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D is for Distance

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Post date March 30 2026
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Director – Chris Petit, Emma Mathews – 2025 – Finland – Cert. 12A – 88m **** A diary film about a boy with epilepsy, his interior world, and parenting – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 3rd Opening and closing, more or less, with one of the quieter themes from Once Upon a Time in the […]

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Miseris Succurrere Disco
(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 7 2026
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(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)
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Curators – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2026 – UK **** A chapel interior is repurposed as a reflection on how personal tragedy can awaken empathy, mercy and collective care – exhibition / installation at Fitzrovia Chapel from Friday, March 6th to Wednesday, March 25th It’s a strange phenomenon when you attend an exhibition / installation and the unfamiliar venue […]

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Round 13
(13ème Round)

Director – Mohamed Ali Nahdi – 2025 – Tunisia, Cyprus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia – 85m ***** A young boy is diagnosed with a tumour in his arm, and his parents must guide him through his ensuing medical treatment – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival My third Critics’ Picks entry […]

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Late Shift
(Heldin)

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Post date August 1 2025
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(Heldin)
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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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Allelujah

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Post date March 15 2023
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Director – Richard Eyre – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 98m *** While a small NHS hospital in Wakefield, Yorkshire is in danger of being closed down by the government as inefficient, it seeks to care for its geriatric patients– out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 17th Based on the 2018 stage […]

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Beyond The Mask

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Post date June 29 2021
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Directors – Jane Harris, Jimmy Edmonds – 2021 – UK – 60m **** People talk about their experiences of bereavement in the light of the COVID-19 lockdown – now free to watch (donation suggested) In March 2020, the unthinkable happened as the world entered a global pandemic. In the ensuing year or so many people […]

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Hostile

Director – Sonita Gale – 2021 – UK – Cert. 12a – 98m **1/2 A documentary about the UK’s anti-immigrant Hostile Environment policy includes a brief history plus stories of both those it affected and a charity set up to help them – out in cinemas on Friday, January 21st, local screening details constantly being […]

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The Prayer
(Gan Ho-Joong,
간호중)

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Post date October 24 2021
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(Gan Ho-Joong,
간호중)

Director – Min Kyu-dong – 2020 – South Korea – Cert. 12a – 108m ***** Just how capable are caregiver androids of looking after their terminally ill patients? – thought-provoking science fiction from the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF), on now In a vast, multi-storey building complex, end of life patients are attended by […]

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Mogul Mowgli

Director – Bassam Tariq – 2020 – UK – Cert. 15 – 90m **** A UK British Pakistani rap artist is stopped in his career tracks by an auto-immune system suppression illness – in cinemas from Friday, October 30th and on BFI Player Subscription Exclusive from Friday, February 5th This opens with British Pakistani rapper […]

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Capital
In The
21st Century

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Post date September 23 2020
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In The
21st Century

Director – Justin Pemberton – 2019 – France, New Zealand – Cert. 12 – 103m ***** An adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s controversial economic treatise Capital In The 21st Century – in cinemas from Friday, September 25th The content of French economist Thomas Piketty’s eponymous book couldn’t be more relevant. Far from being dry economics, Piketty’s […]