Two films at the San Sebastian Film Festival showcase a more old school way of depicting the bittersweet passage of time.
By Anton Bitel
Away from the showpiece gala screenings, these are the films worth seeking out at this year’s LFF.
An intended orgy of cinephile pleasure translates as a misguided and misbegotten dud in James Franco’s long-delayed Hollywood satire.
Steve Coogan plays an odious fast fashion magnate in Michael Winterbottom's latest comedy.
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.
By Katie Goh
Cynthia Erivo is superb in this otherwise sketchy and underpowered biopic of rebel slave, Harriet Tubman.
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.
Eddie Murphy brings his electric presence and a whole lot of F-bombs to this amusing behind-the-scenes filmmaker biopic.
Hugh Jackman is rotten to the core in Corey Finley's biting black comedy about public school embezzlement.
Makoto Shinkai’s blissful follow-up to his 2016 smash, Your Name, plants teen romance in a climate change disaster.
By Katie Goh
This nifty adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s 2014 bestseller boasts a charming central turn by Beanie Feldstein.
Shape-shifting aliens take on Nic Cage’s customary rage crescendo in this new horror film by the great Richard Stanley.
Taika Waititi plays an imaginary Adolf Hitler in this chronically soft-edged, wannabe satirical comedy.
By Ed Gibbs
A chilling doc on the bizarre spectacle of the Russian people grieving over the death of Stalin.
Matthew Rhys and Tom Hanks are on top form in Marielle Heller's charming biographical drama about an American TV legend.
By Katie Goh
Eva Green is an astronaut preparing to leave her young daughter for a year-long mission in Alice Winocour's emotional fourth feature.
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