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The Daughter

Established Australian stage director Simon Stone manages to capture an innovative, present-day rendering of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild…

By Dominique Perrett
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Top Cat Begins

After the widely panned 2011 release Top Cat: The Movie, viewers could be forgiven for dismissing Top Cat…

By Abi Jenkins
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Gray Matters

It is not uncommon for an artist to only be truly appreciated posthumously, and in the case of…

By Mersa Auda
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X-Men: Apocalypse

Fox’s X-Men franchise seems to a bit of a crossroads. Whilst the first film ushered in the modern…

By Connor Campbell
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Chicken

Fresh British talent abounds in this simple yet highly impactful drama. When initially screened at last year’s Edinburgh Film…

By Laura Ewing
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A Hologram for the King

Based on Dave Eggers' novel of the same name, A Hologram for the King sees Cloud Atlas director Tom…

By Natasha Furlong
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Departure

In his debut film, director Andrew Steggall shows considerable promise. The first act is masterfully crafted: we first meet…

By Georgie Cowan-Turner
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Loosely based on war correspondent Kim Baker's memoirs, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is an odd little film about the thrill-seeking…

By Natasha Furlong
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Our Kind of Traitor

John le Carré’s latest spy thriller, Our Kind of Traitor, has been adapted into a film of the…

By Dominique Perrett