Something Coen this way comes... Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in this innovative take on the Bard.
A return to form for China’s Zhang Yimou with this tale of a village attempting to restore a damaged movie reel.
Alison Klayman delves into the origins and legacy of Alanis Morissette’s groundbreaking album ‘Jagged Little Pill’.
Terence Davies’ handsome biopic of the poet Siegfried Sassoon is a lament for lost youth and stolen love.
Stephen Karam adapts his own Tony Award-winning family drama with the help of an impressive ensemble cast.
By Erin Brady
A woman who sees spirits is committed to a psychiatric hospital in this book adaptation by Mélanie Laurent.
Riz Ahmed is a father on a mission to save his sons from an extraterrestrial threat in Michael Pearce’s complex sci-fi drama.
Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes spend a fateful weekend in Morocco in John Michael McDonagh’s scabrous class satire.
Jessica Chastain goes all-out in Michael Showalter’s superficial biopic of televangelist Tammy Faye Messner.
Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman ponder post-colonisation in this percussive, transcendental Afrofuturist musical.
A middle-aged man tends to a young girl with ice dentures in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s elliptical English-language debut.
The searing French takes home the top prize, plus all the other winners from this year’s awards ceremony.
By Erin Brady
Rob Savage’s follow-up to Host is a terrifying yet frustrating experience about social media narcissism.
Appealing turns from Ben Affleck and Jodie Comer can’t save Ridley Scott’s bloated historical epic.
By Corey Atad
Ben Platt stars as a high-schooler whose white lie snowballs out of control in Stephen Chbosky’s dismal adaptation of the smash-hit musical.
The late filmmaker and poet was a pioneer of anti-colonial cinema, whose cry for freedom still resonates today.
By Steph Green
Potsy Ponciroli’s defiantly old school oater is a modest treat with a barnstorming turn from Tim Blake Nelson.
This year’s LFF programme comprises 39 per cent female and 40 per cent ethnically diverse directors/creators.
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