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  • Sinners (2025) – Ryan Coogler’s thriller bites off more than it can chew
    April 27, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    Sinners (2025) – Ryan Coogler’s thriller bites off more than it can chew

  • Drop (2025) – Unoriginal high-strung thriller is entertainment without substance
    April 21, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    Drop (2025) – Unoriginal high-strung thriller is entertainment without substance

  • Mickey 17 (2025) – Bong Joon Ho’s dark dystopia is strangely comforting to watch
    April 16, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    Mickey 17 (2025) – Bong Joon Ho’s dark dystopia is strangely comforting to watch

  • The Last Showgirl (2024) – Pamela Anderson airbrushes her razzle dazzle life in Gia Coppola’s tragic drama
    March 9, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    The Last Showgirl (2024) – Pamela Anderson airbrushes her razzle dazzle life in Gia Coppola’s tragic drama

  • Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (2025) – Lovelorn heroine ages beautifully in sucker punch of a fourth instalment
    March 4, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (2025) – Lovelorn heroine ages beautifully in sucker punch of a fourth instalment

  • A Complete Unknown (2024) – Bob Dylan’s transgressive nature does not carry through to his biopic
    February 28, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    A Complete Unknown (2024) – Bob Dylan’s transgressive nature does not carry through to his biopic

  • Emilia Pérez (2024) – Jacques Audiard’s hot mess takes the music out of the musical
    February 18, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    Emilia Pérez (2024) – Jacques Audiard’s hot mess takes the music out of the musical

  • A Real Pain (2025) – Jesse Eisenberg’s touching call to feel more deeply
    February 16, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    A Real Pain (2025) – Jesse Eisenberg’s touching call to feel more deeply

  • Hard Truths (2024) – Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy is a bottomless well in Mike Leigh’s return to the big screen
    February 9, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    Hard Truths (2024) – Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy is a bottomless well in Mike Leigh’s return to the big screen

  • Queer (2024) – Daniel Craig takes a bad trip in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs
    February 6, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    Queer (2024) – Daniel Craig takes a bad trip in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs

  • 12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 3 to 1
    January 23, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 3 to 1

  • 12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 6-4
    January 5, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 6-4

  • 12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 9 to 7
    January 3, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 9 to 7

  • 12 Films of Christmas – or, a colloquial recounting of my mission (à la Santa) to watch and rank twelve 2024 releases
    January 2, 2025

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    Juliette Howard

    12 Films of Christmas – or, a colloquial recounting of my mission (à la Santa) to watch and rank twelve 2024 releases

  • Conclave (2024) – Ralph Fiennes leads Edward Berger’s excellent cardinal cat fight
    December 12, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Conclave (2024) – Ralph Fiennes leads Edward Berger’s excellent cardinal cat fight

  • Paddington in Peru (2024) – Threequel takes furry hero on an enjoyable, if slightly muddled adventure
    November 27, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Paddington in Peru (2024) – Threequel takes furry hero on an enjoyable, if slightly muddled adventure

  • Anora (2024) – Sean Baker’s Palme d’or is a worthy winner
    November 19, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Anora (2024) – Sean Baker’s Palme d’or is a worthy winner

  • Blitz (2024) – Caricatured London wastes away in Steve McQueen’s wartime drama
    November 16, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Blitz (2024) – Caricatured London wastes away in Steve McQueen’s wartime drama

  • Heretic (2024) – Hugh Grant expertly shepherds faulty religious horror
    November 10, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Heretic (2024) – Hugh Grant expertly shepherds faulty religious horror

  • Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) – A sequel as conflicting in reception as it is in subject
    November 3, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) – A sequel as conflicting in reception as it is in subject

  • The Outrun (2024) – Saoirse Ronan navigates between chaos and calm in tempestuous recovery tale
    October 25, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    The Outrun (2024) – Saoirse Ronan navigates between chaos and calm in tempestuous recovery tale

  • Lee (2023) – A splendid portrait of the woman in Hitler’s bathtub
    October 5, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Lee (2023) – A splendid portrait of the woman in Hitler’s bathtub

  • The Substance (2024) – Coralie Fargeat does what she wants
    October 3, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    The Substance (2024) – Coralie Fargeat does what she wants

  • Blink Twice (2024) – Zoe Kravitz’s stylised horror says too much all at once
    September 23, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Blink Twice (2024) – Zoe Kravitz’s stylised horror says too much all at once

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) – Tim Burton’s sequel is a gory feast for the eyes (and the memories)
    September 1, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) – Tim Burton’s sequel is a gory feast for the eyes (and the memories)

  • A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) – A shaky but enjoyable third instalment to John Krasinski’s Quiet franchise
    July 21, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) – A shaky but enjoyable third instalment to John Krasinski’s Quiet franchise

  • Inside Out 2 (2024) – An intrepid sequel for the inner child
    July 6, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Inside Out 2 (2024) – An intrepid sequel for the inner child

  • Wicked Little Letters (2023) – A rather dark tale of a woman’s emancipation
    March 18, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    Wicked Little Letters (2023) – A rather dark tale of a woman’s emancipation

  • The Holdovers (2023) – Alexander Payne’s 70s-inspired dramedy is a frosty masterpiece
    March 15, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    The Holdovers (2023) – Alexander Payne’s 70s-inspired dramedy is a frosty masterpiece

  • The Iron Claw (2023) – A tragic study of brotherhood, grief and toxic masculinity
    March 2, 2024

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    Juliette Howard

    The Iron Claw (2023) – A tragic study of brotherhood, grief and toxic masculinity


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