Jackie (2016)
★★★★☆
Pablo Larrain’s portrait of a widowed Jackie Kennedy in the days following the President’s assassination has intriguing contemporary resonance.
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Wiener-Dog (2016)
★★★☆☆
A portrait of America through the eyes of a sausage dog and her owners, Todd Solondz’ Wiener-Dog sees a bizarre parade of melancholics and losers
La La Land (2016)
Mirzya (2016)
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s epic Mirzya is a lavish Bollywood Romeo and Juliet extravaganza with music, action and a fantastic international cast. Mirzya CAUTION: Here…
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I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016)
★★★★☆
Billy O’Brien’s teen horror I Am Not a Serial Killer uncovers the dark, elderly underbelly of American suburbia.
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
★★★★☆
The Birth of a Nation is director Nate Parker’s emotional condemnation of America’s brutal history of slavery through the true story of one man who led a rebellion.
Chi-Raq (2016)
★★★★☆
A dazzling rap musical against the epidemic of gun violence amongst Chicago’s black communities, Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is sensational.
A United Kingdom (2016)
★★★★☆
Director Amma Asante evokes a powerful interracial love story that threatened the British Empire.
DOG EAT DOG (2016)
Flashily shot, ultra-violent and at times absurd. Paul Schrader’s fast-moving failed heist movie stars Nicholas Cage and Willem Dafoe. Dog Eat Dog CAUTION: Here…
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Your Name (2016)
In Makoto Shinkai’s haunting Japanese anime, two teenagers swap bodies and lives.
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Napoleon (1927)
A silent masterpiece years ahead of its time. Napoleon by French director Abel Gance has been lovingly restored by Kevin Brownlow, with a new score by Carl Davis.
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Arrival (2016)
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival is a highly original, thrilling and mind-boggling take on close encounters.
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Generation Revolution (2016)
Young black political activism and idealism in London is revealed in Generation Revolution, a powerful documentary by first-time directors Usayd Younis and Cassie Quarless.
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Nocturnal Animals, Tom Ford’s mesmerising second feature after the acclaimed A Single Man is a visually stunning and disturbingly gripping examination of the connection…
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