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House of Gucci

Directed by Ridley Scott

Nationwide, 15A

Rating: ****

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Directed by Radu Jude

Selected, no cert

Rating: ***

There aren’t many major directors who have been able to make films during the pandemic. Ridley Scott has delivered two. His trifurcated medieval French psychodrama The Last Duel was a box office dud on release last October, but the dark and juicy House of Gucci is unlikely to suffer ...