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Film of the Week: 'Emmanuelle' - An aimless erotic reboot

Award-winning French director Audrey Diwan updates the original 70s erotic film with a strangely dispassionate and pointless drama that proves to be one massive anti-climax.

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Film of the Week: 'Megalopolis' - Coppola's disastrously dull folly

Francis Ford Coppola returns to the big screen after 13 years with a passion project that has to be seen to be believed. And we don’t mean that in a good way.

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Film of the Week: ‘The Substance’ - A spine-cleaving triumph

For her second film, which won Best Screenplay in Cannes this year, French director Coralie Fargeat delivers a gory parable about the fetishisation of youth. It’s a demented fairytale you won’t want to miss, and 2024’s best horror film. Warning: Weak stomachs need not apply.

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Film of the Week: 'Emilia Pérez' – Audiard’s Cannes-winning triumph

Following 'A Prophet' (2009), ‘Dheepan’ (2015) and 'Paris, 13th District' (2021), French director Jacques Audiard orchestrates a barnstorming comeback. His Mexico-set gangster trans musical featuring gender transitioning, cartels, gorgeous choreographies and songs about vaginoplasty is unmissable.

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Film of the Week: 'Kneecap' - Fun, raucous and heartfelt

The controversial Belfast rappers get their very own biopic - with the musicians playing themselves. And it's unmissable. Warning: This review contains language that some may find offensive. (Duh!)

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Film of the Week: ‘Alien: Romulus’ - Is the Alien franchise back?

While not without its flaws, this latest chapter in the Alien franchise sees director Fede Álvarez bring things back to basics and stage some appropriately disgusting thrills.

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Film of the Week: 'Borderlands' - One to avoid at all costs

It's Guardians Of The Galaxy meets Mad Max - if a hyperactive toddler had reimagined them as dumpsterfires.

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Film of the Week: 'El Eco' ('The Echo')

An earthly yet poetic observational documentary about a remote community in Mexico from a remarkable filmmaking voice.

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Film of the Week: 'Deadpool & Wolverine' - Will it save the MCU?

It’s the team-up that Marvel nerds the world over have been dying for. But can the Merc With A Mouth and Logan save the MCU from itself, thereby crowning Deadpool “Marvel Jesus”? NB: SPOILER-FREE REVIEW – but does contain language some people may find offensive.

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Here are the best movies of 2024... So far

How many have you seen? And do you agree with our first-half of 2024 ranking?

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Film of the Week: 'Des Teufels Bad' ('The Devil's Bath')

A period accurate and punishingly bleak portrait of female depression in 18th century Austria sounds like a lot. But 'The Devil’s Bath' is a layered and mesmerizing masterpiece that shouldn’t be missed.

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Film of the Week: 'Kinds of Kindness'

Group sex. Cannibalism. Cults. Doppelgängers. Messiah figures. Dogs. And not as much kindness as the title would have you believe. Yórgos Lánthimos returns to his sick roots with his very own spin on The Twilight Zone. And it’s a blast.

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Film of the Week: 'Treasure' - Stephen Fry can't redeem this misfire

This frustratingly aimless road movie attempts to delve into hereditary trauma and the legacy of the Holocaust. Its well-meaning efforts are undercut by a script that makes the central protagonist completely insufferable.

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Film of the Week: 'La Bête' ('The Beast')

This genre-bending tale from French conceptualist Bertrand Bonello is a lot to take in. But get on its audacious wavelength and it might just be one of the most memorable films you'll watch all year.

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Film of the Week: 'AGGRO DR1FT' - A moronic and empty provocation

Maybe my vitriol towards this film is exactly what director Harmony Korine wants. And if that’s the case, hats off. However, he’s still getting my two cents, in the shape of a warning for anyone curious enough to buy a ticket.

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Film of the Week: 'Pendant ce temps sur Terre' ('Meanwhile on Earth')

Close Encounters of the Trading Kind.

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Film of the Week: 'Challengers' - Game, set, match to Zendaya & Co.

Love all. In all senses of the term?

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Film of the Week: 'Civil War' - A jaw-droppingly tense thriller

2024's most controversial film is here - and it demands a theatrical experience.

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Film of the Week: 'Love Lies Bleeding' - Rose Glass' bold neo-noir gem

Rose Glass signs a vibrant, pulpy triumph fuelled by two electric performances from Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian.

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Film of the Week: 'Late Night With The Devil' - Satanic Panic - LIVE!

What would you do for fame and TV ratings? While you ponder, seek out this devilish gem that slyly paints the portrait of the Satanic Panic in 1970s US.