This sun-bleached, Cannes-set romantic drama from director Rebecca Zlotowski is not to be missed.
Gemma Arterton plays a reclusive writer who rediscovers her romantic side in Jessica Swale’s tender wartime drama.
It’s no Clueless, but a strong cast just about sustains Autumn de Wilde’s faithful take on Jane Austen’s novel.
By Katie Goh
Céline Sciamma’s sumptuous, quietly radical 18th century love story is one of the year’s very best.
By Anton Bitel
A young romance blooms one wild night in Tokyo in director Takashi Miike’s high-energy caper.
By Max Copeman
A pair of singletons hatch a plan to get them through wedding season in Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer’s spirited rom-com.
Greta Gerwig delivers one of the great modern literary adaptations with her second feature as writer/director.
By Maria Nae
Daisy Ridley stars in this bold but ultimately confused melodramatic update of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’.
This misjudged yuletide rom-com does a gross disservice to George Michael’s musical legacy.
Juliette Binoche is reunited with writer/director Olivier Assayas for this sharply observed satire of the publishing industry.
Joanna Hogg explores her own memories to create a fragile, fascinating portrait of romance in both bloom and decay.
By Iana Murray
A Leningrad rock star takes centre stage in Kirill Serebrennikov’s Soviet-era tale of youth in revolt.
The romance between a street photographer and his unwilling subject plays out in this low-key Hindi charmer.
By Ella Kemp
Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star in Annabel Jankel’s emotionally-strained sapphic romance.
A handsome if underpowered period drama on literary lesbianism and the early career of Virginia Woolf.
By Anton Bitel
A masked killer targets Vanessa Paradis’ adult film producer in Yann Gonzalez’s neon camp thriller.
By Matt Thrift
One of Germany’s most important living artists is the subject of this dud biography from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
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