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Sinners

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Post date February 26 2026
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Director – Ryan Coogler – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 138m ***** In 1932, a young blues guitarist finds himself out of his depth when two brothers open a juke joint which comes unexpectedly under siege from supernatural forces – plays one night only, Sunday, March 1st, 6.30pm, as part of Film Tottenham following […]

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Hamnet

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Post date January 5 2026
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Director – Chloé Zhao – 2025 – UK, US – Cert. 12a – 125m ***** An imagining of the story of William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet, whose name gave rise to the play Hamlet – Maggie O’Farrell’s adaptation of her own novel is out in UK cinemas on Friday, January 9th According to the opening title card, […]

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Hamnet

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Post date January 9 2026
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Directed by Chloé ZhaoCertificate 12A125 minutesReleased 9 January Shakespeare’s romantic relationship, family life and the tragedy of bereavement resulted in his writing one of his bestknown plays, Hamlet. In Elizabethan England, we are told at the start of Hamnet, the two names were interchangeable. Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, this film is well-served by the landscape-friendly sensibilities […]

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Avatar
Fire and Ash

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Post date December 18 2025
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Director – James Cameron – 2025 – US – Cert. 12a – 195m Immersive Cinema ***** Screenplay ***1/2 Return to Pandora – this time, with a terrifying tribe whose trust in the planet’s spirit has been wiped out by a volcano – second Avatar sequel is out in cinemas from Friday, December 19th Whatever you think of the Avatar movies – […]

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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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Weapons

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Post date August 8 2025
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Director – Zach Cregger – 2025 – US – Cert. 18 – 128m **** One night, all but one of the children in one class in the town school disappear into the dark, leaving the townsfolk baffled as to what happened to them… – Fortean-sounding mystery is out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 8th […]

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Flow
(Straume)
(2024)

Director – Gints Zilbalodis – 2024 – Belgium, France, Latvia – Cert. U – 84m ***** A cat must survive rising water levels as they engulf both the countryside and cities – remarkable, dialogue-free, computer animated feature is out now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Like his earlier Away (2019), Zilbalodis’ new CG animated […]

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I’m Still Here
(Ainda Estou Aqui)

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Post date February 21 2025
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(Ainda Estou Aqui)
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Director – Walter Salles – 2024 – Brazil – Cert. 15 – 137m **** When a family man is disappeared by Brazil’s military dictatorship, his wife must fight for justice while raising their family of five children alone – out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 21st 1971. The middle of Brazil’s 1964-85 military dictatorship. […]

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The Substance

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Post date September 20 2024
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Director – Coralie Fargeat – 2024 – US – Cert. 18 – 140m ****1/2 An aging movie star takes a wonder treatment which splits her into her current self and a much younger version – in cinemas in the UK on Friday, September 20th. Hollywood star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) hosts a network TV keep […]

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Dune Part Two

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Post date February 29 2024
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Director – Denis Villeneuve – 2024 – US – Cert. 12a – 166m ***** A fallen dynasty fights back on a desert planet populated with giant sandworms– out in cinemas on Friday, March 1st The second part of the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sprawling novel Dune (1965) – the title Dune Part Two following the […]