Cult Movie: John Ford's early silent Westerns Straight Shooting and Hell Bent make for entertaining artefacts

Ralph McLean

Straight Shooting and Hell Bent: Two films by John Ford FOR one of the most acclaimed directors in Hollywood history, John Ford's earliest years remain oddly under appreciated.

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Cult Movie: John Ford's early silent Westerns Straight Shooting and Hell Bent make for entertaining artefacts

Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell take on rape culture in Promising Young Woman

Sound Of Metal star Riz Ahmed: Listening is something you do with your whole body

New to stream or buy on DVD/Blu-ray: Songbird, For The Sake of Vicious, Mare Of Easttown, Big Shot and more...

Carey Mulligan 'utterly fearless' in provocative thriller Promising Young Woman

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Period horror The Reckoning 'trundles along inelegantly like a hay wain with a wonky wheel'

How a hand-drawn Irish film is going up against a $150m Pixar movie at the Oscars

Cult Movie: 1980s actioner Raw Force offers an insane mix of kung fu, cannibals and zombies

Oscar-nominated drama Sound of Metal doesn't hit a single bum note

Sci-fi action comedy Love and Monsters 'an irreverent post-apocalyptic romp'

New to stream or buy on DVD/Blu-ray: Let Him Go, Space Dogs: Return To Earth, Palm Springs, Filthy Rich and more

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