Mark Jenkin's experimental 16mm horror depicts a lone botanist on a deserted island, whose relationship with her surroundings may be an indication of something sinister at play.
By Ege Apaydın
Cate Blanchett is on top form as a conductor who experiences a swift fall from grace in Todd Fields' piercing psychodrama.
Sam Mendes recruits Olivia Colman and Michael Ward for this mawkish tale of seafront woes and the healing power of movies.
This corny English-language remake of 2015 Swedish hit, A Man Called Ové, sees Tom Hanks seriously lowering his standards.
Carlota Pereda explores naturalism and gore in this Spanish contemporary horror about a bullied teenager turning the tables.
By Rógan Graham
Chinonye Chukwu directs a magnificent Danielle Deadwyler and Jalyn Hall as they play Emmett Till and his grieving mother, Mamie.
By Anton Bitel
A young brother and sister face their worst fears in Kyle Edward Ball's inventive microbudget horror.
By Juan Barquin
François Ozon fanboys over Fassbinder (again!) with this reimagining of 1972’s The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant.
By Anton Bitel
A hardened detective teams up with a young Edgar Allen Poe to solve a murder in Scott Cooper's chilly thriller.
Damien Chazelle's big-budget tale of big dreams in 1920s Hollywood hits an alarming number of bum notes.
A gaudy blue folly which encapsulates James Cameron’s strength as an image-maker, but weakness as a storyteller.
Maria Speth’s intimate non-fiction epic profiles a spiky but saintly German schoolteacher and his students.
The heartbreaking story of Jennifer and June Gibbons feels undersold by Agnieszka Smoczynska's drama.
By Lydia Figes
The artist Charlotte Salomon, who died in the Holocaust, receives a long-overdue biography through this inventive animated film.
Guillermo del Toro finally realises his long-gestating passion project, with charming results.
Will Smith brings stern dramatic heft to an enslaved man making a dash for freedom in Antoine Fuqua’s tonally mish-mashed action drama.
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