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Loving Vincent

Vincent van Gogh’s life is rendered in a magical swirl of hand-painted animation that mirrors his work, but the storytelli­ng is less impressive.

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Music documentar­y about the British guitar great becomes a mildly intriguing trudge through his often-troubled life.

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. Films are rated out of 5: (abysmal) to (amazing)

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