A deaf Kurdish boy belatedly discovers the simple joys of communication in Edward Lovelace’s moving and politically prescient documentary portrait.
Eccentric French director Quentin Dupieux is totally dégagé about the ludicrous lameness of his latest comedy.
Fyzal Boulifa’s second feature bears witness to the the dysfunctional bond between a mother-son duo as they drift through urban Morocco.
Isabelle Huppert stars as the head union representative of a multinational nuclear power company in Jean-Paul Salomé’s corporate drama.
Annabelle Lengronne gives an excellent performance as a single immigrant mother fighting for survival in Léonor Serraille’s second feature.
Charming, if slight Dreamworks animated feature in which a kraken hides in plain sight as a gawky teen high-schooler in the run-up to prom.
A young hearing impaired boxer finds her hopes of going pro under threat due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Shô Miyake's loose adaptation of Keiko Ogasawara's autobiography.
It’s an improvement on the execrable Crystal Skull, but James Mangold’s exhumation of the Spielberg adventure serial is both tame and unnecessary.
Claire Denis adapts Denis Johnson’s 1986 novel about love in a time of revolution, with fascinating results.
Jennifer Lawrence stars as a woman hired to “date” a wealthy couple’s introverted son in Gene Stupnitsky's unfunny comedy.
By Mark Asch
Annie Ernaux and her son David piece together a magical home movie essay on marriage, motherhood and the whole damn thing.
By Robyn Quick
An independent bookshop finds itself under threat from closure in this heartfelt doc.
The maestro returns, the patented formula tweaked to blissful perfection in this witty and deeply moving exploration of the tools that we produce to help us see beyond our everyday vision.
A group of estranged friends reunite for a pop pilgrimage in Coky Giedroyc's dire big screen version of the official Take That musical.
Ezra Miller stars as Ezra Miller and Ezra Miller, and Michael Keaton is also there, in Andy Mushietti's take on DC's speediest superhero.
By Robyn Quick
A troubled young man searches for his mother in Fridtjof Ryder’s disappointing first feature.
Dionne Edwards' debut feature reconstructs the stereotypes of Black masculinity in a way that’s honest and unsentimental.
A new vital work by Patricio Guzmán sees the documentary veteran turn his gaze towards a new generation of Chilean revolutionaries.
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