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Marguerite
★★★★★

Xavier Giannoli has a gift for the absurd. The French writer-director of Superstar, a highly...

Andy Jones 9th March 2016
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The Witch
★★★★★

Writer/director Robert Eggers’ debut film The Witch is a beautifully constructed work with...

Catherine Sedgwick 9th March 2016
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The Pearl Button
★★★★★

Born as a kind of conceptual companion piece to his 2010 essay Nostalgia for the...

Andy Jones 8th March 2016
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Eddie the Eagle
★★★★★

This is good, clean, feel-good, family fun. Eddie the Eagle is Britain’s very own Cool...

Jim Compton-Hall 8th March 2016
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The Here After
★★★★★

Scandinavian cinema has seen something of a revival of late, with gripping TV dramas like...

James Fisher 7th March 2016
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Kung Fu Panda 3
★★★★★

The playful romp that is Kung Fu Panda 3, the latest installment of this highly...

Mariana Howard 6th March 2016
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At Li Layla (Next to Her)
★★★★★

Despite debuting as part of the Directors’ Fortnight selection at the 2014 Cannes...

Andy Jones 3rd March 2016
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Loro Chi?
★★★★★

Con artist movies are one of cinema’s most classic formulas. Simply mentioning the genre arouses...

Thomas Unsted 3rd March 2016
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London Has Fallen
★★★★★

Olympus Has Fallen, the exciting first instalment of the Has Fallen franchise, has been...

James Fisher 2nd March 2016
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Time Out of Mind
★★★★★

The latest from writer/director Oren Moverman, Time Out of Mind is something of a rarity. It...

Natasha Furlong 2nd March 2016