A successful author returns to his hometown, only to unlock memories of a clandestine love affair in Olivier Peyon's adaptation of Phillippe Besson's critically-acclaimed autofiction.
A bestselling queer romance novel about a clandestine relationship between a British prince and the US president's son gets a big screen makeover care of Matthew López, with twee but charming results.
Penélope Cruz is in glamorous ’70s matriarch mode in this patchy Italian family saga which tries to deal with themes it doesn’t fully understand.
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Justin Simien attempts to breathe life into Disney's latest ride-based franchise starter, but despite a fine cast the results are a little scattered.
A quartet of mismatched women take a road trip across China in a journey of self-discovery in Adele Lim's raunchy comedy.
D Smith's lively documentary offers a bold exploration of transness, womanhood, Blackness and the sex industry.
Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s experiences of the 2015 Bataclan attack to create a drama about recovering from trauma.
The pizza-loving, wisecracking anthropomorphic reptiles receive a substantial facelift in this charming animated outing, which embraces their adolescent spirit.
YouTube duo Michael and Danny Philippou make the ambitious leap to feature filmmaking with a thoroughly disturbing, uncompromising horror.
Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a gentle comedy about a writer who discovers her husband doesn't like her work.
This combustible and relentlessly-paced biography of the “father of the the atomic bomb” is a contender for Christopher Nolan’s best film.
Mark Cousins’ analytical survey of the Hitchcock filmography draws on a strange and not entirely helpful special guest for its narration.
Greta Gerwig's behemoth blockbuster is a stranger, more fascinating film than its hyper-corporate marketing would suggest.
A blend of horror and satire unveiling the violent paradoxes of religious hypocrisy and aesthetic expectations.
Fun, insidery profile doc of the creative team behind some of the most memorable album covers ever made – including Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.
Opposites attract in Pixar's take on the rom-com, but a tendency to play it safe means that Peter Sohn's sparky sophomore feature never quite ignites.
Tom Cruise and co gear up for another high-stakes mission, but it’s diminishing returns amid all the ambitious action.
A teenager from Rotterdam attempts to make amends for totalling his grandmother’s car in Shamira Raphaëla’s fun, uplifting documentary.
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