A large Italian-American family gather for the holidays in Tyler Taormina's freewheeling festive feature.
Paul Mescal picks up the mantel as the avenging angel of Rome in Ridley Scott's long-awaited but lacklustre sequel.
Social and magical realism merge in Andrea Arnold’s scintillating Thames Estuary fable about the friendship between a latchkey kid and a smiling wanderer searching for home.
Kondo Ryota's debut feature is a chilling ghost story that begins with a videotape – but that's where the similarities to Ringu end in this impressive new J-Horror.
An elderly man plans the final year of his life in Daihachi Yoshida's impressive adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel.
A standoffish young woman embarks on a road trip with an unusual 12-year-old girl in Yusuke Morii's offbeat sophomore feature.
Kazuya Shiraishi polishes off a 60-year-old script for this bloodthirsty samurai epic about a band of criminals recruited to defend a castle from the emperor's army during the Boshin War.
Two college friends reunite and reconsider the trajectory of their lives in Kazik Radwanski's keenly observed relationship comedy-drama.
Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language debut with an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's What Are You Going Through, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.
Parker Finn follows up his 2022 smash with a suitably silly sequel, in which a pop star becomes the latest victim of the grinning demon who drives victims to suicide.
Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson are an excellent double act in Aaron Schimberg's effective sophomore feature.
Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his circus act as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the crime-committing clown about town in this shockingly amateur musical effort.
Two lone wolf fixers bicker their way through Jon Watts' sparkless action comedy, which wastes the charisma of George Clooney.
Coralie Fargeat's supposed satire on Hollywood's impossible standards for women is an ultimately unpleasant and ugly screed against those that try to play the game.
Naqqash Khalid’s inventive feature debut is a spiky take on navigating the British film industry as a non-white actor.
Sarah Friedland's feature debut is a stunning, sensory-forward portrait of a woman with dementia adapting to life in an assisted living facility.
Pascal Plante's haunting drama examines the dark reality of the true crime industrial complex in elegant and austere fashion.
Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his circus act as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the crime-committing clown about town in this shockingly amateur musical effort.
Luca Guadagnino heads on down to Mexico with Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in his freewheeling take on William S. Burroughs' eponymous novel.
Athina Rachel Tsangari's solemn adaptation of Jim Crace's historical novel concentrates on the changing face of a Scottish farming village as the agricultural revolution begins.
Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language feature debut with an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's What Are You Going Through, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.
George Clooney and Brad Pitt play lone wolf fixers accidentally hired for the same job in Jon Watts' slightly repetitive but generally fine crime comedy.
Adrien Brody is phenomonal in Brady Corbet's sublime three-and-a-half hour drama, as a Jewish architect arrives in post-war America to a hostile new world.
Harmony Korine's second feature since starting his creative agency EDGLRD is somehow more shallow and tedious than the last.
Halina Reijn's smart, sexy and darkly funny psychodrama sees Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson go toe-to-toe as a CEO and an intern who become embroiled in a complex illicit affair.
Angelina Jolie has never been better as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, captured in the final week of her life by Pablo Larraín's elegant biographical drama.
Burton, Keaton and Ryder turn up the juice and see what shakes loose in a sequel 36 years in the making that manages to deliver plenty of laughs even if it's all a bit chaotic.
Zoë Kravitz makes her directorial debut with this gutsy thriller about a dream vacation that quickly takes a dark turn.
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane star in a beautifully told story of grief, faith, and finding each other in a time of crisis.
A young woman begins to suspect something is desperately wrong at the ski resort her family have moved to in Tilman Singer's uneven sophomore film.
M Night Shyamalan sets the stage for a killer game of cat and mouse as a psychopath attempts to outsmart the FBI while taking his daughter to see her favourite pop star.
A man who feels disconnected from the world around him receives shocking news about his absent father in Moin Hussain's moving feature debut.
This sequel to the 1996 disaster blockbuster sees a new group of storm chasers set out to tame a tornado, but the results don't exactly blow us away.
A retired Georgian teacher sets out to reunite with her estranged niece in Istanbul in Levan Akin's compassionate third feature.
June Squibb is a delight in this sweet comedy about an irrepressible 93-year-old who won't take being scammed lying down.
A rookie FBI agent with psychic abilities hunts down a ruthless serial killer in Osgood Perkins' thoroughly unnerving, fantastically odd horror.
Chris Nash's innovative spin on a horror staple boasts an excellent set-up, but falls flat in its final act.
Two relative newcomers to Team Lanthimos reflect on learning to trust the process.
Willem Dafoe and Hong Chau lay out the particulars of Yorgos Lanthimos’s method with actors.
A feline steals the show in Michael Sarnowski's serviceable entry into the sound-focused horror franchise.
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons attempt to decipher the codes and meanings in Kinds of Kindness.
The co-writers of Kinds of Kindness reflect on their enduring partnership and putting their characters through the ringer.
After getting his motorcycle license and pondering the story for two decades, the director of The Bikeriders explains what drew him to Danny Lyon's iconic photobook documenting the lives of a 1960s motorcycle gang.
New emotions arise in Kelsey Mann's charming sequel to Pixar's 2015 hit about the internal machinations of an American tweenager.
Three precocious kids set out on a quest for blueberry pie in Weston Razooli's throwback adventure film.
Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello's ambitious, genre-defying latest.
Two sisters share an unshakable bond in Ariane Labed's uniquely strange feature debut.
Noémie Merlant's sophomore feature, co-written by Celine Sciamma, is a riotous black comedy set on the hottest day of the year in Marseilles.
An archetypal good girl meets a boy from the wrong side of the tracks in Gilles Lellouche's sweeping melodrama.
A fading star signs up for a strange medical procedure in Coralie Fargeat's vacuous attempt at a Hollywood body horror.
A large Italian-American family gather for the holidays in Tyler Taormina's freewheeling festive feature.
Nicolas Cage stars as a man who comes a cropper of a local surfer gang in Lorcan Finnigan's unsuccessful psychological thriller.
A celebrated documentary filmmaker makes a deathbed confession in Paul Schrader's adaptation of Russell Bank's novel Foregone.
The death of a beloved uncle in a middle-class Zambian family brings some difficult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni's surreal second feature.
A young woman with her heart set on social media stardom gets a shot at fame when she's offered an audition for a reality series in Agathe Riedinger's feature debut.
George Miller fires up his war rig and roars across the Australian outback once more, this time telling the origin story of the fearsome Imperator Furiosa.
The Italian filmmaker on the magical mystery tour into the past that makes up her gorgeous latest, La Chimera.
Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old single mother who embarks on a torrid love affair with a 24-year-old pop star in Michael Showalter's schmaltzy but not without charm rom-com.
In David Leitch's bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.
The director of the storming after hours classic-in-the-making, Love Lies Bleeding, on the strange worlds of crime and bodybuilding.
Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien are on fire as star-crossed lovers who get into a sweaty mess in Rose Glass's lurid '80s throwback thriller.
Founded by Emily Simmons, this new project aims to provide an inclusive resource about the past, present and future of disability on and off screen.
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist play a trio of tennis players whose lives are inextricably connected in a complicated love triangle.
Alex Garland's vision of a future America ravaged by conflict is impressively mounted but lacks political bite.
At Northern Europe's oldest short film festival, cinephiles from around the world come together to declare small is beautiful – be it in the sauna or on the ice.
Sydney Sweeney plays a pious young nun who finds herself unexpectedly expecting in Michael Mohan's slightly underwhelming take on the nunspoiltation movie.
Doug Liman directs Jake Gyllenhaal in this mirthless unnecessary reimagining of the 1989 Swayze classic.
The married duo behind Drive-Away Dolls bicker about Russ Meyer and reveal their plans for queer comedy genre movie domination.
In Johan Renck's cosmic epic, Adam Sandler and Paul Dano are a lonely astronaut and an ancient spider who form an unlikely friendship. That's the tip of the iceberg.
