Isabelle Huppert stars as the head union representative of a multinational nuclear power company in Jean-Paul Salomé’s corporate drama.
Annabelle Lengronne gives an excellent performance as a single immigrant mother fighting for survival in Léonor Serraille’s second feature.
A young hearing impaired boxer finds her hopes of going pro under threat due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Shô Miyake's loose adaptation of Keiko Ogasawara's autobiography.
Claire Denis adapts Denis Johnson’s 1986 novel about love in a time of revolution, with fascinating results.
By Mark Asch
Annie Ernaux and her son David piece together a magical home movie essay on marriage, motherhood and the whole damn thing.
The maestro returns, the patented formula tweaked to blissful perfection in this witty and deeply moving exploration of the tools that we produce to help us see beyond our everyday vision.
A group of estranged friends reunite for a pop pilgrimage in Coky Giedroyc's dire big screen version of the official Take That musical.
By Robyn Quick
A troubled young man searches for his mother in Fridtjof Ryder’s disappointing first feature.
Dionne Edwards' debut feature reconstructs the stereotypes of Black masculinity in a way that’s honest and unsentimental.
By Leila Latif
Joseph Bologne receives a gorgeous biopic that also serves as a devastating reminder of a greatness nearly entirely expunged from history.
Gina Gammell and Riley Keough’s debut feature focuses on two Oglala Lakota teenagers as they come of age in South Dakota.
The cutthroat world of hairdressing is the setting for this sparky murder mystery – a debut from Thomas Hardiman.
Carolina Cavalli’s feature debut about a young woman's arrested development is both too real for its whimsy and too whimsical to be realistic.
Tina Satter adapts her own play into a chamber drama powered by Sydney Sweeney’s performance as NSA whistleblower Reality Winner.
Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a troubled past in Paul Schrader's beautiful but underwhelming drama.
By Weiting Liu
Kelly Fremon Craig’s take on Judy Bloom’s iconic preteen novel is a sweet tale of a young girl figuring out religion, boys and puberty.
Developed alongside her cast of non-professional actors, Erige Sehiri builds an intimate fiction debut set in the Tunisian countryside.
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