At The Movies

Join Simon Morris in the best seat in the house as he reviews the latest movies and dives into the issues gripping the silver screen.

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Review: The Room Next Door

In Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language film, Tilda Swinton plays a dying woman who asks a final favour from a friend (played by Julianne Moore). Dan Slevin reviews.
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Scene from the 2024 movie The Room Next Door which shows Tilda Swinton arm in arm with Julianne Moore

Review: Nosferatu

Dan Slevin reviews the Robert Eggers’ remake of the 1922 vampire classic, which features Bill Skarsgård as the monstrous Count Orlok and Lily-Rose Depp as the object of his affections.
A young woman in a white night gown is framed in a darkened doorway, wearing shocked expression. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2024 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

Review: Conclave

The Pope has died and 118 cardinals must gather to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church. Mystery, intrigue and politics abound and it's up to the Cardinal-Dean (Ralph Fiennes) to lead the process and find the best man for the job.
Ralph Fiennes as a Cardinal with other Cardinals looking on.

Review: Juror #2

94-year-old Clint Eastwood directs a courtroom drama about a man on a jury who discovers he may have an intimate involvement in the death of the murder victim. Dan Slevin reviews.
Scene from the 2024 movie Juror #2 which depicts Toni Collette and Nicholas Hoult sitting on a park bench

At the Summer Movies - Take Me to Your Leader

Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas and one on digital: in Conclave, Ralph Fiennes and 117 other cardinals attempt to elect a new Pope; Robert Eggers remakes the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu; Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore team up for Pedro Almodóvar’s first film in English, The Room Next Door and 94-year-old Clint Eastwood has made a courtroom drama called Juror #2.
Scene from the 2024 movie Juror #2 which depicts a jury, including Juror #2 Nicholas Hoult

Review: All We Imagine as Light

Dan Slevin reviews the winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2024, an Indian drama about three women navigating love and friendship in modern Mumbai.
A scene from the movie We All Imagine As Light which shows an Indian woman holding onto a pole

At the Summer Movies - Happy New Year!

Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas: Paddington in Peru sees our favourite refugee bear visiting his Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears and stumbling across a mystery; in All We Imagine as Light, three women in modern-day Mumbai navigate challenges of love and friendship; and in A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg are estranged cousins taking a Holocaust tour around Poland to honour their beloved grandmother.
A scene from We All Imagine As Light, three women sitting in a movie theatre.

Review: A Real Pain

Estranged cousins, played by writer-director Jesse Eisenberg and Succession’s Kieran Culkin, travel to Poland to honour their beloved grandmother by taking a Holocaust tour. Dan Slevin reviews.
Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A REAL PAIN. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

Review: Paddington in Peru

The third film in the popular franchise sees the most famous refugee bear in the world finally get a UK passport so he can visit his beloved Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears in Peru. There he stumbles across a mystery that only he (and the Browns) can solve. Dan Slevin is the reviewer.
A scene from the movie Paddington in Peru, Paddington wears his trademark blue jacket and red hat

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