Ali Abbasi’s harrowing Iranian noir tells the true story of Saeed Hanaei, who murdered 16 female sex workers between 2000-2001.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu returns with a superb social realist western with its finger on the erratic pulse of Europe.
Davy Chou’s bittersweet comedy of a Korean adoptee searching for her biological parents is powered by a dazzling lead performance.
A young model couple find themselves on the holiday from hell in the latest provocation from Sweden’s Ruben Östlund.
George Miller returns to our screens with an ambitious tale of desire and magic featuring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba.
Thomas M Wright’s atmospheric but underwhelming thriller tells of an elaborate sting operation to catch a killer in Australia.
Paul Mescal doesn’t quite nail his role as a depressed young father in this emotionally furtive debut drama from Charlotte Wells.
Arnaud Desplechin’s scintillating family ensemble charts a toxic sibling rivalry, with Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupard.
A power struggle begins after the death of the grand imam at a prestigious Cairo university in Tarik Saleh’s conventional drama.
By Mark Asch
A donkey in a travelling circus grapples with cruel fate in Jerzy Skolimowski’s strangely captivating drama.
Mark Jenkin’s follow-up to 2019’s beloved Bait is the haunting tale of lonely botanist that offers audiovisual thrills a-plenty.
Léa Seydoux plays a struggling single mother in a drama that’s not to Mia Hansen-Løve’s usual lofty standards.
Marie Kreutzer’s brilliant portrait of a woman on the brink is a refreshing take on the often tedious period drama concept.
A young boy navigates family and friendship during a time of social upheaval in James Gray’s tender semi-autobiographical latest.
Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch's is a poignant study of the friendship between two young men across four decades.
Emily Watson and Paul Mescal enter into a battle of mother-son wills in this gorgeously-mounted but unoriginal Irish thriller.
By Mark Asch
Kirill Serebrennikov focuses on the relationship between one of Russia’s greatest composers and his adoring, but unloved, partner.
Michel Hazanavicius comes up short in his underpowered remake of Shinichirou Ueda’s zom-com, One Cut of the Dead
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