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A Private Life
(Vie Privée)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 22 2026
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Director – Rebecca Zlotowski – 2025 – France – Cert. 15 – 107m **** A psychiatrist with an unusual eye problem must unravel the mystery of the recent death of one of her patients – out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 26th Parisian psychiatrist Dr. Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster from The Mauritanian, Kevin Macdonald, 2021, The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan […]

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Cronos
(Cronos)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 15 2026
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Director – Guillermo del Toro – 1992 – Mexico – Cert. 18 – 92m ****1/2 An antique shop owner is transformed by a strange, hand-sized device he finds in a small statuette – back out in a 4K restoration in UK cinemas on Friday, May 15th alongside a Guillermo del Toro season at BFI Southbank […]

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Wild Foxes
(La Danse des Renards)

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Post date May 1 2026
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Director – Valéry Carnoy – 2026 – Belgium, France – Cert. 15 – 91m ***1/2 A promising young school boxer’s mindset changes following an accident which damages his arm – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 1st This starts off with the camera darting nimbly around a boxing ring in a gym in which two […]

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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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