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A new Sam Mendes drama, Noah Baumbach adapts Don DeLillo and an amazing debut by Charlotte Wells: the Guardian’s chief film critic chooses his must-sees• Matilda the Musical kicks off the London film festival as Netflix banks on Roald DahlRian Johnson’s 2019 murder mystery Knives Out was a smash hit which single-handedly revived the all-star whodunnit on-screen. The second movie in the Knives Out cinematic universe is a homicidal adventure as intriguing and intricate as the puzzle boxes that feature in the plot. Daniel Craig revives his hilarious turn as the drawling southern detective Benoit Blanc. Continue reading...