James Marsh
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This weekend, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma will make Oscars history if it becomes the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Should it do so, the Oscar… Read More
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Liam Neeson is on the road to revenge once again, but this time he is aided on his mission by some very welcome dark humour. Download the podcast Read More
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A shy woman with a bizarre physical appearance, yet very special gifts, meets a kindred spirit in Ali Abbasi’s weird and wonderful fantasy. Download the podcast Read More
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Glenn Close bags herself an Oscar nomination – and probable win – as the long-supportive wife of Jonathan Pryce’s celebrated author, who harbours a dark secret. Download the podcast Read More
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Oscar-nominated director Luca Guadagnino reunites with Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton for this controversial and truly horrifying remake of Dario Argento’s horror classic. Download the podcast Read More
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In 2017, Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino achieved worldwide recognition for his coming-of-age drama Call Me by Your Name, which earned four Academy Award nominations and made a star of its… Read More
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The third and presumably final chapter in the hugely successful tales of Hiccup and Toothless. Download the podcast Read More
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Emily Blunt bravely takes on the daunting task of filling Julie Andrews’ enormous shoes, as the magical nanny who returns to Cherry Tree Lane to once again take care of… Read More
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Japanese actress Kirin Kiki died last September, but the 75-year-old worked right up until her death and leaves behind an impressive body of work that continues to yield new treasures.… Read More
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Bi Gan’s mesmerising second film follows Chen Yongzhong’s lovesick protagonist as he returns to his hometown in search of Tang Wei’s enigmatic beauty. Featuring a fractured, kaleidoscopic first half of… Read More
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Documentarian Bart Layton blends fact and fiction in the story of an attempted heist of rare ornithological books, masterminded by hapless losers Evan Peters and Barry Keoghan. Download the podcast Read More
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Rosamund Pike gives a commanding performance as courageous war correspondent Marie Colvin, and is ably supported by Jamie Dornan and Tom Hollander, but outside of its visceral hot zone sequences,… Read More
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In the world of Japanese antiques, nobody can be trusted – or so it would appear in Masaharu Take’s comedy. We Make Antiques! portrays an industry overrun by duplicitous dealers… Read More
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From the convoluted set-up to its preposterous finale, Kim Byung-woo’s political action thriller defies logic and comprehension at every turn. Eschewing the noirish sheen of so many Korean contemporaries, while… Read More
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Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy are united for a superhero showdown in M. Night Shyamalan’s ambitious finale of a trilogy we never even knew existed until just… Read More
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Clint Eastwood returns to our screens as a grizzled horticulturalist driven out of business by the Internet, who reluctantly becomes a drug mule for the Mexican cartels to make ends… Read More
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More than a decade since Zhang Yimou’s last foray into the wuxia (martial arts) genre, the celebrated filmmaker returns with Shadow, a visually ravishing tale of intrigue and deception that… Read More
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South Korea was one of many Asian nations brought to their knees by the 1997 financial crisis: it faced imminent bankruptcy and was forced to accept a US$20 billion bailout… Read More
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