Contributor Katherine McLaughlin

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Reviews

The Ballad Of Wallis Island review – relishes in daft physical comedy

Comedian collaborators Tim Key and Tom Basden co-write and co-star in James Griffiths’ pleasant bromance flick.

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Hallow Road review – heavily signposted horror

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys navigate parental fears in Babak Anvari’s gripping yet shaky psychological thriller.

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A Real Pain review – an amusing and compelling inquiry into human pain and suffering

Based on a trip he took to Poland with his own cousin, Jesse Eisenberg crafts a sensitive dramedy co-starring Kieran Culkin.

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The Outrun review – sensationally directed and performed

Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman battling alcoholism on the Orkney Isles in Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrott's bestselling memoir.

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Gasoline Rainbow review – glows brightly

The Ross Brothers create a portrait of youth in revolt in their first fiction film.

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Io Capitano review – disassociation turned surreal fantasy

Two Senegalese teenagers embark on a perilous journey to Europe in Matteo Garrone's affecting drama about the migrant crisis.

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The Last Year of Darkness review – a wild ride through Chengdu’s queer scene

Ben Mullinkosson captures the agony and the ecstasy of Chinese club kids in this ode to one of Chengdu's underground queer spaces.

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Eileen review – an impressively crafted noir

A shy young prison guard develops an infatuation with her workplace's new psychiatrist in William Oldroyd's twisty new thriller.

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Talk to Me review – visually and emotionally brutal horror

YouTube duo Michael and Danny Philippou make the ambitious leap to feature filmmaking with a thoroughly disturbing, uncompromising horror.

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Rodeo

A young French-Guadeloupian woman enters the male-dominated world of moto cross biking in Lola Quivoron’s daring debut feature.

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In Praise Of

Tall, Dark and Gruesome: a celebration of Christopher Lee’s Count Dracula

On the centenary of a horror icon, we celebrate Christopher Lee's indelible contribution to a vampiric legend.
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A Banquet

Ruth Paxton’s debut feature conveys the anxieties and misconceptions surrounding disordered eating through psychological horror.

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