Adam Sandler stars as a lonely cosmonaut who befriends a giant, benevolent spider at the edge of the universe in Johan Renck's spiritual odyssey.
A teacher stuck in a rut finds her routine disrupted when an old friend from college reappears.
Wim Wenders' gentle character studies features a beautifully restrained performance from Kôji Yakusho, as a toilet cleaner who lives a simple life in Tokyo.
In the Japanese costal town Ushimado, a colony of stray cats eke out a fraught existence alongside the human residents, documented by filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda.
A drifting bodybuilder and a reclusive gym employee fall hard for each other with devastating consequences in Rose Glass's explosive thriller.
Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman battling alcoholism on the Orkney Isles in Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrott's bestselling memoir.
A retired Georgian teacher sets out to reunite with her estranged niece in Istanbul in Levan Akin's compassionate third feature.
Alonso Ruizpalacios's bilingual drama takes place during the chaotic lunch rush of a Times Square restaurant, where tensions flare between front of house and kitchen staff.
Hunter Schafer stars in Tilman Singer's second film, about strange occurances at an Alpine resort.
Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson are an excellent double act in Aaron Schimberg's effective sophomore feature.
Dakota Johnson delivers a remarkably disinterested performance as a clairvoyant superhero in this shoddy Spider-Man spin-off.
Sean Durkin's searing new drama focuses on the incredible story of the Von Erich Brothers, who became heavyweights in the wrestling world, but were dogged by personal tragedy.
Jeanie Finlay profiles writer and activist Aubrey Gordon, whose eponymous blog unexpectedly led her to become an online sensation.
Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell attempt to add some charm to an utterly charmless script in Matthew Vaughn's derivative spy comedy.
June Squibb is a delight in this sweet comedy about an irrepressible 93-year-old who won't take being scammed lying down.
Jonathan Glazer's stark film about the domestic routine of the Höss family next door to Auschwitz is a colossal, profoundly disturbing achievement in filmmaking.
Three families reckon with the dead returning from the grave in Thea Hvistendahl's glacial horror drama.
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are electric in Andrew Haigh's twist on the modern ghost story, adapted from Taichi Yamada's cult novel.
The British director on the power of crying and how he crafted his heartbreaking new film, All of Us Strangers.
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane are a magnificent double act in Nathan Silver's thoughtful take on grief and faith, which sees a cantor in crisis reunite with his childhood music teacher.
This movie based on a musical based on a movie based on a book retains none of the biting wit that charmed audiences in its original iteration.
Callum Turner puts in a fine performance as Olympic rower Joe Rantz in George Clooney's latest cosy slice of American history.
David Ayer's latest action thriller is an underwhelming story about a retired secret agent who swears revenge against a tech bro scam company.
Yorgos Lanthimos on the intricate cine-suture work that it took to make his magnificent new film, Poor Things.
The star of Sofia Coppola's Priscilla, who won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance, reflects on the experience of working with Coppola as well as her co-star Jacob Elordi.
A star is born in Sofia Coppola's biographical drama based on the relationship between Priscilla and Elvis Presley, with Cailee Spaeny delivering a remarkable performance.
Justine Triet's Palme d'Or winner might have been snubbed by the French Academy Award selectors, but the European Film Academy was much more receptive.
Following a pro-Palestine protest at the start of this year's International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian film communities has prompted numerous filmmakers to withdraw projects from the festival.
A working-class student finds himself thrust into a new world in Emerald Fennell’s stylish but underwhelming second feature.
Ridley Scott takes on the might of France's most famous son in predictably brash and thrilling style.
Todd Haynes' deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film.
Two unpopular lesbians attempt to start a fight club at their high school in Emma Seligman's disappointing follow-up to Shiva Baby.
A group of teenage girls embark on a wild post-exam holiday in Molly Manning Walker's evocative feature debut.
Michael Fassbender plays a contract killer suffering some professional setbacks in David Fincher's lean, mean new thriller.
This twisted tale of gender politics based on Kristen Roupenian's 2017 short story is a major letdown in conception and execution.
Canadian indie filmmaker Matt Johnson crafts an offbeat drama about the creation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.
Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young couple clawing their way up the corporate ladder in Chloe Domont's dour thriller.
Tobin Bell returns as the twisted killer Jigsaw in this back-to-basics sequel, which sees him exact revenge on a group of medical scammers preying on the terminally ill.
Wes Anderson adapts a Roald Dahl short story with his signature attention to detail and visual panache.
Craig Gillespie offers a look at the 2021 GameStop stock battle between Wall Street and Reddit, but this comedy is a little light on laughs.
An ageing gunslinger and the sheriff of a small town reunite after many years in Pedro Almodóvar's sweet short film.
Babak Jalali’s intimate dramedy strikes a delicate balance between melancholy and wryness in its reflection on the migrant experience.
A group of teenagers set off on a post-graduation road trip in Bill and Turner Ross's latest feature, billed as their first fiction.
Archive is a glamorous look at the filmmaker's creative process, including script notes, correspondence, and plenty of behind-the-scenes photos.
Richard Linklater and Glen Powell team up for a highly entertaining black comedy about a mild-mannered college professor who becomes a fake hit man.
A young man who feels disconnected from the world around him receives shocking news about his absent father in Moin Hussain's moving feature debut.
Sofia Coppola turns her keen eye to modern mythology, adapting Priscilla Presley's memoir into a gorgeous, acutely sad coming-of-age drama.
William Friedkin's final film sees Jason Clarke act as a reluctant naval lawyer in a highly irregular case, attempting to prove the innocence of a sailor accused of mutiny.
David Fincher and Se7en screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker reteam for a thriller about an assassin whose bad day at the office has nasty ramifications.
Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello's ambitious, genre-defying latest.
Harmony Korine ushers in a new experimental tack with his purposefully off-putting infra-red assassin film, which attempts to gamify cinema.
Bradley Cooper's much-feted drama about legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein proves an underwhelming exercise in by-the-book biographical drama.
Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with his Emma Stone for a lavish and lewd romp through a steampunk vision of Europe.
Wes Anderson adapts his second Roald Dahl story, this time into a rather delightful short with some beautifully rendered theatrical set pieces.
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are electric in Andrew Haigh's twist on the modern ghost story, adapted from Taichi Yamada's cult novel.
Michael Mann's long-awaited Enzo Ferrari biopic is a disappointingly conventional and surprisingly rough portrait of an automotive icon.
Pablo Larraín imagines Augusto Pinochet as an aged vampire craving death in his gothic satire, which marks his first foray into horror.
The Scrapper star on getting into character, upsetting the make-up department and improvising opposite a tenacious 11-year-old.
The chemistry between Harris Dickinson and Lola Campbell shines in Charlotte Regan's debut, about the difficulties of father-daughter bonding.
Abandoned by his owner, a happy-go-lucky terrier must learn to survive on the mean streets in this dire comedy, packed with poo jokes and crotch-bothering.
The French filmmaker on the nuances of recreating a real-life terrorist attack in her reflective new film, Paris Memories.
Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s experiences of the 2015 Bataclan attack to create a drama about recovering from trauma.
Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a gentle comedy about a writer who discovers her husband doesn't like her work.
Greta Gerwig's behemoth blockbuster is a stranger, more fascinating film than its hyper-corporate marketing would suggest.
Naqqash Khalid's inventive feature debut is a spiky take on navigating the British film industry as a non-white actor and trying to find your identity amid the hostile present day.
A power couple on the brink of pitching their start-up experience unexpected tension after a hypnotherapy session causes one of them to lose all their social inhibitions.
Pascal Plante presents a piercing take on true crime in this austere, affecting psychological thriller.
Opposites attract in Pixar's take on the rom-com, but a tendency to play it safe means that Peter Sohn's sparky sophomore feature never quite ignites.
A young Afghan immigrant finds herself adrift in San Francisco in Babak Jalali's poetic fourth feature.
