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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

By David Jenkins

A stunning 4K restoration of Nic Roeg’s classic sci-fi, in which David Bowie hits stellar heights.

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The Blue Room

By David Jenkins

The always exceptional Mathieu Amalric directs and stars in this compelling literary noir.

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Hell or High Water

By Manuela Lazic

Jeff Bridges gives his best performance in years in this timely crime caper from David Mackenzie.

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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

By Ed Gibbs

The Fab Four’s meteoric rise from local grafters to global game-changers is relived in Ron Howard’s emotive doc.

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Los Sures

By Poppy Doran

This evocative 1984 doc about life in Williamsburg, New York, shows the extent of 21st century gentrification.

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Jim: The James Foley Story

By Catherine Karellis

Seek out this troubling study of a man who sacrificed his life to take pictures in highly dangerous locations.

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Things to Come

By David Jenkins

Director Mia Hansen-Løve delivers something wonderful and somewhat unexpected – a film about cats.

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Julieta

By David Jenkins

Pedro Almodóvar is back to his very best with this beautiful, quietly devastating portrait of a broken woman.

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Behemoth

By David Jenkins

The poetry and horror of globalisation and manual labour are beautifully evoked in this haunting doc-fiction hybrid.

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Cosmos

By David Jenkins

Don’t miss this masterful, macabre swansong from mad Polish maestro Andrzej Zulawski.

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Kubo and the Two Strings

By Charlie Theobald

Laika Studios may have delivered their masterpiece with this staggering stop-motion fable.

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Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words

By Phil Concannon

An intimate, revelatory portrait of the late Swedish film icon from director Stig Björkman.

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Pete’s Dragon

By Adam Woodward

Disney’s dazzling ode to childhood innocence and the power of imagination will make your heart soar.

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Gleason

By Spencer Moleda

This portrait of a former NFL star suffering from a rare neurological disease is as life-affirming as it is heartbreaking.

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Newtown

By Matthew Eng

An emotional, vital account of the tragic 2012 mass shooting from documentary maker Kim A Snyder.

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Born to Be Blue

By Trevor Johnston

This carefully considered music biopic of narcotised jazzman Chet Baker really gets its man.

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Star Trek Beyond

By Anton Bitel

Simon Pegg brings the funny on script detail in this rollicking second sequel in the latest Trek adventure.

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A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974)

By David Jenkins

This roistering profile of singer-songwriter Leon Russell finally escapes from its legal limbo.

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