Mark Kermode
Writer and broadcaster Mark Kermode is the Observer's chief film critic. He is the author of Hatchet Job and The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex. Follow him on twitter: @kermodemovie
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Kevin Spacey plays the president for laughs in a slight but enjoyable imagining of Elvis’s real life meeting with Nixon
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Inspired by 17th-century Italian fairytales, Matteo Garrone’s thrilling circus of sex and violence is definitely not one for the children
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Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s transcendent adventure takes us on a dreamlike journey to the Amazon
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Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe do chalk and cheese in Lethal Weapon writer Shane Black’s old-school buddy pic
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Kate Beckinsale is deliciously acerbic in Whit Stillman’s fifth film in 26 years – a mashup of two early Jane Austen stories
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A schoolboy forms a band to impress a girl in John Carney’s warm 1980s drama whose spirit recalls School of Rock
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Oscar Isaac takes his turn as the bad guy in this likable instalment in the comic book saga
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Performance artist Laurie Anderson strikes an emotional chord or two in this documentary reflecting on her relationship with her pet
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Juliet Stevenson takes the honours as a mother making an emotional trip to the south of France with her son
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Patrick Stewart is impressive as a white supremacist in a genuinely shocking horror-thriller about a punk band’s battle with neo-Nazis
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Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant are on top form as the ‘diva of din’ and her dutiful manager in an enjoyable biopic from Stephen Frears
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This haunting vision of the hell inside Auschwitz seen through the eyes of prisoner forced to help in the gas chambers is traumatic and overpowering
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Isabelle Huppert is mesmerising as a war photographer whose death leaves her family struggling to cope in Joachim Trier’s wistful drama
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Don Cheadle pays tribute to the imagined life and times of Miles Davis
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Natalie Portman straps on the pistols in a diverting take on the western
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Watching how the rich get richer makes for sobering viewing in a slick documentary
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Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren star in Gavin Hood’s nail-biting thriller that explores the ethics of drone strikes
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Jon Favreau brings lush CGI, dark shadows and big-beast stars to a rebooted Disney classic
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In this unruly Belgian satire, God is a sadistic, filing-fixated resident of Brussels
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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s story of siblings reunited has charm and hidden depths
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A former soldier struggles with his PTSD when called upon to protect a shady businessman’s family
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Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill clash in a bid to launch a new superhero franchise, but Zack Snyder’s shoddy adventure never gets off the ground
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Abuse within the Catholic church is viewed from the other side of the altar
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A woman and her son return to the isolated religious community of her youth in this atmospheric drama
Mark Kermode's film of the week The Neon Demon review – beauty as the beast