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Film of the Week: 'Poor Things' - 2024's first must-see masterpiece

After 'The Favourite', leading Greek Weird Wave exponent Yorgos Lanthimos reteams with screenwriter Tony McNamara and Emma Stone to adapt Alasdair Gray’s 1992 cult novel... Their combined efforts make 'Poor Things' a complete triumph.

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Film of the Week: 'Priscilla' - Surviving Elvis

Sofia Coppola's film is a triumph, not only as a rumination on loneliness and self-realisation, but as a biopic which, to quote the King’s mantra, more than takes care of business.

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Film of the Week: 'Ferrari'

Well acted, and featuring a pulse-racing third act, 'Ferrari' still feels like something's missing.

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Film of the Week: 'Wonka'

Timothée Chalamet shines as the master chocolatier in the musical of his younger years.

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Film of the Week: 'Maestro' - a masterful Leonard Bernstein biopic

A rich and sensitive biopic is rare. All the more reason to not miss out on 'Maestro'.

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Film of the Week: 'Perfect Days' - Wim Wenders' best film in decades

Wim Wenders takes a lifetime of wisdom and distils it into a meditative and beautiful tale brimming with poetry.

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Film of the Week: 'May December'

Director Todd Haynes is back with one of his most playful and disquieting films yet.

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Film of the Week: 'Vincent Doit Mourir' ('Vincent Must Die')

Having premiered in Cannes before doing the festival rounds at Fantasia Festival and the BFI London Film Festival, Stéphan Castang's masterful genre mash-up sees a docile everyman faced with the reality that everyone inexplicably wants to kill him.

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Film of the Week: 'The Killer'- David Fincher's assassin hits his mark

Released today on Netflix, David Fincher’s latest is our film of the week. Try to catch it on the big screen if you can. Oh, and whatever you do, avoid the new Marvel film, 'The Marvels', which is a stakeless dud that signals Marvel has truly run out steam at this point.

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Film of the Week: 'La Passion de Dodin Bouffant' (The Taste of Things)

The way to an audience’s hearts is through their stomachs...

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Film of the Week: 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Martin Scorsese is back with a fascinating but uneven American reckoning that can't quite justify its runtime.

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Film of the Week: 'The Exorcist: Believer' - An unholy regurgitation

What a terrible day for an exorcism...

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Film of the Week: 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'

The late William Friedkin's final film is a fitting full stop to a rich filmography.

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Cultural digest: Don’t miss these events in Europe this week

From Wes Anderson's whimsical adaptations to 'Queer Nature' at London's Kew, here's what not to miss this week.

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Film of the Week: 'Club Zero'

Following its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, indoctrination satire 'Club Zero' is out in cinemas and is a mixed bag, one that nevertheless exudes a hypnotic pull.

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Wes Anderson + Roald Dahl = A match made in (Netflix) heaven

Ready yourselves for a very Wes Anderson autumn.

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Film of the Week: 'El Conde'

Out today on Netflix is Pablo Larraín’s Venice-premiering 'El Conde', a unique and cinematic political farce. It's just a shame most people won't get to see it on the big screen...

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Film of the Week: 2023 Palme d'Or winner 'Anatomy of a Fall'

This year's Palme d'Or winner starts it rollout in European cinemas. Justine Triet’s film tells the compelling story of possible murder – but should 'Anatomy of a Fall' have taken Cannes top prize?

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Film of the Week: 'Strange Way of Life'

The American frontier explores queer longing... And has never looked so stylish.

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Film of the Week: 'Gran Turismo'

The true story of Jann Mardenborough, the British gamer who managed to transfer his skills into a real-life racing career, is given the big-screen treatment, courtesy of the once great 'District 9' director Neill Blomkamp.