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Under the Tree

By David Jenkins

Neighbours go to war in this bitterly cynical Icelandic comedy about our capacity for malevolence.

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Unfriended: Dark Web

By Hannah Woodhead

A group of friends become embroiled in a sadistic internet game in the latest found footage phenomenon.

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The Meg

By Hannah Woodhead

Jason Statham squares off against a prehistoric behemoth in Jon Turteltaub’s silly and overcomplicated thriller.

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The Heiresses

By Hannah Woodhead

Ana Brun’s award-winning performance powers this empathetic portrait of Paraguayan elites.

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Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy

By David Jenkins

A pleasantly stripped back and non hyperbolic portrait of a working landscape artist.

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A Sicilian Ghost Story

By Elena Lazic

A young girl attempts to unravel the mystery of her friend's disappearance in Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s second feature.

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Hearts Beat Loud

By Hannah Woodhead

A single father and his teenage daughter form a band in Brett Haley's sweet comedy.

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The Apparition

By David Jenkins

A photojournalist undertakes a truth-seeking mission from the Catholic Church in Xavier Giannoli's new drama.

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The Escape

By Adam Woodward

Gemma Arterton excels in this quietly devastating character study about a desperate housewife.

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El mar la mar

By Glenn Heath Jr

Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki present a moving portrait of life in the U.S-Mexico border region.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp

By Hannah Woodhead

Marvel checks in with their most diminutive hero in this entertaining Infinity War Part Two pit-stop.

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Apostasy

By David Jenkins

The dark chasm between traditional religion and modern living is the subject of Daniel Kokotajlo’s harrowing debut feature.

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The Nun (1966)

By David Jenkins

A welcome re-release of Jacques Rivette’s second feature, a ferocious and lightly erotic takedown of organised religion.

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Cocote

By David Jenkins

A rare and troubling cinematic foray to the Dominican Republic in this surreal, rustic revenge yarn.

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

By Adam Woodward

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie combine for one of the most purely entertaining action movies of the new century.

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A Prayer Before Dawn

By Christina Newland

Joe Cole plays a boxer who gets banged up abroad in this harrowing and poetic prison drama.

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

By Manuela Lazic

This triumphant sequel to 2008’s ABBA musical is the most purely enjoyable big screen experience of the summer.

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Spitfire

By Lillian Crawford

Charles Dance narrates this beautiful and bombastic tribute to the RAF’s most iconic fighter plane.

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