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  • The Big Sleep (1946)
    Review preview for The Big Sleep

    Showcasing Bogart and Bacall at the height of their talents, it sizzles with energy.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Hired by a dying millionaire, detective Philip Marlowe finds himself embroiled in successive mysteries relating to a beautiful but dangerous woman.
  • Birth (2004)
    Review preview for Birth

    A disappointing, mundane psychological drama.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman is convinced that a boy is the reincarnation of her husband.
  • Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff (2010)
    Review preview for Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff

    McCall draws on Cardiff's life-long love of painting to adopt a similarly impressionistic style, brushing broad sweeps of anecdote and recollection about the cameraman on to his canvas to create a complex and emotionally engaging picture.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Documentary about the work of the prolific cinema- tographer/ director. Read our with director Craig McCall.
  • Dogville (2003)
    Review preview for Dogville

    Nicole Kidman, as the mysterious fugitive Grace, is luminous and breathtaking, capable of evoking strong emotions from the basis of an enigmatic outline.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A beautiful fugitive hides out in a Rocky Mountain village.
  • Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
    Review preview for Howl's Moving Castle

    Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

    Anton Bitel · 5 out of 5
    A magical tale in a troubled kingdom on the brink of war.
  • Manderlay (2005)
    Review preview for Manderlay

    Be warned: this Great Dane backs up his satiric bark with a vicious bite.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Whether it is right to enforce democracy upon those who remain slaves.
  • The Walker (2007)
    Review preview for The Walker

    A real cinematic gem disguised as a rhinestone.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Investigating a murder mystery, a sophisticated male escort discovers some unexpected things about himself.

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