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The Wizard of the Kremlin
(Le Mage du Kremlin)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 15 2026
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(Le Mage du Kremlin)
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Director – Olivier Assayas – 2025 – France – Cert. 15 – 137m ***** Starting in 1990s Russia, an avant-garde theatre director morphs into first a TV producer then the mastermind behind the rise and rule of Vladimir Putin – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 17th 2019. Roland (Jeffrey Wright) writing a book on a prominent Russian […]

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Late Shift
(Heldin)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 1 2025
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Director – Petra Blondina Volpe – 2025 – Switzerland – Cert. 12a – 92m ****1/2 An experienced and competent nurse in a hospital in the Western world endures a particularly gruelling night shift – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 1st There’s a moment of calm at the start of Late Shift… Scrubs going […]

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Drift

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 6 2024
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Director – Anthony Chen – 2023 – Singapore, UK, France, US – Cert. 15 – 93m **** A Liberian woman and former London student from a privileged background has lost everything and lives on her wits in a Greek holiday resort until she makes a connection with a tour guide – out in UK cinemas […]

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Killers
of the Flower Moon

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 7 2023
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of the Flower Moon
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Director – Martin Scorsese – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 206m ***** A returning WW1 veteran marries into Oklahoma’s Osage Indian tribe at the time of the Osage Indian Murders – plays the 2023 London Film Festival which runs from Wednesday, October 4th until Sunday, October 15th, and will be out in UK […]

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Dead Calm

Director – Phillip Noyce – 1989 – Australia – Cert. 15 – 96m ***** A bereaved couple taking time off on their yacht answer a distress call from another boat and become embroiled in a game of cat and mouse – out in UK cinemas 1989 Royal Australian Naval Officer John Ingram (Sam Neill) arrives […]