Burton, Keaton and Ryder turn up the juice and see what shakes loose in a sequel 36 years in the making that manages to deliver plenty of laughs even if it's all a bit chaotic.
A young woman in Guatemala takes a deadly risk to find her missing sister in Justin Lerner's tense thriller.
Zoë Kravitz makes her directorial debut with this gutsy thriller about a dream vacation that quickly takes a dark turn.
A couple of Belfast likely lads set out on a journey of rap-based resistance in Rich Peppiatt's cheeky pseudo-bio of the band Kneecap.
By Maes Kerr
Maria Mire directs this innovative documentary about Margarida Tengarrinha, a member of the Portuguese Communist Party during António de Oliveira Salazar's premiership.
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane star in a beautifully told story of grief, faith, and finding each other in a time of crisis.
A young woman begins to suspect something is desperately wrong at the ski resort her family have moved to in Tilman Singer's uneven sophomore film.
An abandoned CIA base in Kabul becomes a playground for the resurgent Taliban in Ibrahim Nash’at's intriguing piece of documentary reportage.
A detective is haunted by a murder case he can't crack in Wei Shujun's unsettling crime drama.
The Xenomorphs are allowed to run amok once more in this passable franchise offshoot.
M Night Shyamalan sets the stage for a killer game of cat and mouse as a psychopath attempts to outsmart the FBI while taking his daughter to see her favourite pop star.
By Juan Barquin
Eli Roth's slapdash adaptation of the brash video game series is a joyless slog despite the presence of Cate Blanchett.
By Anton Bitel
A mother and her teenage daughter come face to face with death in the form of a strange talking bird in Daina Oniunas-Pusic's feature debut.
Literary behemoth Colleen Hoover makes her cinematic debut, with this meandering, shallow examination of domestic abuse.
A man who feels disconnected from the world around him receives shocking news about his absent father in Moin Hussain's moving feature debut.
By Leila Latif
Two lifelong best friends find their relationship tested as one of them navigates single motherhood in Pamela Adlon's delightful directorial debut.
30 years since its initial release, Ayoka Chenzira’s underseen debut feature receives a gorgeous 4K restoration.
Set in 2008, a 13-year-old boy undergoes the trials and tribulations of his final month of middle school in Sean Wang's directorial debut.
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