Another gorgeous tragicomic farce from Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki, a heartfelt cinephile ode to the possibility of love among the working classes.
Mexican provocateur Amat Escalante makes a half-cocked bid for mainstream respectability in this intriguing tale of a young man’s torrid search for his missing mother.
Tilda Swinton plays both mother and daughter in Joanna Hogg's eerie and effective exploration of parent-child relationships.
A working-class student finds himself thrust into a new world in Emerald Fennell’s stylish but underwhelming second feature.
Ridley Scott takes on the might of France's most famous son in predictably brash and thrilling style.
Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth head up this serviceable franchise prequel that divebombs into ignominy and obscurity during its protracted final act.
Todd Haynes' deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film.
A woman has to stand trial after her husband dies in suspicious circumstances in Justine Triet's compelling courtroom drama.
A sentimental docu-portrait of a Chilean journalist, famed for his reporting on Pinochet's atrocities, whose own memory is leaving him.
A young woman's dream gig on television descends into chaos in Amanda Kramer's imaginative new melodrama.
By Mark Asch
Nicolas Cage plays an otherwise unremarkable college professor who unexpectedly finds himself appearing in peoples' dreams in Kristoffer Borgli's latest satire.
Two unpopular lesbians attempt to start a fight club at their high school in Emma Seligman's disappointing follow-up to Shiva Baby.
French documentarian Nicolas Philibert returns with a gentle, deeply moving chronicle of a floating hospital in Paris.
By Mark Asch
More cinema of ominous discomfort from Kitty Green as she takes us to an out-of-the-way Australian boozer for some low-boiling violence.
The barroom love-tester is God in this gentle sci-fi comedy with Riz Ahmed and Jessie Buckley as working stiffs at a scientific institute for love.
A group of teenage girls embark on a wild post-exam holiday in Molly Manning Walker's evocative feature debut.
Carol Morley constructs a creative tribute to the artist Audrey Amiss, who created thousands of artworks but remained mostly unknown until her death in 2013.
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