The long-time collaborator and star of Wes Anderson's Asteroid City speaks on their enduring friendship, Stanley Kubrick, and learning to talk without moving your mouth.
Ezra Miller stars as Ezra Miller and Ezra Miller, and Michael Keaton is also there, in Andy Mushietti's take on DC's speediest superhero.
Three precocious kids set out on a quest for blueberry pie in Weston Razooli's throwback adventure film.
Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a troubled past in Paul Schrader's beautiful but underwhelming drama.
Joanna Arnow's feature debut is a blisteringly funny take on millennial malaise and the search for reciprocal companionship.
Jessica Hausner's drama about a teacher who begins a troubling diet club at an elite high school is a poorly-judged slog to sit through.
Todd Haynes' deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film.
Jonathan Glazer returns with his first film in nine years – an austere, chilling depiction of a German family maintaining normalcy in close proximity to the Holocaust.
A group of teenage girls embark on a wild post-exam holiday in Molly Manning Walker's evocative feature debut.
The writer/director of the magical Return to Seoul explains how he drew inspiration from a close friend to create his striking protagonist.
James Gunn bids the MCU an emotional farewell in the final outing for his rabble-rousing gang of space pirates.
Priya Kansara talks the epic prep required to play the lead role of a teen stuntwoman-in-the-making in Nida Manzoor's Polite Society.
An ensemble of radical climate activists attempt to sabotage an oil pipeline in Daniel Goldhaber's environmentalist action-thriller.
Nicholas Hoult plays Count Dracula’s long-suffering servant in Chris McKay’s underwhelming horror-comedy.
Joaquin Phoenix plays a chronically nervous man on a mission to get home in Ari Aster's scattered third feature.
Russell Crowe plays a priest charged by the Vatican with driving out demons in Julius Avery's underwhelming religious horror.
Ben Affleck returns to the director's chair, fictionalising the fascinating story of how an iconic shoe was born.
The team behind Game Night offer a peppy spin on the classic 1970s roleplaying game, with Chris Pine as a rogue seeking revenge on those who have wronged him.
A group of octogenarian pals set their sights on attending the 2017 Superbowl in Kyle Marvin's charming but unambitious comedy.
A joint initiative from Matchbox Cine, Film Hub Wales, Inclusive Cinema, Film Hub Scotland and the Independent Cinema Office aims to widen participation by sharing inclusive resources.
Alexander Skarsgård has a pretty bad trip in this vacation nightmare from body horror wunderkind Brandon Cronenberg.
Adam Driver stars as a pilot stranded in the Cretaceous period in this bafflingly undercooked sci-fi action flopbuster.
Bobby Farrelly goes it alone with this warm but cliched remake of a Spanish language film, in which Woody Harrelson plays a temperamental basketball coach.
Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott act out their fantasies in Zachary Wigon's thriller about a dominatrix and her wealthy client.
Canadian indie filmmaker Matt Johnson crafts an offbeat drama about the creation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.
The dissolution of a tight friendship and a subsequent tragedy have a profound impact on the life of 13-year-old Léo in Lukas Dhont's poignant drama.
Willem Dafoe plays an art thief who becomes trapped in a high-tech luxury pent house in Vasilis Katsoupis' unusual thriller.
Playwright-turned-filmmaker Florian Zeller's follow-up to The Father fails to achieve the emotional resonance of its predecessor.
Mike Lane swaps Miami for London in this frustratingly underwhelming and unsexy threequel.
A family trying to enjoy a rural vacation find themselves faced with an impossible choice in M Night Shyamalan's new apocalypse thriller.
A grieving man battling an eating disorder attempts to reconnect with his daughter in Darren Aronofsky's drama.
Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a gentle comedy about a writer who discovers her husband doesn't like her work.
A recently bereaved 12-year-old girl is forced to reconnect with her absent father in Charlotte Regan's charming feature debut.
Cory Finley returns with an eccentric sci-fi dramedy about a pair of teenagers who scheme to livestream their relationship for a curious extra-terrestrial audience.
Thomasin McKenzie plays a repressed prison worker who becomes infatuated with a female colleague in William Oldroyd's take on Ottessa Moshfegh's novel.
Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young couple clawing their way up the corporate ladder in Chloe Domont's dour thriller.
Jonathan Majors delivers a blistering performance as an amateur bodybuilder on the brink in Elijah Bynum's aching but underwritten drama.
Steven Spielberg weaves a tale about his childhood love of cinema and the relationship between his parents in this light but lovely mostly true story.
Based on Kristen Roupenian's much-lauded 2017 short story, this twisted tale of gender politics is a major letdown in conception and execution.
Alexander Skarsgård has a pretty bad trip in this vacation nightmare from body horror wunderkind Brandon Cronenberg.
A tech wiz bites off more than she can chew when her pint-sized toy creation forms a strong, malevolent bond with her young niece.
Broker focuses on a found family of grifters with hearts of gold who set off on a road trip across South Korea with the police hot on their tail.
The LWLies team count down their favourite cinematic experiences from an embarrassment of movie riches.
Damien Chazelle's big-budget tale of big dreams in 1920s Hollywood hits an alarming number of bum notes.
Hosted in Reykjavík, the 35th edition of the European Film Awards saw top honours for Ruben Östlund's satirical drama.
The heartbreaking story of Jennifer and June Gibbons feels undersold by Agnieszka Smoczynska's drama.
Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig reunite as a couple grappling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.
The Italian director behind A Bigger Splash, Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria talks flies, flesh and Timothée Chalamet in his horror-romance Bones and All.
Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet play a pair of young cannibals on a trans-America road trip in Luca Guadagnino's sweet, squelchy horror romance.
The director of Armageddon Time reflects on how his childhood inspired his deeply affecting drama about societal tensions in 1970s New York.
James Gray interrogates his fraught childhood in Regan-era New York City in this masterful, unflinching drama.
A pop-up at One Hundred Shoreditch celebrates the world of Accidentally Wes Anderson with a very special hotel room and immersive exhibition.
Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller's gay rom-com isn't as groundbreaking or as romantic as it likes to think it is.
Swedish provocateur Ruben Östlund takes us aboard the luxury cruise from hell in his latest over-the-top satire.
The stars of Martin McDonagh's latest reflect on their reunion on the islands of Inishmore and Achill, the scars of the Irish Civil War, and the weight of artistic legacy.
Martin McDonagh deploys his signature acerbic wit to an affectionate folktale as he reunites with Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell.
The South Korean auteur known for squid-chomping, luxe erotica and graphic torture is back with a seductive mystery thriller.
A sonic catering collective attends a prestigious residency in Peter Strickland's characteristically off-beat new flick.
A teenager in Medieval Lincolnshire contends with suitors and friendship problems in Lena Dunham's winsome coming-of-age dramedy.
Olivia Wilde's sophomore feature sees Florence Pugh and Harry Styles in a 1950s daydream where everything isn't quite what it seems.
A teenage cartoonist searches for authenticity in writer/director Owen Kline’s pleasingly grubby debut feature.
Jennifer Lawrence plays an army veteran trying to adapt to civilian life in Lila Neugebauer's understated feature debut.
Tessa Thompson plays a helpline volunteer on her final shift in Steve Buscemi's sensitive drama.
Halina Reijn's amusing second feature satirises Gen Z nihilism but doesn't have much to say about the pop culture stereotypes it depicts.
Despite boasting some big names, Florian Zeller's follow-up to The Father is a missed opportunity to tackle the weighty subject of teen depression.
An all-star cast can't save this predictable, often irritating attempt at putting a twist on Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
Florence Pugh can't save this underwhelming retro sci-fi from its overreliance on genre cliches.
Martin McDonagh reunites with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for a biting but charming examination of a disintegrating friendship against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War.
Brendan Fraser gives his all as a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter before his death.
Mia Goth reprises her role as a homicidal farm girl in Ti West's aesthetically pleasing but otherwise empty horror prequel.
Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a troubled past in Paul Schrader's beautiful but underwhelming drama.
Tensions flair between a group of angry protesters and the police in Romain Gavras' stylish but frustrating action-drama.
Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet play a pair of young cannibals on a trans-America road trip in Luca Guadagnino's sweet, squelchy horror romance.
Georgia Oakley delivers an assured debut with her poignant portrait of a lesbian teacher living in Thatcher's Britain.
Cate Blanchett is captivating as formidable, world famous classical composer in Todd Fields’ frustrating study of the cult of genius.
Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig reunite as a couple grappling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.
A CIA assassin and a psychopath play a game of intercontinental cat and mouse in this poorly-executed action-thriller.
Director Justin Kurzel renews his obsession with mass murder in this well-acted but problematic retelling of the Port Arthur massacre.
Halfway through the year, we offer up 50 upcoming movies to keep on your radar.
Pixar crash land with an underwhelming sci-fi spin-off focused on Toy Story's Star Commander Buzz Lightyear.
The Swedish filmmaker reflects on how her time as a teenage anti-porn activist eventually led her to create the pro-sex work drama Pleasure.
Lukas Dhont’s second feature focuses on the friendship between two boys, and the tragedy that changes the trajectory of their lives.
Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s experiences of the 2015 Bataclan attack to create a drama about recovering from trauma.
Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance star in Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s ambitious but flawed biographical feature.
A narcissistic couple engage in a constant game of one-upmanship in Kristoffer Borgli’s disappointingly one-note feature.
David Cronenberg’s return to filmmaking can’t quite deliver on its promise that surgery is the new sex.
A teenage cartoonist searches for authenticity in writer/director Owen Kline’s pleasingly grubby debut feature.
The Belcher family discover a sink hole, try to solve a murder and take their burger shop on the road in the feature-length version of their hit animated show.
A police detective forms a dangerous bond with a woman suspected of murdering her husband in Park Chan-wook’s swooning crime drama.
Ali Abbasi’s harrowing Iranian noir tells the true story of Saeed Hanaei, who murdered 16 female sex workers between 2000-2001.
A young model couple find themselves on the holiday from hell in the latest provocation from Sweden’s Ruben Östlund.
Thomas M Wright’s atmospheric but underwhelming thriller tells of an elaborate sting operation to catch a killer in Australia.
A young boy navigates family and friendship during a time of social upheaval in James Gray’s tender semi-autobiographical latest.
A woman reeling from a personal tragedy embarks on the holiday from hell in Alex Garland’s very British folk horror film.
Director Sam Raimi injects some much needed personality into Marvel’s latest brand-building exercise.
Nicolas Cage plays an out-of-work version of himself in Tom Gormican’s well-meaning but underwhelming meta action-comedy.
As he prepares to unleash hell in The Northman, we profile the Swedish actor who realises his lifelong dream with this Scandanavian epic.
Robert Eggers assembles an intrepid team for the epic tale of a wronged Viking prince’s quest for vengeance.
Dutch master provocateur Paul Verhoeven serves up a blasphemous delight in his convent-set Italian romp.
Jared Leto plays a terminally-ill scientist who accidentally turns himself into a vampire in this shockingly inept superhero saga.
Bradley Cooper's suave carny gets his comeuppance at the climax of Guillermo del Toro's neo-noir.
Norwegian master Joachim Trier concludes his Oslo trilogy with a sweeping romance, featuring a star-making turn from Renate Reinsve.
Jacques Audiard directs a sensual city-based romance adapted from graphic novels by Adrian Tomine.
The writer/director of The Worst Person in the World ponders love, death and the possibility of a cosmic order to all things.
Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon play a couple whose relationship is tested by the arrival of an old friend in Claire Denis’ latest.
Peter Strickland serves up a helping of culinary chaos in his suitably strange fifth feature film.
Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in a second Agatha Christie adaptation, but we’d rather he hadn’t.
The clown prince of MTV reflects on returning to Jackass 20 years after it all began, and if the new stunts still hurt like they used to.
The sequel to Joanna Hogg’s autobiographical masterpiece is a stunning portrait of an artist’s profound exploration of grief.
Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and the gang return to the big screen for lewd, crude antics with a surprisingly sweet centre.
A tale as old as time gets a cyberspace makeover in Mamoru Hosoda’s reimagining of Beauty and the Beast.
The creator and star of Licorice Pizza take us on a tour through the San Fernando Valley and reveal why HAIM love to walk everywhere.
A naïve 26-year-old sets her sights on a sexual awakening in Lena Dunham’s brash and honest second feature.
Cooper Raiff plays a postgrad party starter who falls for an older woman in the writer/director/actor’s frustrating second feature.
Jesse Eisenberg makes his directorial debut with an adaptation of his own highly-praised podcast drama.
It’s a classic tale of boy eats girl in Mimi Cave’s directorial debut, but the flavour profile is off.
Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical drama about The Troubles is undermined by its depthless and apolitical tone.
A lowkey but interesting line-up comprises the selection for Berlinale’s 72nd edition.
The French model-turned-actor on getting into character for her breakout role in Julia Ducournau’s Titane.
We celebrate our favourite film posters of the year, including Titane and The French Dispatch.
Tom Holland’s third solo Spidey outing brings some familiar faces to the party, but we’ve seen it all before.
The actor on stepping behind the camera for her powerful and enigmatic Elena Ferrante adaptation, The Lost Daughter.
Noomi Rapace adopts a strange newborn in this elevated Icelandic folk horror from director Valdimar Jóhannsson.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence tackle a climate emergency in Adam McKay’s uneven, star-studded dramedy.
Despite some compelling performances, Michael Pearce’s sci-fi thriller fails to live up to the promise of his debut, Beast.
The cinematographer reveals the trick to shooting digital cows, and why the film is really a monster movie.
Justin Chon’s melodramatic tale of immigration and injustice in present-day America is undermined by a clichéd script.
The director explains how fatherhood shaped his latest film, and how creating space is integral to his creative vision.
Ridley Scott enlists an A-List cast for his bombastic dramatisation of Maurizio Gucci’s assassination.
Jason Reitman takes on the mantle of his Ghostbusting father Ivan with this emotionally manipulative nostalgia trip.
Buckle up and say a Hail Mary as we take a peek under the hood of Julia Ducournau’s visceral Palme d’Or winner.
Wes Anderson’s New Yorker-inspired anthology film is a meticulously-crafted love letter to the art of magazine journalism.
Tom Hardy returns as the reporter with an extraterrestrial monkey on his back in Andy Serkis’ zany comic book sequel.
Dev Patel and Ralph Ineson face off in David Lowery’s adaptation of a popular Arthurian legend, with stylish results.
Tony Soprano’s teenage years take centre stage in Alan Taylor’s prequel to the legendary television series.
Merchants of chaos Nicolas Cage and Sion Sono team up for a fleet-fisted tale of redemption and uprising.
Riz Ahmed is a father on a mission to save his sons from an extraterrestrial threat in Michael Pearce’s complex sci-fi drama.
Clare Dunne gives a captivating performance as a woman rebuilding her life after escaping an abusive relationship.
A woman’s Holocaust memoir becomes an international scandal in Sam Hobkinson’s compelling documentary.
Leos Carax’s surreal, Sparks-scripted musical-of-sorts stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard as ill-fated lovers.
Nicolas Cage reveals his sensitive side in Michael Sarnoski’s warm-hearted porcine revenge western.
Matt Damon fights for his daughter’s freedom in Tom McCarthy’s turgid drama based on the murder of Meredith Kercher.
Taylour Paige and Riley Keough star in a wild Floridian road trip movie based on an iconic Twitter thread.
A family’s dream vacation turns into a nightmare when they start to age rapidly in M Night Shyamalan’s latest twisty thriller.
Before she was a Palme d'or winner, Ducournau made a creepy little short about a teenager undergoing a strange transformation.
