Jo-Ann Titmarsh

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Kinds of Kindness review: intelligent and darkly funny

Although it lacks the totally out-there oddness of Yorgos Lanthimos’ earlier works and the richness of his latter films like Poor Things and The Favourite, his trademark inventiveness is here in spades

18 May 2024
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Bird at the Cannes Film Festival review: a Barry Keoghan tour de force

Director Andrea Arnold returns to themes covered in her earlier Cannes winner Fish Tank but this is far more accomplished

17 May 2024
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Megalopolis at Cannes review: If you love Coppola give this a miss

Epic in its four decade development, running time and stellar cast, the film fails to produce a coherent or entertaining movie

17 May 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: souped-up, high-octane and totally bonkers

A furious ride and in Anya Taylor Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke it has three utterly watchable leads

16 May 2024
<p>Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis in Origin</p>
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Origin: Ava DuVernay has made much better films than this

It covers an important and fascinating subject and is based on a highly respected book, but this laboured film is a real disappointment

8 Mar 2024
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The Zone of Interest: Jonathan Glazer’s film is beautiful and terrible

The banal, systematic horror of Auschwitz is dealt with expertly by the English director

31 Jan 2024
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Poor Things: Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone have triumphed again

After The Favourite, this new offering will cement the director's reputation as a brilliant popular filmmaker

10 Jan 2024
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Ferrari: Michael Mann’s old banger stalls and splutters

Adam Driver is strangely muted as Enzo Ferrari, almost as grey as his hair

21 Dec 2023
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The Killer: Michael Fassbender is worryingly convincing as an assassin

It’s no Fight Club but David Fincher and his star pretty much pull off this tale of a hunted hit man

13 Nov 2023
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Priscilla: What can Sofia Coppola add to Presley’s story? Not much

Told with the director’s signature style, the film has its moments but it’s quite hard not to be bored watching a woman with nothing to do

9 Oct 2023
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Maestro: Bradley Cooper has brought Leonard Bernstein to vivid life

The actor-director (and co-writer/producer) has pulled off something special, while Carey Mulligan puts in a career-best performance

9 Oct 2023
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A Strange Way of Life: tons of style, no substance and very little sex

Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke turn in good performances but they’ve got very little to work with in this weirdly dated portrait of a relationship

25 Sept 2023
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The Old Oak: Ken Loach bows out plucking at the heartstrings as ever

The director has said this will be his last film, and it’s full of his trademark righteous fury

19 Sept 2023
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Green Border review: refugee drama should be required viewing for all

This astounding film, which gives a voice to the voiceless, would make a worthy winner of the festival’s top prize

8 Sept 2023
<p>Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in Hit Man</p>
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Hit Man: Richard Linklater’s sexy, screwball murder comedy is a gem

Written with star Glen Powell, this cracking film combines darkness with classic farce

5 Sept 2023
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The Palace: Polanski’s new film is so dire it’s almost traumatic

That the man who brought us The Pianist and Chinatown could come to this is genuinely upsetting

5 Sept 2023
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Coup de Chance: Woody Allen’s French farce is everything you’d expect

Le Frenchness is laid on a little too thick but everything else is as familiar as a pair of old chaussures

5 Sept 2023
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Wes Anderson’s Dahl tale is heaven

The director’s 39-minute film for Netflix is destined to become a classic, for children and adults alike

1 Sept 2023
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Venice Film Festival: a little controversy is all you need

As the festival turns 80, it may be short on American A-listers, but there’s still a buzz

29 Aug 2023
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Elemental at Cannes: Pixar closes the festival with a damp squib

Previous masterpieces like Toy Story 3 and Monsters, Inc. mean that there’s nowhere to hide for the studio when it doesn’t quite work

5 Jul 2023