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Last Night in Soho explores the toxic side of nostalgia

Edgar Wright’s thriller has “the exhilaration of an old fairground ride” but manages to hold its wild mix of genres together.

By John Bleasdale

Last Night in Soho explores the toxic side of nostalgia
Reviews

Cryptozoo tells a simple tale of good versus evil through an animated world of mythical creatures

By Thomas Flew

Cryptozoo tells a simple tale of good versus evil through an animated world of mythical creatures
5 things to watch

5 things to watch this weekend – 29 to 31 October

By Samuel Wigley

5 things to watch this weekend – 29 to 31 October
10 great

10 great films set in medieval Japan

By Matthew Thrift

10 great films set in medieval Japan
Reviews

Munich: The Edge of War is a taut adaptation of Robert Harris’s espionage page-turner

By Euan Harris

Munich: The Edge of War is a taut adaptation of Robert Harris’s espionage page-turner
Features

Exploring Virtual Realities at the BFI London Film Festival 2021

By Rebecca Harrison

Exploring Virtual Realities at the BFI London Film Festival 2021
Then and now

How Hammer horror locations look today

By Adam Scovell

How Hammer horror locations look today
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