Justin Kurzel’s difficult drama about a notorious mass murderer falls into familiar pitfalls of the true crime genre.
Key awards also went to Nadav Lapid, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Leos Carax.
A family struggles to deal with the devastating effects of their patriarch’s bipolar disorder in Joachim Lafosse’s tender drama.
A teenage girl finds online fame in Mamoru Hosoda’s internet-age update of Beauty and the Beast.
Cannes favourite Jacques Audiard returns to the Croisette with a low-key love story set around the fringes of the French capital.
Simon Rex is superbly cast in Sean Baker’s sparkling character study of a porn actor well past his pomp.
Julia Ducournau’s sensational second feature offers an intoxicating mix of grease, gore and gasoline.
Ari Folman’s animated retelling of the wartime diarist’s tragic story falls foul of some questionable artistic license.
Wes Anderson’s star-studded, multi-chaptered tribute to The New York is his most impressionistic work to date.
Lip-smacking provocation and saucy humour abounds in Paul Verhoeven’s rip-roaring nunsploitation romp.
Joachim Trier returns to Cannes with a keenly-observed drama about the often turbulent nature of modern romance.
Kogonada’s sci-fi-tinged family drama confirms its writer/director as one of cinema’s most vital new voices.
Matt Damon is a father fighting for his imprisoned daughter’s release in Tom McCarthy’s tonally uneven drama.
Joanna Hogg’s follow-up to her 2019 masterpiece is an immaculate study of grief and filmmaking.
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star in Leos Carax’s audacious rock opera about a baby with a very special gift.
A teenage girl and a serial killer undergo an accidental body swap in Christopher Landon’s twist on a classic formula.
Vin Diesel and his family kick it up a gear as they face off against old faces in Justin Lin's return to the high octane franchise.
The modern master of folk horror reveals the inspiration behind his forest freakout In the Earth.
Ben Wheatley goes back to basics in this understated yet supremely effective 21st century folk horror.
Anthony Hopkins is at the peak of his acting powers in this moving drama about the banality of ageing.
Joanna Hogg joins Clio Barnard and Miguel Gomes, while Frederick Wiseman will be honoured with the Carrosse d’Or.
Wes Anderson, Leos Carax, Mia Hansen-Løve and Kogonada are among the filmmakers headed to the Croisette in July.
Emma Stone plays the fur-loving fashionista in this overlong and largely uninspired origin story.
This procedural thriller reboot of the Saw franchise is painful to sit through for all the wrong reasons.
A team of mercenaries with nothing to lose are hired for the heist of a lifetime in zombie-infested Las Vegas.
This stylish first feature from Greek writer/director Christos Nikou fails to build on its intriguing premise.
Carey Mulligan is into taking risks, and her role as Cassie Thomas might just be her biggest one yet.
From The Walking Dead to Minari, we chart the amazing journey of this Oscar-nominated star.
The writer/director and on-screen father-son tell the story of how they captured cinematic lightning in a bottle.
Riz Ahmed plays a drummer who loses his hearing in Darius Marder’s bold and brilliant debut.
The writer/director of Sound of Metal discusses replicating the experience of deafness on screen.
This fan service-heavy redux of the 2017 superhero pile-up just about justifies its existence.
Chloé Zhao goes three for three with this extraordinary chronicle of life on the fringes of American society.
Brighten up your year with our illustrated celebration of Lee Isaac Chung’s charming immigrant fable.
The writer/director shares her love of Paris Hilton and her frustrations with the way we talk about women in film.
A ferocious lead turn by Carey Mulligan super-charges this shocking, outspoken debut that pulls none of its punches.
Nicolas Cage and director Sion Sono team up for a rollicking post-apocalyptic battle royale.
Jane Schoenbrun’s unnerving debut, about an internet role-play phenomenon, nails the online adolescence experience.
Rat Film director Theo Anthony delves deep into the myriad ethical quandaries concerning mass surveillance.
The truth proves far stranger than the fiction in this constantly surprising Holocaust chronicle.
The aftermath of a school shooting is the focus of first-time director Fran Kranz’s stark portrait of familial grief.
Ben Wheatley’s pandemic-themed psychedelic fever dream is the love child of Kill List and A Field in England.
Two best friends make a suicide pact in first-time feature director Jerrod Carmichael’s uneven black comedy.
A film censor becomes obsessed with unlocking the secrets of her sister’s disappearance in this stylish horror throwback.
Kornél Mundruczó’s affecting drama follows a couple who experience the loss of their first child shortly after birth.
From long-delayed projects to ones born out of the pandemic, here are the upcoming movies we’re most excited about.
Jamie Foxx plays a jazz musician attempting to return to the land of the living in Pixar's latest animated spectacle.
From the classic to the abstract, we count down our favourite poster designs from a highly unusual year of movies.
There’s plenty of pizzazz in Patty Jenkins’ DC sequel, but it lacks the charm and personality of its predecessor.
With the studio announcing a landmark streaming deal for its 2021 slate, it once again falls to audiences to “save cinema”.
Curated by Grace Barber-Plentie, Reframing the Fat Body allows plus size people to exist without judgement or limitation.
Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis star in Clea DuVall’s festive rom-com about going home and coming out.
Steve McQueen delivers a sublime party film for the ages in the second instalment of his Small Axe series.
Joe Keery stars as an aspiring streamer driven to extremes in his never-ending quest for viral fame.
Sean Durkin’s long-awaited second feature is a classically styled break-up movie with Carrie Coon and Jude Law.
The man behind the man behind Citizen Kane is the subject of David Fincher’s sparkling paean to classic Hollywood.
The star and producer of Shirley on the enticements of strong, complex female characters.
Armie Hammer and Lily James are woefully miscast in this limp adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel.
Jamie Foxx is a jazz musician reckoning with the afterlife in Pixar’s best film in quite some time.
Adam Sandler treats – or tricks – us with a festive family comedy about kindness and the importance of a good flask.
Miranda July channels her offbeat brand of humour into a heist movie, with predictably charming results.
Breaking into the local post office was deep research for the artworld multi-hypenate’s superb new film, Kajillionaire.
This year’s Short Cuts programme brought together bite-size perspectives from around the world.
Rashida Jones and Bill Murray star in Sofia Coppola’s New York caper about a woman who suspects her husband is having an affair.
The first instalment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series is a soulful love letter to the West Indian dance scene in West London.
Vanessa Kirby is remarkable in Kornél Mundruczó’s drama about two expectant parents who suffer a devastating tragedy.
The third feature from Chloé Zhao is an achingly tender look at one woman's life on the road.
Antonio Campos’ star-jammed Southern potboiler fails to capture the poetic misery of Donald Ray Pollock’s source novel.
Our latest issue is a tribute to the beautiful, unnerving world of Josephine Decker’s biopic that isn’t a biopic.
Charlie Kaufman presents a mind-bending psychodrama about a young woman’s journey to meet her boyfriend’s parents.
Xavier Dolan returns to his Québécois roots with this lilting reflection on lost youth and unspoken love.
Sofia Coppola’s seventh film is a modern screwball caper set in New York City.
A young cancer patient falls for a local hustler in this striking debut from Australian director Shannon Murphy.
Filmmaker Sam O’Mahony explains how he utilised the resources at hand to make I Don’t Find Any of This Very Peaceful.
Hugh Jackman plays a tricksy teacher in director Cory Finley’s pitch-black classroom comedy.
Netflix eyes up a superhero franchise to call their own with Gina Prince-Bythewood's entertaining action epic.
Ben Affleck exorcises some personal demons in this sometimes effective basketball drama.
Hannah Strong delves into the myriad thrills and spills of MTV’s finest export.
Maggie Nichols and a raft of former gymnasts detail the sexual abuse they suffered within USA Gymnastics at the hands of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar.
Pete Davidson fictionalises his own adolescence in Judd Apatow's warmest bro comedy to date.
Watch Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet and co frolic in the Massachusetts countryside.
