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Film of the week: The Shape of Water swims in lagoons of love and horror
Guillermo del Toro’s bittersweet romance between a mute cleaning woman and an amphibious man cleverly and affectionately updates Hollywood monster movies of the past, writes Kim Newman.
Friday 16 February 2018 -
Isle of Dogs first look: Wes Anderson’s charming canine fable
A starry cast, deadpan humour and deft nods to Japanese cinema make this animated film an unusually delightful dystopia, writes Nick James.
Friday 16 February 2018 -
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Black Panther review: an electrifying, Afrofuturist superhero movie
Ryan Coogler’s spectacular film diverges from one tradition while honouring another, in the process becoming a unusually poignant, political entry in the Marvel franchise, writes Kelli Weston.
Friday 16 February 2018 -
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Lady Bird review: Greta Gerwig sketches scenes from an awkward adolescence
Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age drama boasts high-calibre performances but only skims the surface of the relationship between its enigmatic title character and her overstretched mother, writes Nick Pinkerton.
Friday 16 February 2018 -
Madeline’s Madeline first look: an unusually bold teen movie that bridges trauma and art
Josephine Decker pauses only to grapple with her own working methods in this thrilling, formally daring drama about an emotionally fraught teenage girl, writes Paul O’Callaghan.
Thursday 15 February 2018 -
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Fifty Shades Freed review: vanilla sex and a cartoon villain
There’s no fun or friskiness in this anticlimactic final film, just the gruelling spectacle of a woman submitting to a tyrannical husband and a ludicrously prolonged revenge plot, writes Violet Lucca.
Wednesday 14 February 2018 -
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Film of the week: Loveless takes a symbolic hammer to a family tragedy
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s latest film manipulates the story of a divorcing couple and a missing child to pass comment on Russian politics. It’s a pity it feels so forced, writes Adam Nayman.
Thursday 8 February 2018 -
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Film of the week: Phantom Thread unravels the relationship between an artist and his muse
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as a chilly 1950s couturier resisting romantic intimacy in Paul Thomas Anderson’s slyly comic Hitchcockian drama. It’s his most ambitious and surprising film yet, writes Adam Nayman.
Thursday 1 February 2018 -
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Early Man review: a deliciously tactile and nostalgic feat of clay
Nick Park returns with an enjoyably dappy, artisanal prehistoric sports movie that tips its hat at Ray Harryhausen, but lacks the ingenious cinephilia of Aardman’s best work, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday 25 January 2018 -
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Film of the week: Downsizing plots an unpredictable course into American purgatory
Alexander Payne miniaturises Matt Damon and forces him to face up to some big issues in this frequently surprising high-concept drama, writes Henry K. Miller.
Thursday 25 January 2018
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