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100 films to look forward to in 2026 – part one

Incoming by David Jenkins, Anna Stafford

New year, new movies!

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Top Ranking

The 30 best films of 2025

by LWLies

With stormy seas ahead in the world of cinema, we celebrate the good and the great from another spectacular year for the medium.
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Top Ranking

The 10 best TV shows of 2025

by Emma Fraser

From Star Wars canon expansion to the conclusion of a university-set sitcom and Vince Gilligan’s highly anticipated return to the small screen, here are our TV highlights from this year.

Latest reviews

Samson (Chi Lewis-Parry) and Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review – stomach-churningly entertaining

by Hannah Strong

Ralph Fiennes goes hell for leather as Nia DaCosta takes the helm of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s zombrit horror franchise.

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Review

Bulk review – homemade sci-fi noir trades coherence for charm

by David Jenkins

Ben Wheatley’s been tinkering in his shed, and the result is this hand-tooled experimental miniature with Sam Riley as a journo whisked through a manic multiverse.

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Rental Family review – Brendan Fraser shines in this culture-clash heartwarmer

by Fatima Sheriff

A struggling actor tries his hand at becoming an absent family member in this gentle comedy from filmmaker Hikari.

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The Voice Of Hind Rajab review – essential, if harrowing viewing

by Leila Latif

This Venice prizewinner fuses documentary with fiction and encapsulates the devastation and brutality of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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Review

State of Statelessness review – an intimate meditation on exile from Tibet

by Anna Stafford

Four interconnected tales from the Tibetan diaspora come together to shape this poignant anthology film by the Drung Filmmakers’ Collective.

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Review

Giant review – another tired boxing biopic for the pile

by Mike McCahill

“Prince” Naseem Hamed is the subject of this meandering and shoddily-written boxing bio that’s leavened slightly by two lead performances.

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Features

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Interviews

Chloé Zhao: ‘There’s a desire for the language of ambiguity, of poetry’

by David Jenkins

Plato, Carl Jung and Terrence Malick are what kept the filmmaker inspired while making her jaw-dropping latest, Hamnet.
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Interviews

Joachim Trier: ‘I cling to life’

by Marina Ashioti

Norway’s favourite son on how to follow-up a global hit – with another wistful, intuitive and thought film about melancholy in Sentimental Value.
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Opinion

Coming of age with Rob Reiner

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

In the wake of this Hollywood titan’s sudden and tragic demise, we look back at the life and work of an artist whose life was powered by empathy and humour.
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In Praise Of

Strangers in Paradise: The Radical Loneliness of Turtle Diary

by Thom Brogan

As John Irvin’s underseen turtle heist comedy turns 40, its charming depiction of aloneness as a liberating lifestyle choice continues to make quiet waves.
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In Praise Of

A Different Kind of Holiday Affair: Carol at 10

by Desirae Embree

As Todd Haynes’s classic love story turns 10, Carol invites us to reimagine the holidays.
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Interviews

Jafar Panahi: ‘We shouldn't look at cinema too idealistically’

by Marina Ashioti

The great Iranian auteur and winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or on his thrilling new morality play, It Was Just an Accident.
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