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At Li Layla (Next to Her)

Despite debuting as part of the Directors' Fortnight selection at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and picking up…

By Andy Jones
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Loro Chi?

Con artist movies are one of cinema's most classic formulas. Simply mentioning the genre arouses memories of The…

By Thomas Unsted
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London Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen, the exciting first instalment of the Has Fallen franchise, has been something of a Netflix…

By James Fisher
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Time Out of Mind

The latest from writer/director Oren Moverman, Time Out of Mind is something of a rarity. It follows the activities of…

By Natasha Furlong
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Hitchcock/Truffaut

Kent Jones’ insightful documentary, investigating one of the greatest filmmakers and one of the most influential cinephiles of…

By Dominique Perrett
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King Jack

Wistful coming-of-age tales are on shaky ground these days. Standing out amidst a procession of similar subject matter…

By Andy Jones
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Southbound

There have been plenty of anthological horror movies in the past decade, but very few of them have…

By The editorial unit
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Anomalisa

Anomalisa is absolutely the best adult animated movie of this decade. It’s genuinely funny, uplifting and tragic. This…

By Jim Compton-Hall
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Truth

Journalists behaving badly sounds like a cheap 90s sitcom, but sadly in the past 10 years it has…

By James Fisher
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Norm of the North

Kids, in case you haven’t got the message yet: nature good, business bad. But an ironically overmined message…

By James Ager