All articles by Tim Grierson, Senior US critic
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Features‘Dead Man’s Wire’ filmmakers talk Covid, casting choices, and provoking debate
Dead Man’s Wire depicts a real-life hostage-situation that played out across the media in 1977. Tim Grierson talks to director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Austin Kolodney about bringing the dramatic events to life.
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Reviews‘Primate’ review: A killer monkey is on the loose in fun, forgettable creature feature
’47 Meters Down’ director Johannes Roberts makes the most of the high-concept premise
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CommentComment: Three awards contenders about great works of art defy the clichés of the genre
Screen’s senior US critic Tim Grierson examines ’Hamnet’, ’Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ and ’Nouvelle Vague’.
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Reviews‘Anaconda’ review: Jack Black and Paul Rudd get jungle fever in limp comedy-horror satire
Tom Gormican directs unimaginative tale of two hapless filmmakers attempting to reboot the 90s thriller
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2025: Tim Grierson
Tim Grierson is Screen International’s senior US critic, and is based in LA.
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Reviews‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ review: The aquatic hero returns in joyful animation
The fourth SpongeBob theatrical feature shows the beloved character can still charms audiences after 25 years on screen
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Reviews‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ review: James Cameron’s third trip to Pandora is thrilling, immersive journey
Stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang are joined by Oona Chaplin in this epic instalment of the hit sci-fi franchise
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Reviews‘Ella McCay’ review: Emma Mackey and Jamie Lee Curtis elevate disjointed James L Brooks comedy
Jack Lowden also stars in underpowered tale of a young state governor’s attempts to hold her life together
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Reviews‘Kwibuka, Remember’ review: Earnest, dutiful drama sees a basketball star return to her Rwanda home
Sonia Rolland stars in Jonas D’Adesky’s second feature, which screens in Red Sea
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Reviews‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ review: Maniacal mascots remain star attraction of dull horror sequel
Josh Hutcherson returns to do battle with the evil animatronics in follow-up to the surprise 2023 box office hit
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Reviews‘Scarlet’ review: Japan’s Mamoru Hosoda borrows from ‘Hamlet’ for striking animated tale of revenge
The ‘Mirai’ and ‘Belle’ director’s latest begins its international rollout after proving a hit at the Japanese box office
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Reviews‘Marty Supreme’ review: Timothee Chalamet powers Josh Safdie’s bracing spin on the sports movie
Chalamet’s swaggering performance is at the heart of this propulsive 1950s-set table tennis drama
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Reviews‘Zootopia 2’ review: Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin return for underpowered animated sequel
Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster and Andy Samberg also join the cast of this animal adventure
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Reviews‘Come See Me In The Good Light’ review: Affecting doc follows US poet Andrea Gibson’s cancer battle
’Good Night Oppy’ director Ryan White spends time with terminally ill Gibson and their partner Megan Falley
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Reviews‘Sisu: Road To Revenge’ review: The vengeful Finnish soldier returns in gory, underwhelming sequel
Jorma Tommila’s grieving commando goes up against Stephen Lang’s Red Army commander to muted results
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Reviews‘Wicked: For Good’ review: Cynthia Erivo sparkles, but musical sequel fails to hit the high notes
Jon M. Chu’s follow-up to 2024 box office hit ‘Wicked’ also stars Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey
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Reviews‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ review: Jesse Eisenberg heads tricky third instalment of heist franchise
Returning stars Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman join incoming director Ruben Fleischer
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Reviews‘In Your Dreams’ review: Netflix family animation proves something of a snoozefest
Alex Woo’s lightweight directorial debut follows two siblings who enter the magical world of dreams
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Reviews‘Predator: Badlands’ review: The iconic sci-fi villain turns hero in propulsive instalment of long-running franchise
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning star in Dan Trachtenberg’s standalone adventure
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Reviews‘Guru’ review: Pierre Niney stars as a manipulative life coach in uninspiring French thriller
Yann Gozlan’s film closes LA’s American French Film Festival before opening in France in January