmmaker Céline Sciamma skilfully avoids cliché to create something transcendent.
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Streaming round-up: Films and TV shows available from February 27th
New films and TV shows to watch on Netflix and Hulu, including The Chef Show, High Fidelity and Altered Carbon
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TV review: BoJack Horseman comes to a bittersweet, brilliant end
As BoJack Horseman signs off with another seminal season, we take a look at the highlights of the horse’s last stand.
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Film review: The #BongHive is truly alive with the thrilling Parasite
Parasite, the latest film from Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho is here. Does it withstand the tsunami of hype? Read on to find out.
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Film review: Richard Jewell is the hero we never knew we needed
Clint Eastwood’s tale of an innocent white man under the microscope of the American media is a genuinely heartfelt triumph.
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Film review: The Lighthouse fuses high contrast horror with dark comedy
Writer/director Robert Eggers returns after his occult puritanical horror The Witch with a far more blackly comic piece.
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Feature: The BAFTAs 2020 were an uninspiring celebration of exclusion
Amidst controversy over its hegemony of established white male stars, the BAFTAs 2020 very much stuck to the script.
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Film review: A Hidden Life is a dreary tale of a modern saint
Terrence Malick applies his unique gaze to a worthy subject, but at almost three hours A Hidden Life is both wearying and frustrating.
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