Drama

Kill review – a bumpy ride along parallel tracks of heroism and villainy

By Anton Bitel

A young man sets out to save his true love and ends up caught in a bloody battle aboard a train in Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's riotous actioner.

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The Nature of Love review – cinematic and exuberant

By Josh Slater-Williams

A university professor's life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a construction worker in Monia Chokri's understated romantic comedy.

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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 review – Kevin Costner’s blood, sweat and tears

By Isaac Feldberg

In the first half of his epic passion project, Kevin Costner charts a cost across the vast expanse of the American west.

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Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

By David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos returns with his merry band to explore – in triptych form – all the funny and sick ways in which we entrap ourselves inside psychological prisons of our own making.

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Green Border review – brilliant and tense

By Charles Bramesco

A stirring depiction of the refugee situation in Europe, as Syrians fleeing war face harrowing interrogation at the Polish-Belarusian border.

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The Bikeriders review – a slow but enveloping saga

By Rogan Graham

Jeff Nichols' drama based on Danny Lyon’s photobook about a 1960s Chicago motorcycle gang finally cruises into cinemas.

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Hounds – This contrived crime story outstays its welcome

By David Jenkins

Two bumbling hoods in Casablanca are charged with disposing of a corpse in Kamal Lazraq’s disappointing thriller.

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Àma Gloria – Gorgeous domestic drama on the meaning of parenthood

By Marina Ashioti

Marie Amachoukeli’s second film is a triumph of political and emotional sensitivity in its depiction of a young girl and her nanny.

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Here – A gorgeous study of fragile human bonds

By Laura Venning

A delicate study of human interaction in a space where the urban and the natural collide from director Bas Devos.

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Four Little Adults review – earnest yet soapy

By Marina Ashioti

Facing a marital crisis, a couple venture into the world of polyamory in Selma Vilhunen's Finnish relationship drama.

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The Dead Don’t Hurt review – elegiac and tenderly romantic

By David Jenkins

Viggo Mortensen's sombre take on the western evokes some classic Clint Eastwood films.

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Rosalie review – very simple and enjoyable

By Natasha Jagger

A young Frenchwoman in Brittany harbours a secret about her appearance until she marries a suitor interested in her dowry in this gentle period drama.

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The Beast review – a mind-boggling, sprawling romantic epic

By Hannah Strong

Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello's ambitious, genre-defying latest.

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Hoard review – proudly strange and provocative

By David Jenkins

Seek out this stunning, empathetic and radical British debut from first-time British filmmaker Luna Carmoon.

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La Chimera review – shows new ways a movie can be

By Esmé Holden

Alice Rohrwacher creates a magical fairytale about a group of tomb raiders, anchored by a soulful performance from Josh O'Connor.

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The Idea of You review – a sultry unexpectedly entertaining romance

By Hannah Strong

Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old single mother who embarks on a torrid love affair with a 24-year-old pop star in Michael Showalter's schmaltzy but not without charm rom-com.

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The Fall Guy review – good stunts, appalling script

By Hannah Strong

In David Leitch's bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.

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