This winning comedy about a grandson whose empathy is driven by a sizeable inheritance is obvious grist for the US remake mill.
Ridiculously enjoyable Robbie Williams biopic with the bold gambit of having a CG-chimpanzee in the title role paying off handsomely.
Robert Eggers realises a lifelong dream in reimagining the tale of Count Orlok, with spellbinding results.
By Sam Bodrojan
With this adaptation of Colson Whiteheads Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, filmmaker RaMell Ross delivers 2024’s most harrowing and transcendent film.
A rousing, noble misstep from Barry Jenkins, in which the paw-print of this great filmmaker is too light to make out.
An introverted 21-year-old supporting his family with manual labour finds a new community in a queer rodeo group in Luke Gilford's charming take on the western.
Aaron Taylor Johnson tries his best in JC Chandor's woeful entry in the Sony Spider-Man Universe.
Luca Guadagnino heads on down to Mexico with Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in his freewheeling take on William S. Burroughs’ eponymous novel.
Timothée Chalamet plays music legend Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s latest, which appears totally unwilling to escape the vapid biopic formula.
This anime-style journey to Middle Earth dials back on risk and charm to robustly tell a simple tale of good versus evil.
Stephen Soucy delves into the creative and personal partnership of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory which produced some of Britain's greatest literary adaptations.
By Jordan Cronk
Over three years, Ruth Beckermann documents school life in a multicultural working class district of Vienna.
Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin's political satire pits world leaders against an unlikely climate event.
Yui Kiyohara’s wistful, meditative new film follows three women’s lives as they intersect in the quiet outskirts of Tokyo.
The death of a beloved uncle in a middle-class Zambian family brings some difficult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni's surreal second feature.
Jessica Hausner's drama about a teacher who begins a troubling diet club at an elite high school is a poorly-judged slog to sit through.
A production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in online world of Grand Theft Auto became these two actors’ answer to the pandemic’s enforced lockdowns.
Amy Adams is on great form in Marielle Heller's adaptation of Rachel Yoder's novel about a new mother who is alarmed discover she is turning into a dog.
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