Kate Stables

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Bad Apples: Saoirse Ronan is this black comedy’s secret weapon

Ronan stars as a teacher who kidnaps a troublesome pupil to save her school’s Ofsted inspection and her job in this wicked little drama from Jonatan Etzler.

By Kate Stables

Bad Apples: Saoirse Ronan is this black comedy’s secret weapon

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Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s tense alien conspiracy thriller is derailed by sentimental detours

By Kate Stables

Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s tense alien conspiracy thriller is derailed by sentimental detours

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Erupcja: Charli xcx brings natural charm to this whimsical but weightless Warsaw hangout movie

By Kate Stables

Erupcja: Charli xcx brings natural charm to this whimsical but weightless Warsaw hangout movie

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Jon Favreau expands his hit streaming series into a pleasant but forgettable big-screen adventure

By Kate Stables

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Jon Favreau expands his hit streaming series into a pleasant but forgettable big-screen adventure

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The Christophers: Steven Soderbergh pits Ian McKellen against Michaela Coel for a film rich with ideas about art, criticism and forgery

By Kate Stables

The Christophers: Steven Soderbergh pits Ian McKellen against Michaela Coel for a film rich with ideas about art, criticism and forgery

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The Devil Wears Prada 2: a glossy nostalgia trip

By Kate Stables

The Devil Wears Prada 2: a glossy nostalgia trip

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Rebuilding: Josh O’Connor delivers a tender performance in this timely story of a rancher set adrift by wildfires

By Kate Stables

Rebuilding: Josh O’Connor delivers a tender performance in this timely story of a rancher set adrift by wildfires

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The Drama: a slyly funny psychological drama in a neat rom-com disguise

By Kate Stables

The Drama: a slyly funny psychological drama in a neat rom-com disguise

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Splitsville: this brilliantly unromantic open marriage comedy pulls no punches

By Kate Stables

Splitsville: this brilliantly unromantic open marriage comedy pulls no punches

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Hamlet: Riz Ahmed delivers the goods, but this punchy adaptation is a little too pared back

By Kate Stables

Hamlet: Riz Ahmed delivers the goods, but this punchy adaptation is a little too pared back

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The Running Man: a crowd-pleasing thrill ride powered by the star-wattage of Glen Powell

By Kate Stables

The Running Man: a crowd-pleasing thrill ride powered by the star-wattage of Glen Powell

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The Thing with Feathers: Grief becomes a horror show in this visually striking adaptation of Max Porter’s novella

By Kate Stables

The Thing with Feathers: Grief becomes a horror show in this visually striking adaptation of Max Porter’s novella

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Brides: teen runaway movie tackles a dark subject with a fizzy teen spirit

By Kate Stables

Brides: teen runaway movie tackles a dark subject with a fizzy teen spirit

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The Kingdom: coming-of-age meets crime drama in this thoughtful Corsican thriller

By Kate Stables

The Kingdom: coming-of-age meets crime drama in this thoughtful Corsican thriller

Finest hours

Finest hours: Helen Mirren’s transformation into The Queen

By Kate Stables

Finest hours: Helen Mirren’s transformation into The Queen

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From Hilde, with Love: a nuanced and moving biopic of two courageous German resistance fighters

By Kate Stables

From Hilde, with Love: a nuanced and moving biopic of two courageous German resistance fighters

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The Alto Knights: a double dose of De Niro can’t save this cluttered true-crime story

By Kate Stables

The Alto Knights: a double dose of De Niro can’t save this cluttered true-crime story

Obituaries

Joan Plowright obituary: great dame of British stage and screen

By Kate Stables

Joan Plowright obituary: great dame of British stage and screen

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Paddington in Peru: a good-hearted but predictable instalment in the furry franchise

By Kate Stables

Paddington in Peru: a good-hearted but predictable instalment in the furry franchise

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Timestalker: Alice Lowe is dying for love in this gag-and-gore-strewn comedy

By Kate Stables

Timestalker: Alice Lowe is dying for love in this gag-and-gore-strewn comedy

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Tuesday: Julia Louis-Dreyfus outshines a giant talking parrot in this surprisingly sharp-edged fairy tale

By Kate Stables

Tuesday: Julia Louis-Dreyfus outshines a giant talking parrot in this surprisingly sharp-edged fairy tale

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The Nature of Love: an overworked but thoughtful rumination on romance

By Kate Stables

The Nature of Love: an overworked but thoughtful rumination on romance

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Hoard: Luna Carmoon wields disgust like a weapon in this filthily captivating debut

By Kate Stables

Hoard: Luna Carmoon wields disgust like a weapon in this filthily captivating debut

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There’s Still Tomorrow: a dark melodrama fuelled by humour, rage and neorealism

By Kate Stables

There’s Still Tomorrow: a dark melodrama fuelled by humour, rage and neorealism

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Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller

By Kate Stables

Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller

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Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems

By Kate Stables

Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems

From the Sight and Sound archive

Giddy adventures, gender skirmishes and aural seductions: Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night

By Kate Stables

Giddy adventures, gender skirmishes and aural seductions: Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night

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Mean Girls: playful, high-energy remake sands down the sharp edges of the original

By Kate Stables

Mean Girls: playful, high-energy remake sands down the sharp edges of the original

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What Happens Later: mawkish airport-set romcom struggles to get off the ground

By Kate Stables

What Happens Later: mawkish airport-set romcom struggles to get off the ground

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Wonka: sickly sweet

By Kate Stables

Wonka: sickly sweet