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Peter Ackroyd
Mr Cadmus

Mysterious tale starts well but loses its way leaving the reader confused

Gavin Francis
Island Dreams

Artistic, poetic depiction of island life is the perfect travel book

The Man in the Hat

Rhythmic jaunt across the French countryside allows the visuals to do the talking

The Times of Harvey Milk

Tragic yet hopeful doc on a time when LGBT+ rights were fought hard for

I Spit on Your Grave: the Complete Collection

Reprehensible 70s slasher and equally vile sequels and remakes

Enola Holmes

An elementary watch which crams a few too many famous faces into minor roles

Smog Town

Disheartening look at China’s air quality crisis

Pier Kids

Documentary uncovers the lives of New York’s LGBT homeless youth

Ivansxtc

The lonesome death and empty legacy of a talent agent fuel this lo-fi Tolstoy adaptation

Host

A gleefully fun nugget of new horror cinema

In My Blood It Runs

Eye-opening expose of Australia’s disturbingly colonial present

Tesla

Gruesomely self-indulgent docudrama told in baffling postmodern style

Women in Motion

Collection of short films focuses on transitions and trauma in women

Ice Poison

In pursuing an authentic docudrama aesthetic, Ice Poison embraces too much of the everyday banal

LX 2048

Dystopian drama with clones, virtual reality and sexbots that doesn’t quite come off

The Devil All the Time

Starry adaptation of Southern Gothic shocker is both overstuffed and strangely rote

Becky

Bereaved adolescent meets Nazi home invaders in gory Grindhouse update

The Bride Who Returned from Hell

An experimental adaptation is preserved for a new generation

The Busy Young Psychic

An adept short film which confronts the troubles of superstitious impacts across generations

Where The Seagull Flies

Despite overwrought melodrama, it’s difficult not to appreciate the nerve of principal performances