An atmospheric tale of toxic masculinity in Tudor England from writer Laura Turner and director Philip Stevens.
By Elena Lazic
Peter Jackson unearths and re-edits footage of the Beatles’ last hurrah, with euphoric and exasperating results.
This fittingly radical documentary chronicles the feminist punk subculture which sprung in London in the 1980s.
Reggie Yates’ London-set, Y2K-era debut feature is a rollicking celebration of friendship and Black British music.
Ridley Scott enlists an A-List cast for his bombastic dramatisation of Maurizio Gucci’s assassination.
By Matt Turner
A school teacher goes viral for all the wrong reasons in Romanian director Radu Jude’s salacious social satire.
By Leila Latif
Reinaldo Marcus Green gets the best out of Will Smith in this biopic of Venus and Serena Williams’ father and coach.
By Aimee Knight
Céline Sciamma puts a time-loop spin on the classic coming-of-age tale with this gentle family fairy tale.
Jane Campion’s claustrophobic, slow-burn western dials up the queer subtext of Thomas Savage’s source novel.
This captivating, emotionally eloquent Haruki Murakami adaptation is one of 2021’s must-see movies.
This atmospheric World War Two drama from Hungarian director Dénes Nagy is too dour for its own good.
The final film by the great Benny Chan is a glorious throwback to the golden days of Hong Kong action flicks.
By Elena Lazic
Jonathan Larson’s celebrated stage musical gets the Lin-Manuel Miranda treatment – for better and for worse.
Back in cinemas this week, Hideaki Anno’s feature-length finale breaks hearts, bodies, and the fourth wall.
First-time director Amjad Abu Alala’s meditative drama concerns an existential prophecy in a Sudanese village.
An entertaining deep dive into the adventure-filled travails of famed oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau.
Jason Reitman takes on the mantle of his Ghostbusting father Ivan with this emotionally manipulative nostalgia trip.
By Ella Kemp
Eva Husson’s English-language debut is a watered down adaptation of Graham Swift’s eponymous novel.
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