By Elena Lazic
This coldly affecting contagion horror excels in generating a sense of acute dread, but falls short on the story front.
Roger Michell’s plush adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s mystery romance novel fails to leave a lasting impression.
Kristen Stewart excels in this strange, surprising and occasionally sublime film from Olivier Assayas.
Sidney Poitier confronts violent racists in smalltown Mississippi in this sweat-dappled 1967 policier.
Tom Ford’s long-awaited follow-up to A Single Man is a gorgeous, wild and wholly frustrating affair.
Epically stupid faux intellectual Euro sleuthing, with Tom Hanks reprising his role as the dullest character of his career.
By Beth Perkin
The schoolyard game of Double Dare finally gets its own movie courtesy of Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.
Two socially maladjusted brothers search for their father, and happen upon a lair of depravity. It’s funny.
There’s shades of Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York in this Tom Sturridge-starring mystery drama.
This opaque, gorgeous mystery movie is Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s follow-up to 2004’s Innocence.
By Adam Chapman
Rebecca Ferguson as a US spy is the only stand out in this confused Cold War drama.
This frisky and frenetic sort-of-sequel to Matt Reeves’ 2008 monster movie boasts a trio of amazing performances.
This tale of a wily German child murderer from legendary director Fritz Lang is still one of the all-time greats.
By Anton Bitel
Richard Ayoade branches out into steampunk paranoia with this feisty and funny adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1846 novella.
By Chris Blohm
A film which proves the theory that if magicians were also bankrobbers, they’d still be pretty stupid.
Literary prodigy writes rings around his prof in the spry latest from arty teaser François Ozon.
Brit Marling shines in this creepy cult sci-fi movie that has its genre cake and eats it.