Bigger bang theory
Free Fire
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Written by Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley
Rated MA 15+, 91 minutes
4 stars
The bastard children of Tarantino are many, most of them …
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Grumpy old Swedish comedy
A Man Called Ove Written and directed by Hannes Holm, based on a book by Fredrik Backman 116 minutes, rated M 4 stars
You have to love a bloke who’s …
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Race to the bottom
A Few Less Men Directed by Mark Lamprell Written by Dean Craig 92 minutes, rated MA15+ 2 stars
The English screenwriter Dean Craig likes to keep his ideas alive and …
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Edinburgh’s lost boys return
T2 Trainspotting Directed by Danny Boyle Written by John Hodge, based on Irvine Welsh’s novels 118 minutes, rated R 18+ 4 stars
At the end of Trainspotting in 1996, Ewan …
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Math hysteria
Hidden Figures Directed by Theodore Melfi Written by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly Rated PG, 127 minutes 3 stars
Hidden Figures tells …
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Recent Reviews
Bad people doing bad things
Detour
Written and directed by Christopher Smith
97 minutes, rated MA 15+
3 stars
There’s no such thing as originality, but that doesn’t mean you stop aiming for it. Detour …
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An elegy for Emily D.
A Quiet Passion
Written and directed by Terence Davies
125 minutes, rated PG
4 stars
When one artist makes a film about another artist, you can be reasonably sure that …
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Kartoonish Korean ultra-violence
The Villainess
Directed by Jung Byung-gil
Written by Jung Byeong-sik and Jung Byung-gil
122 minutes, rated R
3.5 stars
The Villainess is a high-octane Korean thriller about a young woman …
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Fascinating half-true story
Monsieur Chocolat
Directed by Roschdy Zem
Written by Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gerard Noiriel and Roschdy Zem
114 minutes, rated M
4 stars
This is the fascinating true story of …
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Black and white and red
Get Out
Written and directed by Jordan Peele
104 minutes, rated MA 15+
4 stars
A guide to African–American horror films would be a slim volume. There are black people …
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Fine and brave
Don’t Tell
Directed by Tori Garrett
Written by Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville, based on a book by Stephen Roche
108 minutes, rated M
4 stars
Child abuse. …
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Gurinder’s personal Partition
Viceroy’s House
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini and Gurinder Chadha
106 minutes, rated PG
3 stars
Where to begin with this fascinating, infuriating, entertaining …
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Pablo Neruda as fantasy
Neruda
Directed by Pablo Larrain
Written by Guillermo Calderon
Rated MA 15+, 108 minutes
4 stars
A chubby man with a comb-over (Luis Gnecco) sits bare-chested in front of a …
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