Men and Chicken (2015)
A bizarre black comedy by Anders Thomas Jenson, Men and Chicken plunges us messily into the grotesque underbelly of genetics. Men and Chicken CAUTION:…
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The Hard Stop (2015)
George Amponsah’s powerful and moving documentary The Hard Stop shows how society is still failing black youths five years the riots following Mark Duggan’s…
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The Neon Demon (2016)
Nicolas Winding Refn’s ultra-stylish The Neon Demon creates unforgettable, sinister images of beauty and horror in the Los Angeles modelling world. The Neon Demon…
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Weiner (2016)
★★★★☆
Documenting the fall of New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s Weiner holds all the trumps.
Maggie’s Plan (2015)
What happens when you realise your husband is perfect for his ex-wife? In Rebecca Miller’s screwball New York romcom Maggie’s Plan, life doesn’t always…
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The Colony (2015)
★★☆☆☆
Florian Gallenberger’s thriller The Colony (Colonia) dramatises events following Chile’s 1973 coup.
Adult Life Skills (2016)
★★★★☆
Rachel Tunnard’s debut feature Adult Life Skills is a quirky, witty and moving film about grief and identity.
Ma Ma (2015)
★★★☆☆
Penélope Cruz stars as a saintly breast cancer sufferer in Julio Medem’s terminal illness melodrama Ma Ma.
Remainder (2015)
★★★★☆
What if you couldn’t remember your past and you tried to recreate it? Omar Fast’s visually stunning debut Remainder is a compulsively mind-bending puzzle.
The Violators (2015)
★★★☆☆
An uncompromising directorial debut by author Helen Walsh, The Violators is a powerful story of teenage girls in broken Britain.
Tale of Tales (2015)
★★★★★
Beautiful and grotesque – director Matteo Garone’s visually stunning collection of dark fairy tales for adults Tale of Tales defies description.
Bang Gang (2015)
★★★☆☆
In a long hot summer, a collective sexual madness grips a group of French school students in Eva Husson’s uninspired Bang Gang.
The Intervention (2016)
★★★☆☆
A light comedy of thirty-somethings interfering in their friends’ lives, Clea DuVall’s The Intervention is a lightweight performance piece.
Other People (2016)
★★★★☆
A semi-autobiographical story of comedy in the heart of tragedy, Chris Kelly’s Other People sees both good things and bad happen to us all.