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Being Towards Death
(10 Jian Gan Si Dui,
10间敢死队,
lit. 10 Fearless Squad)

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Post date June 5 2026
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(10 Jian Gan Si Dui,
10间敢死队,
lit. 10 Fearless Squad)
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Director – Sicheng Chen – 2026 – China – Cert. 12a – 120m ** The terminally ill patients thrown together in hospital Ward 10 decide to adopt a positive attitude towards both life and death – out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 5th This has one of those weird Oriental movie titles that doesn’t translate that easily into […]

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Billie Eilish
Hit Me
Hard and Soft
The Tour
Live in 3D

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Post date May 8 2026
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Hit Me
Hard and Soft
The Tour
Live in 3D
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Billie Eilish in Paramount Pictures Presents A Lightstorm Earth Production / The Darkroom / Interscope Films Production of “BILLIE EILISH HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D)”

Directors – James Cameron, Billie Eilish – 2026 – US, UK – Cert. 12a – 114m ***** One night of the singer’s latest world tour is captured up close and personal using specially developed, 3D camera technology – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 8th Disclaimer. Yes, I listen to a great deal of music. No, I […]

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London’s Last Wilderness

Director – Pablo Behrens – 2026 – UK – Cert. 12a – 61m ***** London’s Thames Estuary filmed and edited from the point of view of an alien – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 24th A genre bender of a documentary, this owes a great deal to Petropolis (Peter Mettler, 2009) which comprises […]

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Broken English

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Post date March 18 2026
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Directors – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2025 – UK – Cert. 15 – 96m ***** Musician and cultural icon Marianne Faithfull is interviewed at length, and her life and artistic achievements examined from several angles – compelling documentary is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, March 20th Who is Marianne Faithfull? Given that, sadly, […]

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It’s Never Over,
Jeff Buckley

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Post date February 13 2026
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Jeff Buckley
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Director – Amy Berg – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 106m ***1/2 A look at the life of the hugely talented singer / songwriter whose career in the 1990s was cut short by his untimely death – out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 13th It’s tempting to place Jeff Buckley among the all […]

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What Should We
Have Done?
(Do Sureba Yokatta Ka?,
どうすればよかったか？)

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Post date February 5 2026
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Have Done?
(Do Sureba Yokatta Ka?,
どうすればよかったか？)
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Director – Fujino Tomoaki – 2023 – Japan – Cert. N/C 15+ – 102m ***1/2 Remarkable diary film of the director’s sister who has undiagnosed schizophrenia as his parents deprive her of a decent quality of life for 30 years – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026 which runs from Friday, 6th February to Tuesday, 31st March Darkness. […]

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Oh, Canada

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Post date January 13 2026
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Director – Paul Schrader – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 94m From the novel by Russell Banks *** A documentary filmmaker dying of cancer consents to a filmed interview about his life and work to air his dirty laundry – on UK and Ireland digital platforms on Monday, January 12th “Remind me why I […]

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Dark Star

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Post date December 10 2025
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Director – John Carpenter – 1974 – US – Cert. PG – 83m (71m Directors Cut) ***** Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star Director – Daniel Griffith – 2010 – US – 118 mins ***** A bored crew of astronauts travel through space blowing up unstable planets – out now as a 4K […]

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The Marbles

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Post date October 16 2025
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Director – David Nicholas Wilkinson – 2025 – UK – Cert. 12a – 114m**** The Parthenon Marbles – were they stolen from Greece, and should they be sent back? – Opening Night Film (World Premiere) Central Scotland Documentary Festival in Stirling, Scotland on Thursday, October 30th; out in UK cinemas on Thursday, November 6th. This starts with director […]

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2000 Meters to Andriivka

Director – Mstyslav Chernov – 2025 – Ukraine – Cert. 15 – 107m **** A small Ukrainian Army unit advances through a narrow strip of war-scarred forest to recapture a village from the occupying Russians – documentary from the makers of 20 Days in Mariupol is out in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday, August […]

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