A "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 horror film 'Candyman' that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
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This Candyman can’t quite marry its story with its scares, the elements too often occurring in isolation from one another.| Read in full: Candyman film review We Love Cinema
DaCosta cleverly refines and develops Candyman as the expression of rage against racism in the era of Black Lives Matter, a supernaturally weaponised scream against Jim Crow and its aftermath.The Guardian
No sequel has done more for the Black gaze or for scary stuff in mirrors.Little White Lies
Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of Bernard Rose’s 1992 film asks interesting questions about race but is let down by an abrupt and unsatisfying ending.Sight and Sound
In his fourth feature film, writer-director Louis Garrel explores with wit and tenderness the risk and worth of second chances
A mountain trek intertwines with a road-building project, granting incisive, if underpowered, insight into a much underseen world
With none of the saving graces of Tetris, Air, or Barbie, this ambition-free look at the Beanie Baby craze is pure mediocrity
Celine Deveaux's French-Portuguese debut can be too quirky for its own good, but a fantastically written lead character keeps it afloat
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
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From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
