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Weiner

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This intimate portrait of a doubly-disgraced US politician is one of the most vital documentaries of our time.

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The BFG

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Steven Spielberg goes big with this magical children’s story adaptation. But is it twisted enough for Roald Dahl?

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Finding Dory

By Anton Bitel

Pixar’s latest transoceanic odyssey is a pixel-perfect comedy about learning to overcome adversity and disability.

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Queen of Earth

By David Jenkins

American writer/director Alex Ross Perry returns with this superlative housebound psychodrama.

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Poor Cow (1967)

By David Jenkins

The late Carol White is exceptional as a working class single mother in Ken Loach’s restored kitchen-sink drama.

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Right Now, Wrong Then

By Matthew Eng

The latest from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo is a romance so lovely it needs to be told twice.

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Remainder

By Phil Concannon

There’s shades of Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York in this Tom Sturridge-starring mystery drama.

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No Home Movie

By Phil Concannon

Chantal Akerman’s intimate swansong is a moving meditation on family, loss and memory.

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Where You’re Meant to Be

By Adam Woodward

Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat tours Scotland in the name of cultural preservation. The results are unexpectedly profound.

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Cemetery of Splendour

By Vadim Rizov

Thai master Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns with a stunning meditation on a national and political crisis.

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Fire at Sea

By David Jenkins

Europe’s migrant crisis is brought into focus in this quietly thought-provoking documentary.

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Embrace of the Serpent

By Matt Thrift

Ciro Guerra’s psychedelic Amazonian odyssey is one of year’s most potent and strikingly original films.

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The Measure of a Man

By Phil Concannon

The imperious Vincent Lindon excels as an ill-fated factory worker in this engaging social drama.

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The Nice Guys

By Adam Woodward

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are irresistible in this salty shaggy dog yarn from Shane Black.

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Only Yesterday (1991)

By David Jenkins

A vital re-release of Isao Takahata’s serene slice of rustic nostalgia with a new English language voice dub.

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Love & Friendship

By David Jenkins

The peerless Whit Stillman returns with an ensemble Jane Austen adaptation like no other.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

By David Jenkins

Don’t miss this newly restored director’s cut version of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi opus.

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The Neon Demon

By Adam Woodward

Elle Fanning bares her soul in Nicolas Winding Refn’s beautiful dark twisted fantasy.

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