Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones play Victorian balloon enthusiasts in this uninspired historical drama.
A de-aged Robert De Niro takes centre stage in Martin Scorsese’s muscular, melancholy mob drama.
This tender portrait of the exuberant INXS frontman avoids tabloid hysteria in its search for a fragile soul.
Renée Zellweger returns from the wilderness with a performance of awe-striking confidence and emotion.
By Lydia Figes
Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall play mother and son in Adrian Noble’s biography of LS Lowry.
Justin Kelly takes on the scandal that rocked the literary world in this starry but uninspired biopic.
By Iana Murray
A Leningrad rock star takes centre stage in Kirill Serebrennikov’s Soviet-era tale of youth in revolt.
This star-studded retelling of the rivalry between electricity magnates Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse lacks dramatic spark.
Elton John gets the paint-by-numbers biopic treatment in this jumble of troubled-genius clichés.
This controversial Ted Bundy biopic starring Zac Efron only scratches the surface of its subject.
By Matt Thrift
Nicholas Hoult stars in this bland literary biopic of the life of Lord of the Rings scribe JRR Tolkien.
Toni Servillo is Silvio Berlusconi in this partially fictionalised biopic from Paolo Sorrentino.
This vibrant drama recounts one man’s journey to becoming the first POC dancer in the Royal Ballet.
By Ella Kemp
Famed German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann is the subject of this delightful romantic biopic.
Despite a fine turn from Willem Dafoe, Julian Schnabel’s Vincent van Gogh biopic is a messy affair.
Jonas Åkerlund attempts to debunk the various myths surrounding the Norwegian Black Metal scene.
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