PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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Reviews of Deerskin, Nowhere Special, The Croods 2: A New Age, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Fear Street: 1666, The Forever Purge, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Two of Us
Jean Dujardin (left) in Deerskin
LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Deerskin (15)
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
★★★★
THE bonkers film of the week has to be writer-director Quentin Dupieux’s deliciously twisted comedy horror about a middle-aged man and his obsessive love for his designer deerskin jacket which takes killer style to a whole new level.
It is a return to form for Dupieux, having explored the exploits of a homicidal car tyre in Rubber.
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