This intimate portrait of a doubly-disgraced US politician is one of the most vital documentaries of our time.
Steven Spielberg goes big with this magical children’s story adaptation. But is it twisted enough for Roald Dahl?
By Anton Bitel
Pixar’s latest transoceanic odyssey is a pixel-perfect comedy about learning to overcome adversity and disability.
Do clothes maketh man? Director Gregory Caruso searches for answers in this fascinating but uneven documentary.
American writer/director Alex Ross Perry returns with this superlative housebound psychodrama.
This Golden Lion winner from Venezuela offers intrigue a-plenty, but the pay off is regrettably modest.
An atmospheric, gently moving dramatisation of one man’s ocular impairment that doesn’t quite hit its mark.
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart prove perfect comedic bedfellows in this snappy crime caper.
The late Carol White is exceptional as a working class single mother in Ken Loach’s restored kitchen-sink drama.
By Matthew Eng
The latest from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo is a romance so lovely it needs to be told twice.
There’s shades of Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York in this Tom Sturridge-starring mystery drama.
The ever charismatic Penélope Cruz is sorely wasted in this ineffectual piece of tragedy porn.
Chantal Akerman’s intimate swansong is a moving meditation on family, loss and memory.
By Beth Perkin
Mildly diverting advertainment puff-piece on the celebrated jeweller to the stars.
By Adam Nayman
Blake Lively hits the surf and gets carved in this schlocky, seriously entertaining shark movie with attitude.
Jodie Whittaker delivers a commanding performance in this acutely observed Brit comedy.
Sweden’s mono-monikered footballing messiah gets his very own documentary profile. And it’s absolutely top-drawer.
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