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Disclosure Day

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Post date June 9 2026
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Director – Steven Spielberg – 2026 – US – Cert. 12A – 145m The first two hours ***** The last half hour *** Hoping to reveal to mankind the hitherto censored truth about aliens visiting Earth, a man and a woman flee their pursuers across the United States – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, […]

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One Battle After Another

Director – Paul Thomas Anderson – 2025 – US – Cert. 12A – 161m ***** Over a decade after they disappeared into a safe town with new identities, a father and now-teenage daughter are tracked down by their army officer nemesis… – one of the most extraordinary Warner Bros. action movies you’ve ever seen is out in […]

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The Devils

Director – Ken Russell – 1971 – UK – Cert. 18 – 106m 41s (cut) ***** UK DVD release date 19/03/2012, cert. 18, 107 mins plus extras, £19.99. Reviewed for Third Way 40 years after its 1971 theatrical release, the late Ken Russell’s key work reaches UK DVD in its original UK X Certificate version […]

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Small Things Like These

Director – Tim Mielants – 2024 – Ireland – Cert. 12a – 98m ***** A coal delivery man is troubled by the recurring sight of a deeply traumatised young woman at one of his regular customers, a convent – out to buy on Digital on Monday, January 20th, and on Blu-ray & DVD and to […]

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Made in England:
The Films of
Powell and Pressburger

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Post date May 8 2024
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The Films of
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Powell and Pressburger on the set of The Red Shoes

Director – David Hinton – 2023 – US – Cert. 12a – 129m ***** Martin Scorsese talks about the seminal British filmmaking duo, and how they inspired his own movies – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 10th As a child, Martin Scorsese suffered from asthma and would constantly find himself at home while […]

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Immaculate

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Post date March 19 2024
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Director – Michael Mohan – 2023 – US – Cert. – 89m *** A virginal, American, novice nun cloistered in an Italian convent finds herself mysteriously pregnant – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 22nd A young nun attempts to flee a convent in the middle of the night, but before she can gate […]

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Benedetta

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Post date October 16 2021
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Director – Paul Verhoeven – 2021 – France – Cert. tbc – 131m ***** A 17th Century nun subject to religious visions embarks on a lesbian relationship with a novice – exclusively on MUBI from Friday, July 1st Christianity. The Church. Religion. Treat them the wrong way, and you can get into trouble. Horror The […]

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Benedetta

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Post date April 13 2022
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Sins of the flesh BenedettaDirected by Paul VerhoevenCertificate 18, 131 minutesReleased 15 April The Dutch director Paul Verhoeven revels in controversy… His latest work, Benedetta, is… sexually explicit, but also tackles religion within a historical context. It clearly has plenty of potential to offend. Benedetta is based on the story of the 17th-century Italian nun […]

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Cyrano

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Post date February 21 2022
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Director – Joe Wright – 2021 – UK – Cert. 12a – 124m ***** The short stature of Cyrano de Bergerac makes him believe that no woman could ever love him – not even his beloved friend Roxanne, who he can’t bring himself to tell – out in cinemas on Friday, February 25th 17th Century […]