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Disney’s live-action Snow White remake has been getting buzz, but for all the wrong reasons.

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

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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
Blanchett as Kahtryn in Black Bag.

Immaculately groomed infidelity meets espionage in Steven Soderbergh’s spy thriller

In Black Bag, Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett face off as a husband and wife at a dinner party where everyone has secrets to hide.

  • Sandra Hall
Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17.

He may have won four Oscars, but this cult Korean director still delights in mocking Americans

Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson, is in the vein of his previous English-language sci-fi films.

  • Jake Wilson
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin play very different sisters in Hard Truths.

An unforgettable story about a woman who has made misery into an entire way of life

If you can watch Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths without experiencing regular shocks of recognition, I can only congratulate you on your good luck.

  • Jake Wilson
David Wenham stars in Spit

David Wenham and his mullet are back in this colourful caper

It’s obvious that Wenham is having enormous fun with the singular character of Spit, and it proves infectious.

  • Sandra Hall
Soheila Golestani (left), Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki as mother and daughters in The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

The film that was so controversial, its director had to flee the country

Set during the women’s uprising in Iran, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is courageous indictment of that country’s system.

  • Sandra Hall
Filip Hammar (left) and his father Lars in The Last Journey.

Documentary about a dad’s last journey knows how to push your buttons

There’s a strong chance anyone who has dealt with elderly parents will be moved by this Swedish film.

  • Jake Wilson

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