

Kidman brings something particularly disquieting to the role, turning into a bleached, gaunt mask with eye sockets raw and red, possibly from long-dried tears.” Read the full review ViceĪdam McKay follows The Big Short with a larky quasi-biopic of former VP Dick Cheney strewn with red herrings, ripe cameos and risky politics. There is a horribly compelling contrast between Erin’s present state and her fresh-faced appearance in flashback. What we said: “Kidman’s performance is superb: smart, committed, utterly absorbing. Nicole Kidman alters her appearance – and leaves her comfort zone – considerably for this gritty, twisty crime drama about an LA detective brutalised by an undercover mission. Photograph: Sabrina Lantos/Allstar/Lionsgate Horribly compelling … Nicole Kidman in Destroyer. What we said: “It feels as if Ross has created a sustained kind of euphoria, a 76-minute epiphany of love for his community.” Read the full review Destroyer What we said: “There is humanity and complexity in this welcome movie, as well as muscular power and unreconciled anger.” Read the full review Hale County This Morning, This EveningĮxecutive-produced by Laura Poitras, this documentary by RaMell Ross is a revelatory study of African American lives. Reinaldo Marcus Green’s tough drama follows the fortunes of three young African American men who find their loyalties divided and their futures in peril. What we said: “A Star Is Born for the belle époque: an early-years biopic of French literary phenomenon Colette that is invigorating, mercenary and sexy.” Read the full review Monsters and Men Keira Knightley and Dominic West have a riot in this gender-bending and surprisingly funny story of the author and the husband who tried to steal her glory – as well as her girlfriend. Photograph: Lifestyle pictures/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Stock Photo Invigorating and sexy … Keira Knightley and Dominic West in Colette.
