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A Girl at My Door

By Emma Simmonds

Social justice underpins a gripping detective story in this highly impressive first work from South Korea’s July Jung.

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Tangerines

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Estonia’s first Oscar-nominated feature gleefully exposes the inherent absurdity of war.

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In Cold Blood (1967)

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Richard Brooks’ adaptation of Truman Capote's seminal work is well worth revisiting.

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The Second Mother

By Katherine McLaughlin

The inequalities of Brazilian are writ large in this delightful upstairs/downstairs drama.

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American Ultra

By David Jenkins

This ultraviolent tale of smalltown puppy love stars Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg at their best.

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Aaaaaaaah!

By David Jenkins

Actor Steve Oram has decided to make a movie, and the results are spectacularly disturbing.

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45 Years

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are on top form in Andrew Haigh’s devastating relationship drama.

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L’Eclisse (1962)

By David Jenkins

Don’t miss this chance to catch Michelangelo Antonioni’s modernist masterpiece.

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Straight Outta Compton

By Craig Williams

The NWA story is told in the style of a luxe, classic-era studio biopic. And it's scintillating.

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Theeb

By Bekzhan Sarsenbay

A subtle and nuanced range western set in the Middle East during the late Ottoman period.

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Hard to be a God

By Matt Thrift

Alexsey German’s 15-years-in-the-making political allegory is a visceral, sensory, jaw-dropping masterpiece.

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl

By David Jenkins

Bel Powley shines in Marielle Heller’s refreshingly non-judgmental chronicle of teenage sexuality in ’70s San Francisco.

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Iris

By Matt Thrift

Albert Maysles’ penultimate film suggests that rabid consumerism can be refined and charming.

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Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

By Trevor Johnston

The winner of a recent poll to discover the greatest ever documentary is re-released.

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Inside Out

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pixar are firing on all pistons with this wonderful, colour-coded exploration of a child’s inner psyche.

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Eden

By David Jenkins

Mia Hansen-Løve’s extraordinary fourth feature is about the impossibility of beat-matching life and fashion.

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Love & Mercy

By Cormac O'Brien

Two chapters in the tumultuous life of volatile Beach Boys front-man, Brian Wilson.

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P’tit Quinquin

By Anton Bitel

The high priest of gloom, Bruno Dumont, returns with a comedy which is part Jacques Tati, part Twin Peaks.

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