A former rapper sets up a hip-hop programme for the participants of his local youth group in Nabil Ayouch’s well-meaning drama.
Great detail abounds in Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary celebrating the life and work of the late film composer Ennio Morricone.
This unique and often insightful documentary shows Charli XCX collaborating with her fans on a DIY quarantine album.
By Rógan Graham
Easily digestible hunk of rom-com fluff with Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson doing the mismatched couple thing.
By Elena Lazic
Peter Jackson unearths and re-edits footage of the Beatles’ last hurrah, with euphoric and exasperating results.
By John Dunning
This tour documentary-cum-biography celebrates the remarkable life and career of cult musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland.
Annie Clark (aka St Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein set off on an unconventional road trip in this pithy meta-documentary.
This newly unearthed chronicle of the making of the American singer-songwriter’s favourite album is a gift for fans.
Todd Haynes directs this definitive chronicle of the fabled avant-garde rock group, taking in everything from doo wop to pop art.
By Lou Thomas
The inside story of one of the great concerts in British rock ’n’ roll history is a welcome dose of ’90s nostalgia.
By Leila Latif
Questlove’s rhapsodic documentary revives the long-forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, aka ‘Black Woodstock’.
Robert Altman’s show-stopping musical mosaic returns to UK cinemas in a sparkling new 4K restoration.
By Lou Thomas
Punk provocateur Adam Rehmeier surveys America’s putrefying suburbs in this unconventional coming-of-ager.
This illuminating documentary profiles extraordinary women musicians who shaped electronic sound.
Amy Poehler’s second feature behind the camera misses the mark in its search for humour and solidarity.
A stirring and fraught mother-daughter relationship is at the centre of this lively punk rock doc.
Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha shine in a heady tale of two lovers, set in 1960s Harlem.