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Friday, 27 February 2026

Critical Week: Mother knows best

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The glittering Bafta Film Awards on Sunday had controversy in their wake, thanks to some bad decisions by both Bafta and the BBC regarding ...
Thursday, 19 February 2026

Critical Week: Up against the wall

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London is gearing up for Sunday night's Baftas (aka the British Academy Film Awards), which sends awards season into its final lap befor...
Friday, 13 February 2026

Critical Week: It's a slam dunk

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It's been a fairly busy week for screenings, with another eclectic bunch of movies to sift through. There is an unusually large number o...
Thursday, 12 February 2026

Dance: Remember my name

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Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Sweet Mambo direction & choreography Pina Bausch dancers Andrey Berezin, Naomi Brito, Nayoung Kim, Dap...
Monday, 9 February 2026

Screen: February TV Roundup

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I haven't had quite as much time to watch television series over the past few months, largely because of all the movies I need to catch ...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

Critical Week: Break on through

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Awards season continues apace, and I enjoyed being in the room with winners like Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley and Paul Thomas Anderson ...
Thursday, 29 January 2026

Critical Week: Do a little dance

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Awards season continues to crank up with this week's Bafta nominations, a pleasingly accessible set of nods that dares to break the usua...
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Rich Cline
London, England, United Kingdom
A freelance writer, editor and designer; Golden Globes voter; former chair of the London Critics' Circle Film Awards; member of Galeca, Online Film Critics Society and Fipresci; has covered eight Olympic Games and film festivals on six continents. Friends call him Jack. It's not a very long story.
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