Eliza Hittman’s emotionally bruising, exceptionally tender abortion drama is not to be missed.
Director Kitty Green highlights the systemic abuse women suffer in the workplace in this powerful drama.
A pair of conscripts find love amid the chaos of Apartheid in Oliver Hermanus’ queer war drama.
Watch a film, then stick around for a cosy chat with the likes of Céline Sciamma and Mia Hansen-Løve.
Our spring issue celebrates first-time director Emerald Fennell’s scorching black comedy.
Tom Holland and Chris Pratt play teenage elves on a quest in Pixar’s underwhelming fantasy adventure.
On a quiet industrial estate in Southeast England, CPC London are keeping the print dream alive.
This US remake of Ruben Östlund’s ski-bound comedy-drama Force Majeure oversimplifies the source material.
HG Well’s classic sci-fi horror is given a satisfying modern twist courtesy of Blumhouse and director Leigh Whannell.
Mark Ruffalo takes on a giant chemical company in Todd Haynes’ gripping procedural drama.
It’s no Clueless, but a strong cast just about sustains Autumn de Wilde’s faithful take on Jane Austen’s novel.
Margot Robbie brings anarchy and attitude to the DCEU in Cathy Yan’s pop-punk ode to womanhood.
Beach Rats director Eliza Hittman offers an unflinching look at the troubling reality of reproductive rights in the US.
Brandon Cronenberg sets late-capitalism in his crosshairs in this effective – and very gory – social horror.
Tom Hanks is perfectly cast as the late Fred Rogers, America’s favourite neighbour.
Jude Law and Carrie Coon shine in Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin’s eerie psychological thriller.
Dee Rees and Anne Hathaway tackle Joan Didion’s novel of the same name, with disastrous results.
The star of Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell talks making the step up for his first lead role.
Lee Isaac Chung’s beautifully observed drama follows a South Korean family who relocate to rural Arkansas.
Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit the slopes in this miserable remake of Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure.
Miranda July’s charming, unconventional crime drama follows a family of lowly LA con artists.
A mother rebuilds her life after escaping her abusive husband in Phyllida Lloyd’s urgent drama.
Josephine Decker’s biography of famed gothic novelist Shirley Jackson is a sumptuous period psychodrama.
Carey Mulligan is on blistering form in Emerald Fennell’s darkly comic, provocative debut feature.
Based on an infamous Tweetstorm, Janicza Bravo’s wild drama offers a fascinating perspective on female relationships.
One of the world’s biggest music artists bares her soul in this intimate, earnest docu-portrait.
The star of The Personal History of David Copperfield on his love of acting and his move into directing.
Rejoice, Totoro fans: 21 of the Japanese animation studio’s feature films are headed your way.
Writer/director Trey Edward Shults delivers another spiky interrogation of parent-child relationships.
Destin Daniel Cretton’s biopic of wrongly incarcerated death row inmate Walter McMillian plays it a little too safe.
After spending a decade in Hollywood, Guy Ritchie returns to his gangster roots with this all-star crime caper.
From In Fabric to Portrait of a Lady on Fire, these are our favourite movie posters of the year.
We chat with the director and stars Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Timothée Chalamet.
Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.
Dee Rees, Josephine Decker, Miranda July, and much, much more...
The gang gets a sequel... Danny DeVito and Awkwafina join the cast of this glossy fantasy adventure.
Set in the picturesque mountains of Utah, Sundance is a film lover’s paradise with a difference.
Astronaut Natalie Portman struggles to adapt to life back on earth in Noah Hawley’s dull space drama.
Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in this dramatised account of his own troubled childhood.
The Australian writer/director on why her brutal new film The Nightingale is about love, not hate.
Scott Z Burns’ vital political drama investigates the CIA’s post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program.
Enter Sandman... Our Nov/Dec issue celebrates the unrelenting vision of directors Josh and Benny Safdie.
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones play Victorian balloon enthusiasts in this uninspired historical drama.
We meet UKJFF Head Programmer Nir Cohen who explains how he plans to reach new audiences.
Harmony Korine and Matthew McConaughey hit the Florida Keys for a madcap slacker odyssey.
HBO’s remix of Alan Moore’s graphic novel is a strange, complicated beast – and all the better for it.
This sweet-natured, Tom Sawyer-esque tale of unlikely companionship has just enough charm to keep it going.
Will Smith goes mano-a-mano with his younger self in director Ang Lee’s exhilarating action spectacle.
Shola Amoo’s coming-of-age drama offers an important perspective on the black British experience.
When it comes to prestige Oscar bait and misguided multimillion-dollar behemoths, sometimes it’s good to be bad.
Elisabeth Moss is a punk-rock musician spinning out of control in Alex Ross Perry's latest.
Justin Kurzel adapts Peter Carey's 2000 fictionalised account of Austalia's infamous Kelly gang, with explosive results.
A returning astronaut falls out of touch with reality in Noah Hawley's messy space drama.
Christian Bale and Matt Damon banter and bicker their way through James Mangold's slick racing biopic.
Adam Sandler is on the form of his life in this scintillating, heart-in-mouth study of a desperate New York jeweller.
Hugh Jackman is rotten to the core in Corey Finley's biting black comedy about public school embezzlement.
Taika Waititi plays an imaginary Adolf Hitler in this chronically soft-edged, wannabe satirical comedy.
Matthew Rhys and Tom Hanks are on top form in Marielle Heller's charming biographical drama about an American TV legend.
This euphoric, music-powered family drama from Trey Edward Shults is a model of tenderness and heartbreak.
A transgender man’s pregnancy is the subject of Jeanie Finlay’s tender, essential documentary.
Joanna Hogg explores her own memories to create a fragile, fascinating portrait of romance in both bloom and decay.
Riz Ahmed is on career best mode in this sensitive portrait of a metal drummer losing his hearing.
A light and lovely Dickens adaptation with Dev Patel revealing his immense comic chops in the title role.
Justin Kelly takes on the scandal that rocked the literary world in this starry but uninspired biopic.
Willem Dafoe plays a composer who goes looking for answers in Mexico in this slow and meandering drama.
Two titans of action cinema team up for an audacious blockbuster romp in this well-meaning franchise spin-off.
Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat star in this well-observed portrait of female friendship from Sophie Hyde.
Stars and worlds collide as Quentin Tarantino serves up his most thoughtful and personal work to date.
This star-studded retelling of the rivalry between electricity magnates Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse lacks dramatic spark.
The official trailer for the British writer/director’s semi-autobiographical drama is here.
A cast of Jim Jarmusch regulars attempt to ward off the zombie apocalypse in this allegorical horror-comedy.
Florence Pugh runs afoul of a Swedish cult in director Ari Aster’s toothless follow-up to Hereditary.
Woody, Buzz and co team up for one last time (probably) in a largely enjoyable sequel that sees Pixar retread old ground.
Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling are a joy to watch in this cosily conventional TV industry satire.
Watch the Booksmart stars test their knowledge of classic teen movies.
Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever shine in a Superbad-esque high school comedy to savour.
The South Korean director’s social satire takes top honours among a mixed bag of winners at this year’s festival.
Adèle Exarchopoulos and Virginie Efira star in this trite psychodrama from writer/director Justine Triet.
Xavier Dolan returns to his Québécois roots in this soulful ballad about male friendship and unspoken desire.
Bong Joon-ho is back with a dark, spiky and hilarious social satire about the seductive nature of greed.
Quentin Tarantino knocks it out of the park with this personal love letter to LA, in all its dirty sexy glory.
Episodes four and five of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Amazon series are filled with seedy, neon-soaked promise.
Mati Diop’s accomplished first feature blends social commentary and magical realism in present-day Dakar.
Jim Jarmusch takes aim at the ills of capitalism in this star-studded smalltown zombie comedy.
Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder make a compelling pairing in this misanthropic romantic comedy.
The emotional collateral of acting is the subject of Madeline’s Madeline, a unique new film by this exciting writer/director.
