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Eva Riley’s debut feature follows aspiring gymnast Leigh as she deals with an unhappy home life and the discovery that she has a half-brother
Eva Riley’s debut feature follows aspiring gymnast Leigh as she deals with an unhappy home life and the discovery that she has a half-brother
A BBC reality favourite is added to the Netflix catalogue, a radio show upacks the latest films as cinemas reopen, and a millennial mayor is the subject of a new documentary
Alice Winocour’s exceptional science-fiction film examines the earthbound, the cosmic and the invisible cords that bind the two
The father of the intelligent blockbuster has the humble ambition of saving cinema as we know it
Don’t bother breaking quarantine to head out and watch this faintly absurd film on the big screen
Charlize Theron is in furious form as she overturns expectations in the normally male-dominated genre of the fantasy blockbuster
The cinematic adaptation of Lin-Maniel Miranda’s wildly successful Broadway show lives up to the hype
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are the clueless couple who end up representing Iceland in the annual song contest
A long and troubled history in the making combined with overwhelming special effects, dull set-pieces and embarrassing Irish clichés have blighted the screen adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s inventive and funny fantasy novel
This take on the Vietnam war epic is the first feature from any director to examine it from an exclusively black point of view
Woody Allen is back with yet another movie set in his home city – but he shouldn’t have bothered
The cinematic influences are obvious, but director Andrew Patterson has created something entirely fresh and new in his science-fiction film
Like the protagonist of his new movie, David Freyne grew up gay in ‘a hyper-masculine place’, but his film recalls the warmth and humour of that time as well as the pain and awkwardness
Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir delivers a masterclass in measured understatement in this Icelandic David versus Goliath story about a widowed farmer who takes on her local co-op
Ireland’s cinemas have lain deserted and shuttered for the past two months. When they eventually reopen, will punters really be eager to share darkened space with strangers? Some leading figures give their thoughts on what happens next
Newcomer Sidney Flanigan is outstanding in Eliza Hittman’s tale of a teenage girl running flat out to stand still
Chilean director Pablo Larrain’s latest drama is uneven but highly distinctive
Kitty Green’s gripping drama, The Assistant, draws the viewer into a claustrophobic and chilling story that follows the working day of a young PA to a powerful and threatening – but never seen – New York film producer
This week, the Magazine’s film critic John Maguire invites younger viewers to do his job for him