Dale Frank in a scene from Nobody’s Sweetie.

A tiny budget and a whole lot of interruptions? If anything,they made this documentary better

Dale Frank was once considered one of art’s “bad boys”. A new documentary offers an intimate look behind the scenes.

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Steve Coogan (centre) stars in Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Dr. Strangelove.

Masterly chaos as Steve Coogan stars in stage reboot of Dr Strangelove

Armando Iannucci’s timely West End adaptation of the Stanley Kubrick classic can now be seen in cinemas.

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Mzia Arabuli in the film Crossing.

Search for trans niece a life-changing journey through Istanbul’s streets

Sweden-based Georgian director Levan Akin drew on a true story for his second film about characters stigmatised because of their identity.

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Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan (playing identical twins) and Omar Benson Miller in Sinners.

Historic bluesfest or semi-comic bloodfest? Sinners is both

Marvel director Ryan Coogler goes Southern Gothic in this tale of identical twins and an Irish vampire with a taste for the blues.

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 Richard Roxburgh as journalist Peter Greste in The Correspondent.

Richard Roxburgh’s nervy intensity works in a film about despair in an Egyptian prison

The Rake star plays jailed journalist Peter Greste in The Correspondent.

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Rami Malek plays a nerdy CIA analyst out for revenge in The Amateur.

Rami Malek is no action hero – and that’s the point in The Amateur

When a nerdy CIA cryptographer,played by Malek,determines to avenge the death of his wife,ingenuity is his most potent weapon.

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Cillian Murphy and Zara Devin in Small Things Like These.

Cillian Murphy’s latest role is a quiet gem

The Peaky Blinders star takes the lead in this adaptation of a Claire Keegan novel.

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Jack Quaid in Novocaine No Pain.

Where rom-com meets torture porn,this movie is a shocker

Jack Quaid is likeable as the hero who can feel no pain,but over-the-top violence ruins Novocaine No Pain.

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Li’l Petey and Dog Man in Dog Man.

This hyperactive animal yarn left me exhausted

The latest movie from DreamWorks confuses constant movement with meaningful action.

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Ashley Zukerman in a scene from In Vitro.

What can this thriller about a secret hidden in a barn teach us about ourselves?

Low-budget thriller In Vitro raises interesting questions – but ultimately doesn’t answer enough of them.

  • Sandra Hall