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Home Cinema · Explainer · 4 min Why a 4K disc can beat 4K streaming: the bitrate gap, explained A 4K disc can beat a 4K stream because it is allowed far more data per second, and that data is what keeps film grain, dark scenes and… (3 props) 4′min read Streaming · Review · 4 min Finding Emily A warm, sincere Manchester romcom with a charming pair of leads, and a premise that splits critics: a student quietly turns a lovesick… 3out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable A strange true story, told by its most devoted participant. The Disciple is at its best on the single-copy Wu-Tang album and the fan who… 3.5out of 5 Streaming · Review · 4 min Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger A warm, fan-first reunion film with unusually open rehearsal-room scenes and a crowd that makes the songs feel big. Critics split on… 3.5out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley's portrait of Maria Bamford is a funny, honest and fairly conventional life story, and critics agree it works… 3.5out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald Judd Apatow's Norm Macdonald documentary is built from archive clips and the comic's own voice, and critics split sharply: some call it a… 3out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min The Invite Olivia Wilde's one-apartment dinner comedy is a sharp, well-acted farce that most critics love and a few find loses its nerve when it turns… 4out of 5 Streaming · Review · 4 min Sacrifice Romain Gavras's volcano-sacrifice satire is loud, glossy and strangely aimless: critics enjoy Anya Taylor-Joy and the look, but find the… 2out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min The Death of Robin Hood Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood gives Hugh Jackman a bleak, brutal, slow-burning outlaw in exile. Critics admire the ambition… 3out of 5 New Releases · Review · 4 min Street Fighter Street Fighter is a loud, good-looking, badly organised adaptation. Critics split sharply: the 2D animated flashbacks and a few fights get… 2.5out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min Tenzing A handsome, sincere and rather conventional Everest biopic that finally puts Tenzing Norgay at the centre of his own story. Critics praise… 3.5out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min Love of Your Life A romcom meet-cute that turns into a study of love and grief, carried by a superb Margaret Qualley. Critics split on the second half: some… 3.5out of 5