Movies out this week include:

Akira The Blue Trail Bridget Jones's Diary California Schemin' Colours of Time Departures Endless Cookie Itch! Mirrors No.3 Rebuilding Stand By Me The Stranger The Undertone The Wizard Of The Kremlin

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Walud Ben-Hur Itch! Camp Tulips Departures Marama PH-1 The Cramps: A Period Piece Trauma Or, Monsters All Grace Frankie, Maniac Woman Bugboy Tirrenica The Stranger We Are Stardust Violence Body Of Our Own Mr. Burton Two Women

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Ben-Hur Cruel Tale Of Bushido Fear In The Night The Devil's Hand Zen And Sword

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Haunter
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A spooky tale of vintage murders, time travel, and unclear boundaries between the living and the dead.
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Re-Animator
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Students decide to resurrect the dead in this much-loved comedic take on the work of HP Lovecraft.
13 Sins
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A down-on-his-luck man is offered the chance to win a fortune by completing 13 challenges.
Boomerang
Blu-Ray Review
A prosecutor fights to clear an innocent man of murder.
Nymphomaniac
DVD Review
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her experiences.
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Hobson's Choice
DVD Review
Trouble at t'shop when eldest daughter of tyranical Lancashire bootmaker in 1890 decides to marry his timid, downtrodden employee.
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Reaching For The Moon
DVD Review
The poet Elizabeth Bishop falls in love and finds inspiration.
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G.B.F.
DVD Review
After being accidentally outed, a shy teenager finds he has become the ultimate fashion accessory - the Gay Best Friend.
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Orca - The Killer Whale
DVD Review
After his partner and unborn child are killed, a killer whale seeks revenge on the humans responsible.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
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The dwarves and their companions continue their quest to rid their homeland of the dragon, Smaug.
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From the withered tree Taratoa Stappard on colonial hierarchies, Ariana Osborne and Marama

Behind the tsar Olivier Assayas on humanising history in The Wizard Of The Kremlin

Suppressed energy Toby Jones on crafting characters and his role in Mr. Burton

Final exit for France’s national treasure Nathalie Baye From Truffaut to Beauvois she relished playing 'dangerous women'

Facets of fashion Ferzan Özpetek on the all-encompassing art of cinema, and Diamanti

The dying house Taratoa Stappard on colonial horrors and inventing the Maori Gothic with Marama

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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest from the spring events:


Cannes This year's star-studded line-up announced


Cannes Critics' Week selection of first and second features announced


Cannes Acid sidebar announced


Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection


Cannes Leïla Bekhti heads Un Certain Regard jury