Carry on, docteur
The Country Doctor Directed by Thomas Lilti Written by Thomas Lilti and Baya Kasmi 102 minutes, rated M 4 stars
There’s something to be said for film-makers who have come …
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The prettiest spaceship in the galaxy
Passengers Directed by Morten Tyldum Written by John Spaihts 116 minutes, rated M 3.5 stars
If you are going to get lost in space, there might be worse places than …
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La La Land
La La Land Written and directed by Damien Chazelle 127 minutes, rated M 4.5 stars
It’s too early to tell if Damien Chazelle has singlehandedly revived the movie musical for …
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The Light Between Oceans
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Written by Derek Cianfrance, based on the novel by M L Stedman
133 minutes, rated M
M L Stedman’s best-seller from 2012 …
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La Belle Saison (Summertime)
Directed by Catherine Corsini
Written by Catherine Corsini and Laurette Polmanss
Rated MA 15+, 106 minutes
In rural France, in 1971, a young woman …
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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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