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Zoolander at Twenty-Five: A Look Back
Zoolander (2001) at twenty-five: a look back at the film, its making and its legacy.
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Kikuyu Land: Bea Wangondu, Andrew H. Brown and Mr Mungai in Conversation
Kikuyu Land was, for me, one of the best documentaries of the year, a furious, beautiful and deeply personal film that traces an unbroken line from colonial land seizures in Kenya to the multinational tea estates still profiting from that soil today. You can read my full review here. It
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Linda Hamilton at 70: The Essential Films
Marking Linda Hamilton at 70: a look back across Linda's career through the films I've reviewed.
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Mark Hamill at 75: The Essential Films
Marking Mark Hamill at 75: a look back across Mark's career through the films I've reviewed.
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New in UK Cinemas: October 2026
Here is what is worth keeping an eye on at the cinema across the UK in October 2026. I have stuck to the releases most people will actually have on their radar, the bigger titles and the ones building a real head of steam, rather than listing every last thing
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Tommy Lee Jones at 80: The Essential Films
Marking Tommy Lee Jones at 80: a look back across Tommy's career through the films I've reviewed.
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In Conversation: Louise Lockwood on Bel
Bel was, for me, one of the most moving films of the year, a tender, aching portrait of the Scottish-Kenyan musician Beldina Odenyo, who recorded as Heir of the Cursed, built by director Louise Lockwood as something much closer to an act of love than a conventional documentary. You
Country Germany
In Conversation: Joscha Bongard on Babystar
Babystar was one of the sharpest, most unsettling debuts I saw all year. It imagines a family of influencers whose teenage daughter, Luca, has had her entire life turned into content since before she was even born, and it uses that premise to say something genuinely bracing about the first
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Adam Sandler at 60: The Essential Films
Marking Adam Sandler at 60: a look back across Adam's career through the films I've reviewed.
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Something Pointless: Asa Bailey in Conversation
Something Pointless was one of the loveliest surprises I have had all year. It runs a mere fourteen minutes, and in that time it takes on illness, mortality and childhood bullying and lands an emotional punch that plenty of two hour dramas spend their whole runtime reaching for and miss.
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Michael Keaton at 75: The Essential Films
Marking Michael Keaton at 75: a look back across Michael's career through the films I've reviewed.
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Jeff Tremaine at 60: The Essential Films
Marking Jeff Tremaine at 60: a look back across Jeff's career through the films I've reviewed.