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With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs

From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital

Robin Hardy's iconic nightmare is back for its fiftieth anniversary, reaffirming its status as a singular entry in the horror canon

Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson’s audacious follow-up redefines the genre, and the form, once again

Director Saeed Roustayi delivers an ambitious, morally complex thriller that thrives on left-field turns and gritty atmosphere

Overrated hack or underrated auteur? Fedor Tot explores the twisty filmmaker's output to mark the release of Knock at the Cabin

Emma Corrin impresses in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerr's sexually-charged take on the classic novel, though it fumbles the ending

Emma Holly Jones’ adaptation of the 2009 novel is a little on the limp side, though is propped up by delightful supporting turns

As another cinematic year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from miraculous musicals to subversive westerns

Beatles! Broadway! Beautiful boys! With seven months of the year still to go, Ella Kemp weighs up the biggest UK cinema releases...

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