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Give It a Shot

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date July 14 2026
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Director – Vaishali Sinha – 2025 – Canada, India, US – uncertificated – 92m *** An Indian scientist has created a reversible male contraceptive technique, yet a combination of human greed and bureaucracy has so far prevented it reaching the masses – International Premiere at 6.30 pm at the ICA on Tuesday, July 14th in the London […]

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The Stranger
(L’Étranger)
(2025)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 10 2026
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(L’Étranger)
(2025)
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Director – François Ozon – 2025 – France – Cert. 15 – 120m ***** A Frenchman living in French Algiers with an attitude of detachment is arrested following a violent incident with an Arab – adaptation of Albert Camus’ existentialist novella is in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, April 10th Albert Camus’ 1942 novella is a character study of […]

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From Hilde, With Love
(In Liebe, Eure Hilde)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 27 2025
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(In Liebe, Eure Hilde)
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Director – Andreas Dresen – 2024 – Germany – Cert. 15 – 125m *** A young, pregnant German woman involved with a group of radicals trying to undermine the Nazi regime is arrested and put on trial with a possible death sentence – out in UK cinemas accompanied by the Kate Bush short Little Shrew […]

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Joker
Folie à Deux

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Post date October 3 2024
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Folie à Deux
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Director – Todd Phillips – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 138m ****1/2 Get Happy… Get Ready for the Judgement Day! Prison movie, courtroom drama, musical… the new Joker movie is something of a wild card – out in UK cinemas on Friday, October 4th The big surprise about this sequel to Joker (Todd […]

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The Dead Don’t Hurt

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Post date June 5 2024
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Director – Viggo Mortensen – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 129m ***1/2 An independently-minded woman whose partner is away fighting a war struggles to survive in the Old West – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, June 7th While there is much to admire in this Western, it suffers from unclear […]

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Getting Away
With Murder(s)

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Post date September 9 2021
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Director – David Nicholas Wilkinson – 2021 – UK – Cert. 15 – 175m ***** Most of the perpetrators of the Holocaust were never prosecuted: this documentary attempts to understand why not – on BD/DVD combo from Monday, March 27th following its debut on various streaming platforms UK, USA, Canada and Australia on Friday, January […]

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Where Is Anne Frank

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Post date August 7 2022
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Director – Ari Folman – 2021 – Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Israel – Cert. PG – 99m ***** In Amsterdam, a year from now, her imaginary friend Kitty sets out to discover what happened to Anne Frank – out in cinemas on Friday, August 12th Amsterdam, Holland, about a year from now. Early in the […]

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Free Chol Soo Lee

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Post date August 19 2022
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Directors – Julia Ha, Eugene Yi – 2022 – US – Cert. 12a – 83m **** Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, Korean American Chol Soo Lee became a figurehead for a protest movement, something he felt unable to live up to – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 19th In San […]

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Where Is Anne Frank

Hiding from deportation Where Is Anne FrankDirected by Ari FolmanCertificate PG, 99 minutesReleased 12 August Amsterdam, about a year from now. Inside the Anne Frank House, Anne’s imaginary pen-friend Kitty (voiced by Ruby Stokes) materialises out of the ink from the pages of Anne’s diary. The perplexed Kitty wants to know what happened to Anne, […]

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Where
The Crawdads
Sing

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Post date July 19 2022
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The Crawdads
Sing
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Director – Olivia Newman – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 125m ***1/2 A young woman who grew up alone in the North Carolina Marshlands is the prime suspect for a murder she may or may not have committed – out in cinemas on Friday, July 22nd The body of Chase Andrews (Harris Dickinson) […]

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