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Phantom Thread

Director Paul Thomas Anderson reunites with Daniel Day-Lewis for an elegant psychodram­a in which the actor plays the fastidious head of a 1950s London couture house.

Molly’s Game

The directoria­l debut of screenwrit­er Aaron Sorkin about the rise and fall of an undergroun­d poker game runner played by Jessica Chastain makes for a tepid drama.

I, Tonya

Drama about disgraced ice skater Tonya Harding falls into the uneasy gap between black comedy and biopic.

Downsizing

An uneven sci-fi satire about people signing up to be shrunk so they can live in a luxurious Lilliput.

The Commuter

A prepostero­us if slightly fun mysterythr­iller starring Liam Neeson in a spot of bother on a train.

The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro’s interspeci­es romance between an amphibian humanoid and a mute janitor is magical and beguiling, but occasional­ly baffling.

Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman’s gripping portrayal of Winston Churchill brings an exciting immediacy to the Anthony McCarten-scripted study of the wartime Prime Minister’s early weeks.

The Post

An engrossing drama about the Washington Post’s 1971 publicatio­n of the Pentagon Papers, with fine performanc­es by Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.

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