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Control, review: Kevin Spacey returns in what feels more setback than comeback
The star, who we never actually see, is increasingly irksome as a politician's telephonic tormenter in this silly, implausible thriller
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The greatest 10 cultural works which celebrate the working class
From Dickens to The Specials, a new book suggests pupils study working-class culture. These are uplifting classics they should start with
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Dream Scenario, review: Nicolas Cage is nightmarishly ordinary in this cancel culture comedy
Playing a professor who begins appearing peoples’ dreams, Cage gives his best performance in years – even though the film doesn’t match it
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Anatomy of a Fall, review: a sparkling intellectual thriller that lingers for days
Justine Triet’s breathtaking new film unpicks the aftermath of a fatal accident in the Alps. Did the victim fall – or were they pushed?
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Pain Hustlers: Emily Blunt does Erin Brockovich in a painful Big Pharma drama
Blunt is brilliant and wrestles good moments out of Chris Evans – but this Netflix drama about an opioid start-up sticks in the craw
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Doctor Jekyll: Eddie Izzard is wasted in this timid Hammer horror
The potential for something in true Hammer tradition – over-the-top and and amusingly derelict – was right here, but it never materialises
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Cat Person: this tatty psychothriller smacks of desperation
Starring Succession's Nicholas Braun and Coda's Emilia Jones, this adaptation of the viral New Yorker story is a confused grab-bag of genres
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Five Nights at Freddy’s, review: video-game spin-off that promises chills but delivers yawns
Director Emma Lammi's big-screen spin-off from the survive-the-robots horror game is awkwardly plotted and low on suspense
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Why I had to out Rock Hudson as gay
Writer Armistead Maupin reflects on whether he was right to out Rock Hudson, a macho sex symbol of his generation, as he was dying of Aids
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From Cape Fear to Casino: Martin Scorsese’s 20 best films, ranked
The director of some of the greatest movies of our time has released another masterpiece. But is it better than Goodfellas?
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Jada Pinkett Smith's memoir opens up about her suicide fantasy, Tupac's proposal and that Will Smith slap
The actress's new autobiography Worthy includes a few juicy revelations, but buries them under self-help jargon and psychobabble
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The Kitchen: Daniel Kaluuya’s dystopian drama fizzes with style – but where’s its drive?
Set in a brutalist near future, the London Film Festival's closing movie is brilliantly designed and full of ideas – but it lacks oomph
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The End We Start From: Jodie Comer is tremendous in a post-flood survival drama
The Killing Eve star finally shakes that off as her defining role, thanks to a heroic performance in Mahalia Belo's tense, stirring new film
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Sumotherhood, review: an entertaining shambles – with a deranged Ed Sheeran cameo
Adam Deacon's ridiculous sequel parodies Top Boy with a ridiculous cast including Jeremy Corbyn, Jennifer Saunders and Linda Robson
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Feverish dreams, delirious fantasies – the art of Powell and Pressburger
A celebration of the most creative partnership in British cinema, ahead of the new BFI season
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Eileen, review: Anne Hathaway flirts with danger – but where’s the sexual tension?
Centring on an affair between Hathaway's stylish doctor and Thomasin McKenzie's prison lackey, this handsome modern noir doesn't quite fly
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