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Film Review: Palm Springs

This Groundhog Day–inspired romance is a funny and relatable watch, says Katie Green...

Film Review: Judas and the Black Messiah

12 April 21

Daniel Kaluuya is electrifying in this gripping, incendiary Black Lives Matter drama, writes Roshan Chandy...

Film Review: Minari

04 April 21

Minari has received countless nominations and tonnes of awards, but does it win the coveted approval of LeftLion Screen Co-Editor George White? Very much so...

Film Review: Godzilla vs. Kong

02 April 21

The much-anticipated monster mashup is a mostly enjoyable blockbuster that fails to tell a compelling story, says Jamie Morris...

15 Years Later: V for Vendetta

29 March 21

It's been 15 years since this iconic film, but does it still deserve hold up? Screen Co-Editor George White thinks so...

25 Years Later: Toy Story

22 March 21

Is the original Toy Story really still worth the hype? Chris King takes us back to where it all began…

25 Years Later: Space Jam

21 March 21

The Michael Jordan–starring Looney Tunes adventure Space Jam turns 25 this year—Katie Green takes a look back at this crazy 1996 live-action (and animated) sports comedy...

Film Review: Zack Snyder's Justice League

21 March 21

The director’s cut of DC Comics’ superhero team-up is four hours of wacky, over-the-top fun, writes Screen section co-editor Jamie Morris...

Film Review: Paper Lives

20 March 21

Netflix’s new Turkish-language drama, Paper Lives, is a melodramatic slog…

50 Years Later: Get Carter

20 March 21

Does Get Carter get a good review fifty years on? More or less...

Film Review: Coven of Sisters

17 March 21

Why is Netflix’s latest release about witches lacking in magic?

Film Review: Coming 2 America

12 March 21

Prince Akeem's long-awaited return is a messy and soulless nostalgia trip...

Gallery Review: Interstitia: A Cyber Multiverse

08 March 21

What are art exhibitions like during a pandemic? Whilst we wait for normality to reappear and galleries to open their doors again, creatives turn to unknown territory - exhibiting their works digitally and trying to redefine what it means to experience art...

25 Years Later: Sense and Sensibility

23 February 21

This period drama, released in 1996 in the UK, is in many ways a standard nineties rom-com; but does this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel actually have too much sense, and not enough scandal?

20 Years Later: In the Mood for Love

18 February 21

Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love arrives on BFI Player as part of a retrospective of his work, with his films now available in 4K as part of a restoration process supervised by the director himself.

Film Review: News of the World

18 February 21

Tom Hanks’ latest outing is an intriguing yet slow-moving journey, says Joanna Hoyes...

Film Review: Red Dot

17 February 21

The new Swedish-language survival thriller, Red Dot, starts out as a tense ride but ends up feeling about as empty as its barren scenery…

20 Years Later: The Emperor’s New Groove

16 February 21

The Emperor’s New Groove is a funny, charismatic film, with enjoyable characters that showed a new generation what slapstick comedy is capable of…

Film Review: To All the Boys - Always & Forever

14 February 21

In the third and final instalment of the Netflix original trilogy, this time we see Lara Jean and Peter set off for college, with LJ having to make some tough decisions not only in terms of her own future, but her relationship with Peter…

Film Review: Possessor

10 February 21

Possessor, the latest film by Brandon Cronenberg, son of horror icon David Cronenberg, is an intoxicating descent into high-concept body horror not for the faint of heart…

Film Review: Malcolm & Marie

07 February 21

Malcolm & Marie sees Euphoria's Sam Levinson and Zendaya team up once again. But should they have? Our Screen Co-Editor thinks not...

25 Years Later: Heat

02 February 21

With Heat, Michael Mann reached a height of cool realism that he has perhaps never bettered since its release 25 years ago, writes Thomas Griffiths...