By Jack King
Stephen Graham plays a head chef pushed to the limit in this impressive one-shot pressure-cooker kitchen drama.
Newcomers Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman shine in Paul Thomas Anderson’s most purely pleasurable film to date.
This long-awaited sequel is a revolutionary and radical capstone to the Wachowskis’ awe-striking cyberpunk trilogy.
By Sam Bodrojan
All hail the new flesh in Julia Ducournau’s dreamlike fable of a fractured young dancer grappling with the fire inside her.
A wholesome family gathering becomes a claustrophobic chamber piece in the hands of first-time director Stephen Karam.
Tom Holland’s third solo Spidey outing brings some familiar faces to the party, but we’ve seen it all before.
Olivia Colman delivers an acting masterclass in this off-kilter psychodrama from first-time director Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Noomi Rapace adopts a strange newborn in this elevated Icelandic folk horror from director Valdimar Jóhannsson.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence tackle a climate emergency in Adam McKay’s uneven, star-studded dramedy.
By Leila Latif
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem play TV legends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s snappy biopic.
By Emma Fraser
This intimate documentary sees the trailblazing Hollywood icon tell her remarkable story in her own words.
Despite some compelling performances, Michael Pearce’s sci-fi thriller fails to live up to the promise of his debut, Beast.
Steven Spielberg comes a-cropper in this stiff and soulless revamp of the classic Leonard Bernstein barnstormer.
Justin Chon’s melodramatic tale of immigration and injustice in present-day America is undermined by a clichéd script.
This anthology film from director Mohammad Rasoulof explores the social consequences of Iran’s death penalty.
Paolo Sorrentino bares his soul in this autobiographical coming-of-age story about teenage obsessions.
By Emma Fraser
Andy Ostroy’s documentary is a heartbreaking portrait of a filmmaker gone too soon and those she left behind.
Joaquin Phoenix forms a close bond with a precocious whippersnapper in Mike Mills’ gentle family drama.
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