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Michael review – legacy management 101

Forget all the bad stuff you ever knew about Michael Jackson. Wipe it from your mind. If you happen to

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Departures review – the turbulent journey of…

Like boarding a flight for somewhere promising, only to be met with an emergency landing, Departures never quite reaches the emotional depth

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Miroirs No. 3 review – no one is doing it like…

When sad-eyed music student Laura (Paula Beer) is involved in a car crash that leaves her boyfriend dead from an horrific

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The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic,…

A confession: I am really not a fan of the French filmmaker Franoçois Ozon. He seems like a lovely chap. Literate, passionate, with

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The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!

The annual tradition of Cannes head honcho Thierry Frémaux sitting at a little table at the front of a Parisian cinema and

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – even worse…

Regrouting blackened bathroom tiles; filling out a commercial tax return; cleaning the mouldering leaves out of a clogged storm drain; grudgingly buying

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Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out…

For those not intimately familiar with the topographical and historical minutiae of the UK, the relatively blasé way in which

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The Drama review – a very modern shotgun wedding

European cinema breeds provocateurs, from Pasolini to Haneke to Noé, Österlund and Radu Jude. Although separated by generations, nationalities and

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Pompei: Below the Clouds review – a stimulating…

The inner lives of buildings and institutions provide an intriguing and enlivening way of looking at the modern landscape, particularly

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Ryan Gosling – Jacket Man

If you ever find yourself wandering the streets of east London on a Friday night, maybe a few virgin Sea Breezes into