by David Jenkins
Monica Dolan excels as an amateur historian investigating mass child abuse at a former mother and baby home in Tuam.
by Anna Stafford
Jennifer Peedom’s mountaineering biopic offers a much-needed change of perspective on the famous 1953 ascent of Mount Everest.
Ethan Hawke excels in this likeable trail western-cum-gold heist that demonstrates there’s fun to be had from sticking to a tight formula.
by Hannah Strong
Tom Cruise hams it up as an oil-drilling oligarch in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s overstuffed satire.
by Leila Latif
Suzannah Mirghani spins a tender coming-of-age story from Sudanese cotton, reclaiming a country too often seen only through tragedy.
by Savina Petkova
Molly Manners’s witty coming-of-age tale follows two schoolgirls who turn falling in love with their Geography teacher into a summer project.
Irrepressible and unique, Nicolas Winding Refn returns for some big-screen shenanigans in this pristine, slowcore cyberpunk fable that offers a masterclass in atmosphere and worldbuilding.
Jane Austen’s classic romance finds fresh life in Georgia Oakley’s moodier, more naturalistic adaptation.
by Iana Murray
Na Hong-jin returns with the most expensive Korean film ever made, a rip-snorting creature feature with eccentricity and action to burn.
In his first film in 14 years, Ross McElwee comes to terms with the death of his son Adrian, and what good documentary is in the face of heartbreak.
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