Less Harry Potter and more American Fiction, this politically charged satire is more banal than it first seems.
The worst criminals in the world find deeper meaning in their lives in this hilarious odyssey from Rodrigo Moreno.
Shoddy, rushed sequel that rides ramshod over past glories without offering anything new and exciting to this stale franchise.
Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in a delightfully daffy road movie, written by Ethan Coen and his wife Tricia Cooke.
Olivia Colman is hampered by thin material in this overly-quaint parochial Britcom which contains a fair bit of swearing.
Jeffrey Wright shines in a bold contemporary arts satire that doesn’t quite manage to hit all of its targets.
Jeymes Samuel's second feature follows the misadventures of one of the thieves who ended up on the cross next to Jesus Christ himself.
A curmudgeonly teacher, a grieving cook and a petulant young student find themselves thrown together for the holidays in Alexander Payne's excellent Christmassy dramedy.
This movie based on a musical based on a movie based on a book retains none of the biting wit that charmed audiences in its original iteration.
Emma Stone gives a career-defining performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ opulent provocation about the human body as a nexus for pleasure and pain.
Leo Leigh’s likeable but wonky feature debut offers a meandering trawl through the doomed love life of a mature party shop owner.
Gather round and listen close... Paul King’s dazzling prequel to Roald Dahl’s beloved story is a joyous expression of pure imagination.
Another gorgeous tragicomic farce from Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki, a heartfelt cinephile ode to the possibility of love among the working classes.
A working-class student finds himself thrust into a new world in Emerald Fennell’s stylish but underwhelming second feature.
A young woman's dream gig on television descends into chaos in Amanda Kramer's imaginative new melodrama.
By Mark Asch
Nicolas Cage plays an otherwise unremarkable college professor who unexpectedly finds himself appearing in peoples' dreams in Kristoffer Borgli's latest satire.
Two unpopular lesbians attempt to start a fight club at their high school in Emma Seligman's disappointing follow-up to Shiva Baby.
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