MUBI Mondays: The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Ida Lupino’s three-hander desert noir is a taut thriller worth your time.Read More

VOD film review: Blind (2019)

This barely credible thriller offers endless stalk and slash, but little dash.
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VOD film review: Blood Harvest (The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw)

Thomas Robert Lee’s premodern fable shows an America destructively divided by faith and gender.Read More

Apple TV film review: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

Werner Herzog’s absorbing new documentary finds fascination amid cataclysmic portent.Read More

Small Axe review: Mangrove

Steve McQueen’s retelling of the Mangrove 9 case is vital, urgent and compassionate TV.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Vampires vs the Bronx

A group of New York teens take on vampires as well as gentrification in this witty and warm horror comedy.Read More

VOD film review: Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Matt Wolf’s engaging, reverential documentary explores the story of a woman who recorded US news for over 30 years.Read More

VOD film review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood

Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys are superb in this beautiful, heartfelt tale of kindness and compassion trumping cynicism.
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VOD film review: Looted

A young car thief is torn between a life of crime and caring for his bedridden father in this socially conscious debut.Read More

Raindance 2020 film reviews: I Am Not a Hero, The Woman with Leopard Shoes, The Great Green Wall, The State of Texas vs Melissa

These films are streaming online as part of the Raindance 2020 Film Festival. For more on the festival line-up and how it works, click here – or head this way for our recommendations to watch.

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