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The 50 best films of 2023 in the UK – 50 to 11
Guardian film critics vote  
The 50 best films of 2023 in the UK – 50 to 11
High-toned discontent, big trouble in Tahiti and two Tilda Swintons continue our countdown of the year’s best films in the UK
Picks of the week
Pyramids of geezer  
A new zenith of Danny Dyer movies looms
A new zenith of Danny Dyer movies looms
Films that made people emigrate  
‘I left the cinema, walked home and announced I was moving’
‘I left the cinema, walked home and announced I was moving’
No country for old men?  
Why Miyazaki, Loach and Scott can’t stop making movies
Why Miyazaki, Loach and Scott can’t stop making movies
Meet the world’s most prolific film extra  
‘I was told not to make eye contact with Tom Cruise’
‘I was told not to make eye contact with Tom Cruise’
May December  
Todd Haynes’s icy restraint might leave you too cold
Todd Haynes’s icy restraint might leave you too cold
‘I embrace the mystery’  
Tom Hanks on his obsession with space, from Stanley Kubrick to The Moonwalkers
Tom Hanks on his obsession with space, from Stanley Kubrick to The Moonwalkers
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat
Wonka  
Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat
Timothée Chalamet leads a beguiling cast in a backstory that rinses away all sourness from Roald Dahl’s embittered chocolatier
Reviews
The Inseparables  
Marionettes on a quest to keep a puppet theatre alive
Marionettes on a quest to keep a puppet theatre alive
Earth Mama  
A piercingly emotional portrait of motherhood in difficult times
A piercingly emotional portrait of motherhood in difficult times
Tramps!  
The New Romantic story of freaks, Blitz kids and a ‘typhoon of death’
The New Romantic story of freaks, Blitz kids and a ‘typhoon of death’
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget  
Poultry derring-do boosted by some showstopping gags
Poultry derring-do boosted by some showstopping gags
Joram  
Old and new worlds collide in pressure cooker man and baby-hunt
Old and new worlds collide in pressure cooker man and baby-hunt
We recommend
Christopher Nolan's apocalyptic war epic is his best film so far
Dunkirk  
Christopher Nolan's apocalyptic war epic is his best film so far
Nolan eschews war porn for a powerful and superbly crafted disaster movie – starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy and a decent Harry Styles – with a story to tell
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A Mouthful of Petrol
A shared passion for banger racing, a rough style of racing in self-built cars, becomes the catalyst for parental lessons when racing hero Wayne mentors his 12 year old son Jai-Dee toward his debut race. This coming of age documentary reframes performances of masculinity.
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