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Last Flight Home

Eli Timoner is ready to die. From the sombre phone call with his daughter Ondi (the director) that…

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Aftersun

A slice of feel-good Scottish humour comes to the screen with Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun, a dizzyingly euphoric and…

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Armageddon Time

James Gray’s coming-of-age tale Armageddon Time is a familiar yet nonetheless riveting affair that examines family, classism and…

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The Crown: Season Five

Netflix’s multi-award-winning drama returns for its highly anticipated fifth season with a brand new cast as it enters…

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No Bears

Despite being prohibited to make films by the Iranian authorities, writer-director Jafar Panahi (who’s currently serving a six-year…

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Mandrake

Irish folklore has proved a fertile breeding ground for folk horror in recent years, with the likes of…

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Dangerous Liaisons

Taking a page from Bridgerton’s book, Dangerous Liaisons is a steamy period drama in which love affairs and…

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Enola Holmes 2

Millie Bobbie Brown returns as fourth-wall-breaking detective extraordinaire Enola Holmes in this colourful yet poignant Netflix sequel. Taking…

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The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself

With Netflix’s catalogue already oversaturated with young adult dramas in which a chosen-one protagonist must fight against evil…

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The Devil’s Hour

Lucy (Jessica Raine) jerks awake in terror every night at 3:33am (in the middle of the titular devil’s…

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