The Stimming Pool review – a unique, enchanting experience

by Alex Hopkins-McQuillan

The Neurocultures Collective and Steven Eastwood present a world perceived through autism in this wonderfully experimental, hybrid endeavour.

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La Cocina review – powered by Raúl Briones’ manic performance

by Hannah Strong

Tensions flare between front of house and kitchen staff in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Times Square restaurant-set drama.

Flow review – cat’s entertainment

by Hannah Strong

A small grey cat embarks on a big adventure in Gints Zilbalodis’ charming Oscar winner.

The Rule Of Jenny Pen review – a stand-out ageing horror

by Billie Walker

A former judge finds himself confined to a nursing home where a sinister puppet rules the roost in James Ashcroft’s effective horror.

Sister Midnight review – a droll, strange, cool freak of a film

by Anton Bitel

Karan Kandhari’s film about a misanthropic newlywed giving into her feral impulses is an unpredictable, genre-bending delight.

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found review – a vital piece of cine-portraiture

by Lucy Peters

Filmmaker Raoul Peck unearths the searing social realist photographs of an artist whose work was thought to be lost.

Mickey 17 review – gross and heartwarming in equal measure

by Hannah Strong

Robert Pattinson stars as a so-called expendable in Bong Joon Ho’s hotly anticipated follow-up to Parasite, facing off against perma-tanned megalomaniacs and croissant-shaped creatures.

I’m Still Here review – memory as resistance

by Rafa Sales Ross

Walter Salles returns to narrative filmmaking with a sensitive depiction of the forced disappearance of former congressman Rubens Paiva, and the devastation his family faced.