The British actor talks us through his chameleonic career, and explains why he worships at the altar of Claire Denis.
Ryan Reynolds voices everyone’s favourite electric yellow rodent in this fun, fast-paced murder mystery.
This controversial Ted Bundy biopic starring Zac Efron only scratches the surface of its subject.
The stars align one final time in this emotional and fitting finale to the Avengers saga.
We slide into the DMs of the director and star of the year’s must-see middle school movie.
Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn play a pair of corrupt cops in S Craig Zahler’s ultraviolent latest.
Rey, Finn and Poe are back in action for the final installment in the Star Wars Skywalker trilogy.
Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly saddle up for director Jacques Audiard’s lighthearted western.
Despite a fine turn from Willem Dafoe, Julian Schnabel’s Vincent van Gogh biopic is a messy affair.
This darkly funny tale announces its creator as a major comedic talent.
Indispensable first-hand advice for International Women’s Day 2019.
JC Chandor’s South American action-thriller boasts a stellar cast, but it’s all brawn and no brains.
Zack Snyder’s ambitious and divisive take on Alan Moore’s graphic novel deserves a second look.
Brie Larson is great as Carol Danvers, but we’d hoped for slightly more from Marvel’s first female solo superhero movie.
Felicity Jones takes on the mantle of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this earnest but toothless biopic.
SNL’s Pete Davidson puts in a star-making turn in this suburban coming-of-ager from writer/director Jason Orley.
Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reunite for a bizarre mystery horror set in LA’s fine art scene.
Adam Driver investigates the CIA’s conduct post-9/11 in this gripping political drama.
Joanna Hogg delves into her own past in this wickedly mysterious romantic drama starring Honor Swinton-Byrne.
There’s a touch of Moonlight about Shola Amoo’s engaging second feature about young British-Nigerian boy.
Zac Efron gives the performance of his career in a film which only scratches the surface of its subject.
Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with a devastating interrogation of Australia’s dark past.
Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders stars in this contemporary adaptation of Richard Wright’s 1938 novel.
This urgent Harvey Weinstein documentary seeks to get to the root of our culture of sexual abuse.
Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in this frank exploration of his experiences as a child star.
Adam McKay’s played-for-laughs portrait of former VP Dick Cheney strays into Bond villain parody.
M Night Shyamalan gets the gang back together for the bizarre finale to his “Eastrail 177 Trilogy”.
A message to the American filmmaker, who’s set to follow in his father’s footsteps with a newly announced Ghostbusters sequel.
From office buffoon to father of a teenage drug addict, the American actor is a veritable screen all-rounder.
Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet play a father and son pushed to the edge in this tender drug addiction drama.
New shows from Ava DuVernay and Damien Chazelle are set to grace the small screen this year.
A family gathering to ring in the new year spells trouble in the latest from Ben Wheatley.
From Skate Kitchen to Shoplifters, check out our favourite pieces of movie artwork from this year.
Sandra Bullock tries her best in this largely generic apocalypse thriller about a mass sight-loss epidemic.
Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek team up for this unnecessary retelling of the Steve McQueen classic.
Robert Redford plays an ageing gentleman bankrobber in this glorious throwback to his ’70s pomp.
Human resources’ worst nightmare talks about his surreal ode to collectivised action, Sorry to Bother You.
At a recent masterclass in Marrakech, the legendary American director expressed concerns over where the industry is heading.
There’s charm to spare in Disney’s follow-up to Wreck-It Ralph, but it still feels like a cynical cash-grab.
Sam levinson’s satirical teen thriller about an IRL witchhunt leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.
Lisbeth Salander is back – with a new cast and a new director – in this weak attempt to revive the Dragon Tattoo franchise.
The Harry Potter spin-off franchise continues with Eddie Redmayne’s magical zoologist getting caught up in a potential race war.
Filmmaker Morgan Neville provides a thoughtful examination of American television legend Fred Rogers.
The long-time actor, first-time director sits down with us to talk about his sublime debut feature, Wildlife.
Paul Dano makes his directorial debut with a poignant character study set in 1950s Montana.
Steve McQueen delivers the goods with a heist thriller about four women who take extreme measures to pay back a debt.
A warring couples' interactions with a mysterious aged indie musician are the subject of Jesse Peretz' earnest Nick Hornby adaptation.
A group of underdog students at an elite educational institution discover something sinister lurking beneath their hallowed school halls.
Netflix puts a spooky twist on a ’90s TV staple for their latest Original series.
Gus Van Sant reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for an oddball comedy-drama about disability and addiction.
Freddie Mercury and Queen receive the long-awaited glossy biopic treatment courtesy of Bryan Singer.
Norwegian director Erik Poppe dramatises the real-life mass shooting on the island of Utøya in this problematic thriller.
David Gordon Green presents a John Carpenter-approved sequel to the slasher classic from 1978.
Ben Wheatley changes pace with this surprisingly wholesome family-based drama starring Neil Maskell.
A smalltown cop comes to terms with the death of his mother in Jim Cummings’ poignant study of grief.
Paul Greengrass shows the action and aftermath of the 2011 Norway attacks in his latest terrorism-driven drama.
Panos Cosmatos unleashes hell on Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough in this bloody, psychedelic headtrip.
This absorbing debut feature from video essayist Kogonada explores the relationship between people and spaces.
Samantha Morton plays a mother struggling with depression after the death of her husband in Tom Beard’s sensitive familial drama.
Hugo Weaving and James Frecheville star in this grim period western set in 19th century Ireland.
Hollywood funny guy Paul Feig tries his hand at something a little different with this fizzy comedy thriller.
Despite an impressive cast, Lenny Abrahamson’s gothic ghost story never quite manages to deliver the desired chills.
Robert Pattinson gets flung into deep space in Claire Denis’ beguiling, exceptional English-language debut.
Jeremy Saulnier continues his excellent run with this haunting Alaskan mystery thriller starring Jeffrey Wright and Riley Keough.
Xavier Dolan’s overly earnest, star-packed drama concerns the untimely demise of an American TV idol.
Barry Jenkins’ faithful adaptation of James Baldwin’s heartbreaking love story is pure cinematic poetry.
Hollywood icon Robert Redford plays a charming career criminal in his final ever screen performance.
Elisabeth Moss is on showstopping form as a self-destructive punk singer in Alex Ross Perry’s manic mediation on fame.
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is a moving portrayal of adolescent isolation set within Los Angeles’ ’90s skating scene.
Melissa McCarthy proves her dramatic chops as a literary forger in Marielle Heller’s follow-up to The Diary of a Teenage Girl.
Steve McQueen turns his formidable filmmaking talent to the heist genre with impressive and passionate results.
Jamie Lee Curtis faces her old adversary once again in David Gordon Green’s thrilling John Carpenter-approved sequel.
Hugh Jackman makes headlines for all the wrong reasons in Jason Reitman’s biopic of would-be president Gary Hart.
Peter Strickland spins a yarn about a very literal phantom thread in his most audacious and bizarre film to date.
Timothée Chalamet delivers a heartbreaking turn as a meth addict struggling with relapse and rehabilitation.
Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly play gunslinging siblings in Jacques Audiard’s warm-hearted western adventure.
The Irish rising star talks American Animals, shoplifting and how playing a certain type of character can lead to having weird dreams on set.
The US film and television actor discusses playing a conversion therapy pastor in Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
Desiree Akhavan presents a confident, heartbreaking portrait of life inside a Christian conversion therapy camp.
Johnny Knoxville plays a theme park entrepreneur with no regard for customer safety in this well-meaning but ultimately uninspired comedy.
A puppet detective investigates a series of brutal murders in this underwhelming comedy from Brian Henson.
A group of friends become embroiled in a sadistic internet game in the latest found footage phenomenon.
Jason Statham squares off against a prehistoric behemoth in Jon Turteltaub’s silly and overcomplicated thriller.
