By Elena Lazic
The French star discusses The Innocent, his fourth feature film as a director and a quintessentially French hybrid of romantic comedy and heist thriller.
By Elena Lazic
The master of the erotic thriller talks Deep Water, his long absence, and working with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.
By Elena Lazic
Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck play spouses engrossed in a twisted game of cat and mouse in director Adrian Lyne’s long-awaited return.
By Elena Lazic
The beguiling star of Sebastian Meise’s Great Freedom reflects on his career so far and the future of cinema.
By Elena Lazic
Peter Jackson unearths and re-edits footage of the Beatles’ last hurrah, with euphoric and exasperating results.
By Elena Lazic
Jonathan Larson’s celebrated stage musical gets the Lin-Manuel Miranda treatment – for better and for worse.
By Elena Lazic
With her second feature, Hungarian writer/director Lili Horvát delivers a suspenseful elliptical thriller.
By Elena Lazic
Klassiki is launching on the back of a popular lockdown movie club.
By Elena Lazic
François Ozon turns back the clock for a sun-kissed gay love story that’s shot through with tragedy.
By Elena Lazic
To celebrate the release of Summer of 85, we explore Ozon’s various heightened depictions of days gone by.
By Elena Lazic
The actor reflects on her role in the controversial rape revenge classic from 1978.
By Elena Lazic
How a fascination with female desire inspired the first-time director of the excellent Make Up.
By Elena Lazic
The director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire discusses her monument to female artists and their intense gaze.
By Elena Lazic
This year’s Clermont ISFF once again welcomed an eclectic mix of short-form filmmaking new and old.
By Elena Lazic
Harrison Ford and a CGI dog make for a pawsome pairing in this charming retelling of Jack London’s short story.
By Elena Lazic
The co-stars of Céline Sciamma’s sumptuous period romance discuss the intimate – and political – nature of the film.
By Elena Lazic
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe take a brutal tumble into the abyss in Robert Eggers’ monochrome nightmare.
By Elena Lazic
Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with a gruelling yet vital portrait of colonialism in 19th century Tasmania.
By Elena Lazic
Bay Area native Jimmie Fails stars in this sentimental semi-autobiographical drama from director Joe Talbot.
By Elena Lazic
Angelina Jolie and co are back is this muddled and misguided sequel to Disney’s inverted fairy tale.
By Elena Lazic
As her new film American Woman attests, the one-time “It girl” has grown into a reliable character actor.
By Elena Lazic
An eccentric board game dynasty instigate a deadly game of hide and seek in this fun, gore-splashed horror.
By Elena Lazic
Gerard Butler is back as super-patriot Mike Banning in this grimly violent action threequel.
By Elena Lazic
Mischievous and pleasurable genre antics with Dennis Quaid as a tooled-up, MAGA-hatted nutbag.
By Elena Lazic
A victim of an acid attack learns to cope with her trauma in Sacha Polak’s emotionally intelligent drama.
By Elena Lazic
Ladj Ly’s gritty portrait of suburban Paris tips its hat to La Haine and Do the Right Thing.
By Elena Lazic
A case of miscasting fatally undermines this adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling 1983 novel.
By Elena Lazic
Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård experience forbidden love in postwar Germany.
By Elena Lazic
Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbot play wicked games in this psychosexual horror.
By Elena Lazic
This time-bending slasher sequel from writer/director Christopher Landon packs a surprising emotional punch.
By Elena Lazic
Rosamund Pike plays the late war correspondent Marie Colvin in this standard-issue biopic.
By Elena Lazic
Tony Takitani also explores themes of isolation, obsession and the pervasive influence of capitalism.
By Elena Lazic
From The Candidate to The Front Runner, Hollywood has a rich history of illuminating the electoral process.
By Elena Lazic
There’s a dash of Spielbergian charm in this thrilling family adventure from director Travis Knight.
By Elena Lazic
DC Comics chance their arm with this zany, entertaining and frequently confounding underwater epic.
By Elena Lazic
From the Sundance Kid to Jay Gatsby, here are some of the Hollywood icon’s most memorable characters.
By Elena Lazic
Kurt Russell’s charming turn as Santa Claus makes this a festive family adventure to savour.
By Elena Lazic
Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg’s latest collaboration is an exploration of American militarism that doesn’t quite work.
By Elena Lazic
Director Thomas Vinterberg and a formidable cast recreate the final hours of a real-life nuclear submarine.
By Elena Lazic
A young girl attempts to unravel the mystery of her friend's disappearance in Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s second feature.
By Elena Lazic
The early years of the man dubbed the ‘Milwaukee Cannibal’ make for a compelling character study.
By Elena Lazic
A cursed version of everyone’s least favourite party game causes havoc for some teens in Blumhouse’s latest horror offering.
By Elena Lazic
What does it mean for a gay man to be ‘normal’? This coming-of-age comedy seeks to answer that question.
By Elena Lazic
Eli Roth and Bruce Willis combine forces for a frustratingly bland remake of Michael Winner’s vigilante classic.
By Elena Lazic
Alicia Vikander delivers the goods and then some in the female-driven action movie we’ve all been waiting for.
By Elena Lazic
Faux feminist biblical revisionism abounds in Garth Davis’ humdrum religious drama.
By Elena Lazic
Jennifer Lawrence plays a Soviet spy whose repeated abuse leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
By Elena Lazic
Adina Pintilie’s Golden Bear winner comprises superficial images of unsimulated sex and people with disabilities.
