Led by a never-better Portman, Jackie skillfully and wittily examines the weight of legacy and duty through the viewpoint of one remarkable woman.
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Billy O'Brien's I Am Not A Serial Killer has a reverence for ‘80s horror, with grit and grue, and a self-assuredness that belies its relatively small scale.
Scarcely ever pausing for breath, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire is an energetic and spikily fun slice of grown-up entertainment.
Ambitiously and lovingly crafted, and led by two riveting stars, La La Land is a musical of such lovely energy as to make Jacques Demy proud.
With phenomenal performances at the centre of Manchester By The Sea, Kenneth Lonergan crafts a recognisable and moving treatise on grief and how we respond to it.
With typical patience from Jarmusch, and a terrific performance from Adam Driver, Paterson unfurls into a calmly detailed and delightful tale of ordinary life at its most extraordinary.
Nate Parker's The Birth of A Nation is too conventionally made and polished to earn its notoriety.
Though well made, Silence has too much to say, and thus gets in the way of its own themes and dilemmas. Philip looks at Martin Scorsese's latest feature.
Scannain talks with Duke Johnson, Academy Award-nominated director of Anomalisa, and guest of honour at the the 6th Dublin Animation Film Festival
Despite the efforts of Amy Adams and the effects team, Denis Villeneuve's Arrival sacrifices promising ideas in favour of easier payoffs.