By Emma Fraser
A charming cast bring out the best in this frothy Austenesque period romance.
A flighty young woman sets out to seduce a lover’s girlfriend in Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s charming queer romance.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s lilting rumination on art, relationships and cinephilia is one of her most accomplished and moving films to date.
The sprawling period drama returns to the big screen for a giddy swirl of lawns and penguin suits.
A former rapper sets up a hip-hop programme for the participants of his local youth group in Nabil Ayouch’s well-meaning drama.
Queercore godhead Bruce LaBruce returns with a wild, camp incest odyssey set in 1970s Quebec.
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum embark on a journey to a mysterious ancient land in this charming action-comedy.
Dutch master provocateur Paul Verhoeven serves up a blasphemous delight in his convent-set Italian romp.
By Mark Asch
Two strangers meet on a fateful train journey from Moscow to the Arctic Circle in Juho Kuosmanen’s romantic drama.
Norwegian master Joachim Trier concludes his Oslo trilogy with a sweeping romance, featuring a star-making turn from Renate Reinsve.
Jacques Audiard directs a sensual city-based romance adapted from graphic novels by Adrian Tomine.
By Leila Latif
Joe Wright returns to his wheelhouse with a big-screen musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.
By Rogan Graham
Easily digestible hunk of rom-com fluff with Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson doing the mismatched couple thing.
The Japanese master delivers his second smash hit of the year with a series of vignettes on human relationships.
Jessica Chastain transforms into the opulent yet controversial Tammy Faye Messner in Michael Showalter’s customary biopic.
The sequel to Joanna Hogg’s autobiographical masterpiece is a stunning portrait of an artist’s profound exploration of grief.
A bookstore meet-cute leads to a transformative relationship for two gay men in Matthew Fifer and Kieran Mulcare’s drama.