Soi Cheang’s grisly yet dazzling monochrome noir follows a pair of cops investigating a serial murderer.
Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam’s drama takes a dim view of Iran’s discriminatory justice system.
By Matt Turner
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi returns with another female-oriented drama about the intricacies of everyday human dynamics.
An eight-year-old girl encounters a young version of her mother in Céline Sciamma’s transportive fable.
By Leila Latif
A woman becomes possessed by the spirit of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims in this misguided psychological horror.
Tim Fehlbaum’s effective if overfamiliar sci-fi sees an astronaut become shipwrecked on a desolate Earth.
By Leila Latif
Tina Turner has the final say on her tumultuous life and glittering career in this all-access documentary.
By Lou Thomas
Sharlto Copley stars as the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski in this so-so chronicle of the notorious terrorist.
By Matt Turner
A young man travels to Berlin in the latest lilting relationship drama from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo.
Jérémie Renier finds himself all at sea in Xavier Beauvois’ slow-burn drama about a grief-stricken policeman.
A leaked sex tape threatens the career of a school teacher in Radu Jude’s wry social commentary.
Maria Schrader’s apathetic romantic drama about a humanoid robot relationship is lacking in vitality.
Three women learn to reconcile the past in this moving drama from Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige.
This muddled biopic of music industry figurehead Alan McGee features some truly disastrous cameo appearances.
This year’s two-part edition will also play host to Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut.
Following successful editions of Sundance and Rotterdam in 2021, the future for these events looks virtual.
By Nick Joyner
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, three films broadened our understanding of the fight against racial discrimination.
By Thomas Flew
A trio of documentaries revealed different aspects of the American education system.