The bold concept behind Cate Shortland’s wrenching Nazi downfall drama is sold short by its overblown style.
Lars von Trier’s two-part psychosexual epic makes for invigorating, profound and occasionally baffling viewing.
Don’t believe the anti-hype: Terrence Malick’s fractured modern love poem is a sensual marvel.
By Chris Blohm
Riffing on the 8-bit icons of retro arcade games, Wreck-It Ralph is strictly B-grade Disney.
By Ashley Clark
Gael García Bernal takes down a dictator with glossy TV advertising in this brilliant Chilean satire.
By Violet Lucca
Rust And Bone bruiser Matthias Schoenaerts is our tragic guide to the crazy world of the Flemish bovine hormone black market.
Slam-bang action icons Walter Hill and Sylvester Stallone buddy up for some muscle-flexing and gunplay.
By Simon Crook
Kathryn Bigelow’s rapid response to the death of Osama Bin Laden is a taut and morally ambiguous procedural for the ages.
By Vadim Rizov
Steven Spielberg’s solemn latest is less a biopic and more a complex drama on the subject of political ends versus means.
Arnie takes the stage as America’s last line of defence in Kim Jee-woon’s highly satisfying action romp.
Ang Lee’s dazzling CG dreamworld basks in the danger of sea-bound solitude, but it all cloaks a big, banal religious metaphor.
A glossy, super lightweight comedy on collegiate a capella tournaments is saved by a few stunning moments.
The strange case of the West Memphis Three is transformed into a(nother) riveting documentary care of director Amy Berg.
Scenes of mass devastation have rarely looked so gorgeous, but this hectoring doc could’ve done something better with them.
Ron Fricke’s panoramic global escapade from 1992 still offers a real feast for the senses.
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