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Film of the Week: 'La Tour de Glace' ('The Ice Tower')

Marion Cotillard stars in French director Lucile Hadžihalolović's fourth feature, a glacially paced adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen”. Prepare to be entranced. And maybe a wee bit frustrated.

19/09/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Sirāt' - A bleak and invigorating trip to oblivion

A family’s quest to find a loved one morphs into a strange and spiritual odyssey that will leave you enraptured and rattled.

12/09/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Sentimental Value' - Healing burns through art

Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve reunite after 'The Worst Person in the World' to explore dysfunctional family dynamics. Once again, it’s a winning combination.

05/09/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Sorry, Baby' - A masterful exploration of trauma

The story of a young academic attempting to heal in the aftermath of sexual assault, 'Sorry, Baby' is one of the most relatable depictions of trauma we've seen on-screen yet.

29/08/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Alpha' - Julia Ducournau's most divisive film yet?

Julia Ducournau returns with her third film, destined to be her most divisive yet. But for those who choose to let go, the French writer-director shows that 'Titane' needn’t be a tough act to follow.

22/08/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Together' - The ultimate date movie?

A particularly icky argument for the perks of being single? Or a perversely romantic nightmare that ends up as the ultimate date movie?

15/08/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Weapons' - Why did 17 children vanish at 2:17am?

2025 has been a great year for horror so far... And it's only getting better, as Zach Cregger's scary, tense and surprisingly fun fairytale is unmissable.

08/08/2025

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Film of the Week: Luc Besson's ‘Dracula: A Love Tale’ - Fangtastic?

Worth sinking your teeth into? Only if you’re in the mood for what could be the accidental high camp masterpiece of 2025...

01/08/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Superman' – A bird? A plane? No, a terrific reboot

This year’s 'Superman' isn't afraid to be fun and silly - and maybe that's the real superpower when it comes to comic book films in an age of superhero fatigue.

11/07/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Jurassic World Rebirth' – A dino-mite reboot?

After three hugely lucrative but subpar Jurassic World films, can Gareth Edwards revive the fast fossilising franchise?

04/07/2025

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Film of the Week: 'F1 The Movie' - in the pits with Pitt

The first great blockbuster of 2025?

27/06/2025

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Film of the Week: '28 Years Later' - Bold, brilliant and Brexity

Skipping ‘Months’, Danny Boyle returns to the series he started in 2002 with '28 Days Later' – supported by returning screenwriter Alex Garland and armed with a clear desire to avoid repeating himself. The result is a bold, brilliant and very surprising revival.

20/06/2025

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Film of the Week: 'From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina'

Tiresome cash-grab or worthy addition to the John Wick canon? It's all down to Ana de Armas...

06/06/2025

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Film of the Week: 'The Phoenician Scheme' - Wes Anderson's empty shell

Despite the stellar efforts of Mia Threapleton, 'The Phoenician Scheme' fails to impress and ends up a frustratingly shallow spectacle.

30/05/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning'

Has the Mission: Impossible series finally run out of steam? It would appear so.

23/05/2025

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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Final Destination: Bloodlines'

Blending franchise fan service with a generational twist, 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' caters for the sickos that just want to have fun — and proves there's still plenty of life (and head splatters) left in the series.

16/05/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Thunderbolts*' - Florence Pugh to the MCU's rescue

The 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a step up from recent MCU offerings. But is it enough to renew faith in an ongoing saga that’s been on a downward trajectory? (And yes, that confounding asterisk in the title is explained.)

02/05/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Sinners' - The best film of 2025 so far

Ryan Coogler returns with his most ambitious project yet - a Jim Crow period drama doubling up as a vampire horror that's thrilling and allegorically layered. It's the best film of 2025 so far.

18/04/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Death Of A Unicorn' - Impale the rich!

Unicorns are real. And when it comes to revenge, they're not messing about. Shame that writer-director Alex Scharfman couldn't channel some of that focus...

04/04/2025

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Film of the Week: 'Baby Invasion' - The worst film you'll ever see?

US director Harmony Korine’s second EDGLRD production, now available online, is shallow and mind-numbingly dull First-Person Shooter nonsense.

28/03/2025