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Beauty and the Beast review: a magnificent monster with no teeth
Emma Watson’s shy Belle meets Dan Stevens’s sophisticated Beast in a lavish, respectful update of the 1991 animated film – but what is the point, asks Kate Stables?
Thursday 16 March 2017 -
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Film of the week: Elle – far deeper (and more disquieting) than a rape-revenge thriller
Isabel Huppert’s darkly defiant bourgeois renegade turns the tables on her rapist in Paul Verhoeven’s masterfully twisted meditation on human bondage, write Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López.
Friday 10 March 2017 -
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Kong: Skull Island review – a roaring pulp mash-up
Following 2014’s Godzilla, Round Two of a likely Monster Cinematic Universe Redux pitches its over-specced human cast into a 1973-period sally that holds its own with any number of pulp footnotes Kim Newman can name.
Friday 10 March 2017 -
Taboo: Tom Hardy prowls pre-Dickensian London’s heart of darkness
Hardy’s inked-up, Welsh-inflected, half Native American sailor strides through a richly gothic gallery of rogues in the BBC’s graphic novel-inspired drama series, says Nick James.
Friday 3 March 2017 -
Sense8 and The OA: making the vital connection in alternative science fiction
The divisive, dystopian politics of our age are countered in two new thriller series that proclaim a dream of unity and shared identities brought about by technology and modern mysticism, writes Sophie Mayer.
Friday 3 March 2017 -
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Film of the week: Certain Women, Kelly Reichardt’s minimalist Montana triptych
Pitch-perfect performances, muted cinematography and austere direction make these three stories of tired, tender women emotionally compelling without a moment of melodrama, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday 2 March 2017 -
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Film of the week: The Fits explores the feints and bounds of girlhood
This intensely physical debut film from Anna Rose Holmer sets its tale of growing up, fitting in and breaking out in a community gym where a teenage tomboy exchanges her boxing gloves for a sequinned leotard. But does it duck the challenge of addressing social questions, asks Ginette Vincendeau?
Thursday 23 February 2017 -
Call Me By Your Name review: a ravishing evocation of romance
Luca Guadagnino’s sun-kissed queer love story revels in the erotic tension of an encounter between a teenager and an older man, writes Paul O’Callaghan.
Wednesday 22 February 2017 -
1945 review: a bitter homecoming in Hungary
When two Orthodox Jews return to the town that betrayed them under Nazi-occupation, the stage is set for conflict in Ferenc Török’s European western, writes Christina Newland.
Wednesday 22 February 2017 -
Ana, mon amour review: scenes from an agonised relationship
This time-shifting dissection of a romantic coupling beset by a mental disorder, from the director of the Golden Bear-winning Child’s Pose, echoes Ingmar Bergman’s probing psychological studies, says Geoff Andrew.
Monday 20 February 2017
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