By Elena Lazic
Denzel Washington plays an altruistic attorney in this low-key crime thriller from Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy.
By Elena Lazic
Liam Neeson and Jaume Collet-Serra join forces once more for this fast-paced and furiously entertaining actioner.
By Elena Lazic
Miles Teller is the standout performer in this overly macho tale of an elite mountain firefighter crew.
By Elena Lazic
The Saw franchise is rebooted with a pair of hot horror directors behind the tiller. Unfortunately, it’s not enough.
By Elena Lazic
The writer/director of The Meyerowitz Stories reveals how he mixes the comic with the tragic.
By Elena Lazic
Love blossoms in the wake of a plane crash in this fun romantic disaster movie with Idris Elba and Kate Winslet.
By Elena Lazic
A strong performance by Dylan O’Brien can’t save this reactionary and very silly revenge flick.
By Elena Lazic
Paul Schrader returns to the fray with a mediative masterwork powered by a stunning central turn from Ethan Hawke.
By Elena Lazic
Sicario screenwriter Taylor Sheridan helms this icy crime drama set on a Native American reservation.
By Elena Lazic
This cult ’90s TV show shares some undeniable similarities with David Lynch’s brainchild.
By Elena Lazic
Adam Wingard strips a classic manga story of its cultural relevance in this regrettable adaptation.
By Elena Lazic
Idris Elba plays a cosmic gunslinger in this tame adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy saga.
By Elena Lazic
This latest Pixar sequel is a digitally-rendered blockbuster which celebrates the joys of the analogue world.
By Elena Lazic
This coldly affecting contagion horror excels in generating a sense of acute dread, but falls short on the story front.
By Elena Lazic
Marc Webb follows up his Spider-Man movies with a sensitive and well-made tearjerker about a child genius.
By Elena Lazic
Despite accusations of misogyny, Sam Peckinpah’s domestic thriller is a feminist film in disguise.
By Elena Lazic
This immersive motion picture technology promises to put viewers ‘in the movie’ – but is it any good?
By Elena Lazic
Chloe Zhao’s hushed neo western offers a feminist perspective on a man in crisis.
By Elena Lazic
The Levelling director speaks openly about the challenges of making work as a young mother.
By Elena Lazic
Annie Clark makes her directorial debut in this convention-flipping collection of shorts.
By Elena Lazic
A stunning lead turn from Florence Pugh anchors this complex and compelling period drama.
By Elena Lazic
With this retro-styled gem, director Anna Biller provides a sumptuous response to ’70s sexploitation horror.
By Elena Lazic
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg combine forces for this rousing reenactment of the Boston Marathon bombing.
By Elena Lazic
Michael Keaton turns the humble hamburger into big business in this supersized American Dream satire.
By Elena Lazic
The actor/director has delivered a unique ‘live cinema’ experience.
By Elena Lazic
Vin Diesel is back as the world’s toughest, buffest secret agent. The results are thrilling and baffling in equal measure.
By Elena Lazic
The man once self-described as Mr Box Office heads up yet another slushy, contrived dud.
By Elena Lazic
Michael Fassbender attempts to rescue the humble video game movie in this fantasy epic. The results are baffling.
By Elena Lazic
This lurid abomination showcases the very worst of Hollywood’s current comedy set.
By Elena Lazic
“A very intense fever dream” is how our brave test subject describes this ultra-wacky Michael Jordan vehicle.
By Elena Lazic
This lavish Potter spin-off set in 1920s New York severely lacks for honest-to-goodness magic and awe.
By Elena Lazic
Paul Schrader’s 1980 film unashamedly objectifies Richard Gere’s narcissistic lead.
By Elena Lazic
Ewan McGregor shoots for the moon with his director debut, an adaptation of one of Philip Roth's best novels.
By Elena Lazic
Peter Berg puts a blue-collar spin on the 2010 BP oil spill in this immensely entertaining disaster epic.
By Elena Lazic
Michael Shannon and Werner Herzog reunite for this intriguing and highly allegorical eco thriller.
By Elena Lazic
Peter Berg comes up trumps with this patriotic and pulsating dramatisation of the BOP oil spill.
By Elena Lazic
This remarkable return to filmmaking by director Barry Jenkins falls just a few steps short of genius.
By Elena Lazic
Despite Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s best efforts, Oliver Stone’s whistleblower drama feels completely disconnected from reality.
By Elena Lazic
Florence Pugh shines in this smart period drama from director William Oldroyd and screenwriter Alice Birch.
By Elena Lazic
This compelling true-crime doc provides an intelligent take down of media sensationalism.
By Elena Lazic
Greta Gerwig provides the spark in American nihilist Todd Solondz’s unofficial sequel to Welcome to the Dollhouse.
By Elena Lazic
Zac Efron and Adam Devine play hapless dudebro brothers in this silly, surprisingly offensive comedy.
By Elena Lazic
Sam Raimi’s franchise midpoint is a perfect superhero sequel – a film with a sincere belief in humanity.
By Elena Lazic
A lack of contextual depth and contrasting acting styles undermines this offbeat apolitical comedy.
By Elena Lazic
This stunning stop-motion animation set in an orphanage is as witty and insightful as it is quietly shocking.
By Elena Lazic
A surprising entrant to that very exclusive club of movie sequels that are better than the original.
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