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    Swallows and Amazons
    ★★★★★

    While perfect for children, Philippa Lowthorpe’s revised version of Ransome’s...

    Catherine Sedgwick 15th August 2016
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    Tickled
    ★★★★★

    Throughout Tickled it’s impossible to know whether to laugh or gasp. The opening scenes begin to...

    Hannah Staunton 15th August 2016
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    Behemoth
    ★★★★★

    Named after the biblical creature residing in the mountains, Chinese director Zhao Liang’s documentary...

    Mersa Auda 15th August 2016
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    The Childhood of a Leader
    ★★★★★

    What a difference 12 years can make. Since managing to escape from the wreckage of...

    Charles Reston 15th August 2016
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    Lights Out
    ★★★★★

    Lights Out is a terrifying new film that certainly provides a great deal of horror,...

    Luisa Kapp 15th August 2016
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    Almost Holy
    ★★★★★

    “I’m going to be blunt” is a recurring phrase in Almost Holy, succinctly summing up...

    Louis Catliff 15th August 2016
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    Sweet Bean
    ★★★★★

    Confectionery vendor Sentaro leads a reticent existence until he meets Tokue, an old woman, who...

    Lewis Tighe 11th August 2016
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    David Brent: Life on the Road
    ★★★★★

    Ricky Gervais resurrects his well-known, tragically funny character from The Office...

    Frances Lai 10th August 2016
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    Traders
    ★★★★★

    Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy’s Traders has all the unsaturated colour and shaky camerawork of...

    Isabelle Milton 10th August 2016
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    The Confession – Living the War on Terror
    ★★★★★

    Exonerated of seven charges of terrorism in October 2014, after...

    Catherine Sedgwick 9th August 2016