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Kit Connor in Warfare.

Iraq war film feels like the real thing … until it doesn’t

Directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza base Warfare on an incident that involved a Navy SEAL platoon in 2006.

  • Jake Wilson

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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.

  • Sandra Hall
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in a scene from Death of a Unicorn

Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star in this film that isn’t for viewers with weak stomachs

Death of a Unicorn is the good-taste version of an innately bad-taste idea – and should satisfy fans of both arthouse and horror.

  • Jake Wilson
Easter streaming guide

Stuck for something to watch? Here are 40 of the best movies to stream these Easter holidays

Forget the flipping and dive into our comprehensive guide to the finest films at your fingertips right now.

  • Craig Mathieson
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
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine film review.

If this film is too successful, it could destroy the very thing it’s documenting

Gentle documentary, The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, invites us into a quiet world populated by stray cats.

  • Jake Wilson
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Rachel Zegler as Snow White.

Disney’s Snow White is mired in controversy. But does it pass the kid test?

I took my children, aged four and eight, to a preview screening of the seemingly cursed remake. They are the target audience, aren’t they?

  • Nicole Elphick
Not a word is said, as the animals in Flow behave like animals, yet the film has so much heart.

The silent cat movie that scooped awards seasons is now in cinemas. Should you see it?

In the animated hit, Flow, humans are nowhere in sight, but we can deduce they inhabited this world once upon a time.

  • Jake Wilson
Ralph Fiennes says he wanted to make his body look like a piece of old rope. He succeeded.

Odyssey’s last chapter dispenses with gods and thrills until the brutal end

A sinewy Ralph Fiennes delivers a marvellous performance as Odysseus with Juliette Binoche’s Penelope matching him all the way in The Return.

  • Sandra Hall

Stirring tale of a genuine war hero still has much to teach us

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s courage shines through in this biopic.

  • Sandra Hall

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