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Cinema / The Drama makes no sense

The Drama is the latest from Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli whose films (Sick of Myself, Dream Scenario) always cause a stir, and this is...

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Deborah Ross

The Drama makes no sense

The Drama is the latest from Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli whose films (Sick of Myself, Dream Scenario) always cause a stir, and this is...

02.04.2026 10

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For those of a nervous disposition, is Sinners worth it?

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners won four Oscars and was nominated for 16 and I’d yet to see it. Sometimes the labels associated with a film can be...

26.03.2026 10

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The Peaky Blinders film is surprisingly literate

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is the film that fans of the television show have long been waiting for, so I must watch what I say. The story...

20.03.2026 10

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Toni Servillo’s face cannot bore: La Grazia reviewed

Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia is about an ageing Italian president who is coming to the end of his seven-year term, and must reflect on decisions...

19.03.2026 10

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Cinema / The Peaky Blinders film is surprisingly literate

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is the film that fans of the television show have long been waiting for, so I must watch what I say. The story...

16.03.2026 10

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Cinema / The Peaky Blinders film is surprisingly literate

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is the film that fans of the television show have long been waiting for, so I must watch what I say. The story...

16.03.2026 10

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Deborah Ross

Cinema / The Peaky Blinders film is surprisingly literate

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is the film that fans of the television show have long been waiting for, so I must watch what I say. The story...

12.03.2026 10

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Fascinating: EPiC – Elvis Presley in Concert reviewed

EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert is a concert documentary that grew out of the 65 boxes of unseen Las Vegas performances discovered by Baz Luhrmann...

08.03.2026 10

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Movie theater / Fascinating: EPiC – Elvis Presley in Concert reviewed

EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert is a concert documentary that grew out of the 65 boxes of unseen Las Vegas performances discovered by Baz Luhrmann...

08.03.2026 20

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Stunningly original: Sound of Falling reviewed

Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling, which won the Jury prize at Cannes, explores the lives of four generations of women growing up in the same...

05.03.2026 10

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Fascinating: EPiC – Elvis Presley in Concert reviewed

EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert is a concert documentary that grew out of the 65 boxes of unseen Las Vegas performances discovered by Baz Luhrmann...

26.02.2026 10

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Eye-catching but superficial: ‘Wuthering Heights’ reviewed

Deborah Ross has narrated this article for you to listen to. Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” had purists losing their minds from the...

18.02.2026 10

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Movie theater / The cruelty of H is for Hawk

H is for Hawk is an adaptation of the bestselling memoir by Helen Macdonald who, following the sudden death of her beloved father, channels her grief...

15.02.2026 20

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Eye-catching but superficial: ‘Wuthering Heights’ reviewed

12.02.2026 10

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Gripping: Melania reviewed

05.02.2026 30

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Beautiful if hagiographic portrait of Godard

29.01.2026 10

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The cruelty of H is for Hawk

22.01.2026 20

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Cinema / Brendan Fraser is the king of the everyman: Rental Family reviewed

20.01.2026 10

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Brendan Fraser is the king of the everyman: Rental Family reviewed

15.01.2026 30

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Ruthlessly manipulative: Hamnet reviewed

08.01.2026 10

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Bad feminist

14.12.2025 10

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Stiller instinct

14.12.2025 10

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All the rage | 11 January 2018

14.12.2025 10

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A woman of substance | 18 January 2018

14.12.2025 10

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An adorable Taiwanese debut: Left-Handed Girl reviewed

27.11.2025 10

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Disastrous adaptation of a wonderful book

20.11.2025 20

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Mrs Göring is far too sympathetic: Nuremberg reviewed

13.11.2025 10

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Film / Del Toro’s Frankenstein offers nothing new

11.11.2025 10

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Del Toro’s Frankenstein offers nothing new

06.11.2025 20

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Peak wackiness: Lanthimos’s Bugonia reviewed 

30.10.2025 20

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Cinema / The new Springsteen biopic is cringe

24.10.2025 10

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The new Springsteen biopic is cringe

23.10.2025 10

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Cinema / Propulsive, funny – and what a car chase: One Battle After Another reviewed

06.10.2025 10

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Propulsive, funny – and what a car chase: One Battle After Another reviewed

02.10.2025 10

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Emma Thompson is surprisingly convincing as the star of this action thriller

25.09.2025 10

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Cinema / A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is anything but

24.09.2025 10

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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is anything but

18.09.2025 10

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I could never sit through it again: The Cut reviewed

04.09.2025 10

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Fails to outshine the original: The Roses reviewed

28.08.2025 10

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Loving salute to a book I wouldn’t touch: The Thursday Murder Club reviewed

22.08.2025 10

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Woody Allen without the zingers: Materialists reviewed

14.08.2025 20

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A mafia drama like no other

07.08.2025 10

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Be warned: the new Naked Gun is actually funny

31.07.2025 10

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I watched it between my fingers: Bring Her Back reviewed

24.07.2025 10

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Definitely the film of the week: Four Letters of Love reviewed

17.07.2025 10

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Cinema / Watch the 1978 version instead: Superman reviewed

16.07.2025 20

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Watch the 1978 version instead: Superman reviewed

10.07.2025 10

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Cinema / Jurassic Park Rebirth is the dumbest yet

09.07.2025 10

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Cinema / Jurassic Park Rebirth is the dumbest yet

09.07.2025 7

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