By Emma Fraser
A harrowing yet incredibly human look at survival in the most desperate circumstances from director JA Bayona.
Annette Bening plays the real-life marathon swimmer in this feelgood drama that documents her attempts to cross the Straits of Florida.
Dakota Johnson delivers a remarkably disinterested performance as a clairvoyant superhero in this shoddy Spider-Man spin-off.
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel play late 19th century gourmets in Tran Ahn Hung’s scintillating epic of proto-foodie passions.
Sean Durkin's searing new drama focuses on the incredible story of the Von Erich Brothers, who became heavyweights in the wrestling world, but were dogged by personal tragedy.
An ultra-conventional jukebox biog where a celebration of the music trumps a true exploration of the man.
Steven McQueen provides a haunting examination of Amsterdam under Nazi occupation in contrast to its present in his documentary adapted from Bianca Stigter's book of the same name.
This haunting debut by Felipe Gálvez Haberle dismantles the violent colonial trappings of the classic western.
Jeanie Finlay profiles writer and activist Aubrey Gordon, whose eponymous blog unexpectedly led her to become an online sensation.
Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell attempt to add some charm to an utterly charmless script in Matthew Vaughn's derivative spy comedy.
Jeffrey Wright shines in a bold contemporary arts satire that doesn’t quite manage to hit all of its targets.
Jonathan Glazer's stark film about the domestic routine of the Höss family next door to Auschwitz is a colossal, profoundly disturbing achievement in filmmaking.
A ripe set-up in which a family of ducks migrate in the wrong direction is squandered in this haphazard and empty family animation.
The latest from British non-fiction filmmaker Marc Issacs offers an ethereal cross-cut of working class lives in deepest Essex.
Blitz Bazawule delivers an all singing, all dancing update of Alice Walker’s harrowing story of women in postbellum Georgia.
By Neil Young
Lois Patiño travels from Laos to Zanzibar via the bardo in this unique and jaw-dropping tale of bodily transcendence.
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are electric in Andrew Haigh's twist on the modern ghost story, adapted from Taichi Yamada's cult novel.
Thomas von Steinaecker flips the camera on one of Germany's favourite filmmaking sons, investigating his long and far-reaching career.
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