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The tale of a life crushed by economic circumstances is quintessential Ken Loach
Tom Cruise stars as the maverick war veteran in this weary sequel
A documentary from Iran that intriguingly influences the life of its subject
Tom Hanks shines as a troubled American businessman in Saudi Arabia
The set-up is sometimes intriguing, but the latest X-Men movie is mainly about pomp and destruction
The story of two brothers struggling below the breadline is well told
A story of grand passions set on a Scottish island
A slim Dublin-set musical from John Carney, director of ‘Once’
The German film-maker talks about how he pulled off a single, 138-minute take
From a tale of rural Ethiopia to a documentary about Marlon Brando, this year’s event is packed with unmissable films
Antonia Quirke picks her books of the year so far
Russell Brand takes on the banks in Michael Winterbottom’s documentary
The reassembled superheroes embark on a quest to bring peace to the world
Maxine Peake stars in a mystery drama about mass hysteria at a 1969 girls’ school
Roy Andersson’s surreal Swedish comedy has glorious, cinema-perfect moments
Reese Witherspoon stars in a moving story of refugees
The novelist’s first movie as director tackles artificial intelligence — or does it? Antonia Quirke talks to the film-maker and two of its stars
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in a film that struggles to unlock computing pioneer Alan Turing’s genius
An electrifying parade of Brooklyn crookedness, with Tom Hardy on great form as a troubled barman
Paris on the brink of liberation is the setting for Volker Schlöndorff’s quietly powerful film
Three storylines about doomed love interweave in Paul Haggis’s confounding film
Steve James’s film documents the last days of film critic Roger Ebert
Brad Pitt and his tank crew rumble through war-ravaged Europe in David Ayer’s impressive film
Suburban Australia is the setting for this lyrical, atmospheric horror film
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper star in a histrionic, Depression-era love story
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