Ana Brun’s award-winning performance powers this empathetic portrait of Paraguayan elites.
The director of Sundance hit Hearts Beat Loud talks about his favourite bands, Stephen Sondheim, and provides an impassioned defence of compilation soundtracks.
A single father and his teenage daughter form a band in Brett Haley’s sweet comedy.
Marvel checks in with their most diminutive hero in this entertaining Infinity War Part Two pit-stop.
Claire Denis and Barry Jenkins will present their latest work when the festival kicks off on 6 September.
Jodie Foster runs a hospital for criminals in director Drew Pearce’s zany futuristic neo-noir.
Lauren Green field surveys the influence of affluence in this captivating documentary.
In her new Netflix special, the Australian comic refuses to play by the rules of stand-up comedy.
Dwayne Johnson takes on terrorists in a towering inferno in this run-of-the-mill blockbuster.
The festival’s 62nd edition kicks off with the international premiere of the British director’s fourth feature.
Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos couple up in this naff Belgian crime-drama.
A preacher struggles with a crisis of faith in Paul Schrader's mind-bending spiritual drama.
Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play a gay couple in a cringeworthy comedy built on very weak foundations.
Family remains very much at the heart of Brad Bird and Pixar’s animated superhero sequel.
Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek star in this serviceable but unnecessary remake of the classic prison camp drama.
Kelly Macdonald plays a technophobe with a penchant for solving puzzles in a drama whose pieces don’t quite fit together.
Jane Campion’s achingly beautiful Palme d’Or-winning masterpiece receives a rerelease to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
A painful sense of impending dread fills every frame of Ari Aster’s searing cinematic debut.
The star of Ari Aster’s Hereditary talks grief, audiobooks and why we should all go to the cinema more often.
Encouraging new voices from diverse backgrounds into a stagnant industry can only be a positive thing.
Michael Myers is back to terrorise Jamie Lee Curtis in the sequel to John Carpenter’s horror classic.
There’s lots to look forward to at Sundance’s annual London showcase.
Jennifer Fox’s autobiographical debut makes for harrowing but essential viewing.
Adam Holender and Michael Childers reflect on the making of this iconic New York movie.
Brie Larson’s directorial debut and a special focus on American female filmmakers are among the highlights of the 72nd EIFF.
Ryan Reynolds’ merc with a mouth returns to the big screen for another instalment of X-rated antics.
John Cameron Mitchell returns to the director’s chair with a tale of teenage intergalactic romance.
Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature strives to reframe the rape-revenge subgenre but misses the mark by a considerable margin.
As beleaguered detective Dave Toschi, Ruffalo turns in arguably the finest turn of his career to date.
Jason Reitman reunites with Diablo Cody and Charlize Theron for a frank exploration of motherhood.
Marvel lays it all on the line in their pan-property pièce de résistance – a full-tilt triumph of blockbuster filmmaking.
A star-making turn in Beast is set to launch Irish actor Jessie Buckley into the stratosphere.
Leads Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn are magnificent in this moody Jersey-set drama from Michael Pearce.
Dwayne Johnson goes toe-to-toe with some genetically-altered giants in this silly and entertaining blockbuster.
A group of criminals attempt to carry off the sting of the century in Rob Cohen’s audacious action-thriller.
Everybody Knows is set for the coveted opening slot of the festival on 8 May.
A humongous creative undertaking and a simple love of dogs combine for the most staggering achievement of Wes Anderson’s career.
Ill-fated sailor Donald Crowhurst gets a second biopic in as many years, this time from director Simon Rumley.
John Boyega gamely fills Idris Elba’s shoes in this madcap sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s shiny robot romp.
For all its ambition and artistic vision, Ava DuVernay’s glossy YA fairy tale fails to deliver.
Wes Anderson’s new film is getting its very own food-themed pop-up exhibition.
Ruben Östlund’s agreeably bizarre fifth feature is an art world satire of ambitious vision.
Joaquin Phoenix and director Lynne Ramsay combine forces to deliver a sensational cinematic sucker punch.
The world was watching a little more closely last night as the first post-Weinstein Academy Awards took place.
Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams’ weekly board game night takes a turn for the worse in this playful action comedy.
A star is born in Sebastián Lelio’s drama about a trans woman coming to terms with the death of her partner.
Documentarian Lauren Greenfield speaks to the wealthy and the weary in this bold, personal meditation on money and obsession.
James Erskine’s documentary delves into the life of revolutionary British skater John Curry.
Gus Van Sant reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for an oddball comedy-drama about disability and addiction.
Margot Robbie shines in an engaging Tonya Harding biopic that doesn’t quite stick the landing.
A teenage girl on the cusp of adulthood begins to question what she wants out of life in this surprisingly nuanced Austrian drama.
Esteemed Norwegian director Erik Poppe dramatises the real-life mass shooting on the island of Utoya in this problematic thriller.
A sensitive portrait of a hesitant woman attempting to rediscover her lust for life makes for an assured feature debut from Marcelo Martinessi.
A love affair between Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel fails to ignite a spark in this predictable psychodrama.
An Irish soldier exacts his revenge on those that have harmed his family in Lance Daly's bleak period thriller.
This charming little Swedish film about a jaded old toad detective and his plucky young mouse assistant makes for cosy viewing.
Rupert Everett dons three caps to write, direct and star in a dramatic imagining of Oscar Wilde’s untimely demise.
In their first feature-length directorial team-up, David and Nathan Zellner go west, with Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska in tow.
Wes Anderson takes audiences on a journey to Japan in his new stop-motion feature about a 12-year-old boy and his missing dog.
Creed wunderkind Ryan Coogler takes the reigns to deliver Marvel’s best origin story since Iron Man.
The Texan filmmaker is returning to his old stomping ground for a drama about the Apollo 11 mission.
The Austrian master is set to make his small screen debut with a 10-part English-language drama.
Harold Ramis’ 1993 comedy bears repeating as part of the 2018 Glasgow Film Festival.
Aardman Animations’ first feature-length film is still poultry in motion.
The co-director of Toy Story 2 and 3, Finding Nemo and Coco reflects on his two decades at the animation studio.
As streaming platforms vie with major film studios for viewers’ attention, great work is at risk of being lost in the content ether.
Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg battle the might of an unfeeling empire in Ridley Scott’s latest.
From Black America to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, these are the small screen gems headed your way in 2018.
From American Gods to GLOW, we take a look at the brightest stars to grace the small screen this year.
The final film in Kay Cannon’s trilogy about a group of singing friends is more awk-apella than a cappella.
Dwayne Johnson and co enter a virtual wilderness in the ’90s reboot nobody asked for.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau does hard time in Ric Roman Waugh’s woefully misjudged prison drama.
All aboard for the true story of a terrorist plot on a train – starring the men who actually lived it.
From Lady Bird to Logan, Baby Driver to The Beguiled, we look back on another year of movie marketing mastery.
Rian Johnson serves up the most spectacular, emotional and weirdest Star Wars film to date.
It’s a Franco bros two-for-one in this madcap making-of yarn about Tommy Wiseau’s The Room.
Experience some primo PTA on celluloid with screenings of Magnolia, There Will be Blood and more.
Wes Anderson and his canine crew are headed to the 68th Berlinale.
ArteKino is changing the way we think about festivals.
Studio Ghibli take their unique brand of anime magic to the small screen.
Put down the gift vouchers and step away from the socks, it’s time for our annual festive gift guide.
It’s back to LA for QT as the writer/director’s next project begins to take shape.
As Sidney Lumet’s seminal ’70s satire makes its way to the theatre, we ask is it just a load of sound and fury?
The latest film off the DC production line sees Batman and co team up to fight an ancient evil force, with underwhelming results.
Are the made-to-stream dominoes starting to fall?
Turns out they’re not too old for this sh*t after all...
The Lisbon sisters helped me to understand my own awkward coming of age.
The Whitmans, the Tenenbaums and others lifted my spirits at a time when it seemed nothing could.
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