by Lucy Peters
These under-the-radar discoveries from this year’s LFF showcase cinema at its most radical, urgent and unexpected.
by David Jenkins
Carol Morley’s bittersweet chronicle of youth in revolt is lovingly ripped from the pages of her own memoir and is one of the finest British films of 2026.
by Emily Bolton
A selection of insider recommendations from the team behind this upcoming London-based celebration of cinema.
by Barney Nuttall
This inspiring and hopeful documentary pithily tells the story of the 1981 defence of the Bradford Twelve.
Brad Bird returns to animation with an absolute humdinger of noir-inflected retrofuturist thrills in a film that boasts stellar voice work from Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits.
Andrew Scott has his eyes on the prize as Ian Charleson, the British actor who played Hamlet at the National while fighting an AIDS diagnosis.
by Mark Asch
A corrupt cop chases two serial killers through Tokyo’s underworld in Takashi Miike’s contribution to the Bad Lieutenant series.
An impressive showcase for Jesse Eisenberg’s musical theatre hobby, but this is Julianne Moore’s movie all the way.
The passion project that Zack Snyder has spent the last two decades developing is an unforgivably dreadful, turgid slog.
by Hannah Strong
Three teenagers develop unusual methods for exploring their emotions in Jannis Lenz’s drama.
Chris Rock’s latest feature leans hard on Rosalind Eleazar’s lead performance as a fading actress to carry a plot that rarely rises to meet her.
Anna Biller’s long-awaited follow-up to her cult classic The Love Witch adapts the famous Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan for 14th century England.
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