Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman star in this disastrously dull adaptation of Donna Tartt’s best-seller.
By Anton Bitel
Time stands still in more ways than one as this dull rehash of Andy Muschietti’s 2017 horror overstays its welcome.
A transgender man’s pregnancy is the subject of Jeanie Finlay’s tender, essential documentary.
By Lydia Figes
Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall play mother and son in Adrian Noble’s biography of LS Lowry.
A hackneyed journey through rehab with Aaron Taylor-Johnson trying his best with thin material.
Jennifer Lopez reminds the world of her white hot star wattage in this lapdancing Robin Hood caper film.
By Thomas Hobbs
A group of pioneering reggae musicians hark back to the good old days in this middling music documentary.
Joanna Hogg explores her own memories to create a fragile, fascinating portrait of romance in both bloom and decay.
By Elena Lazic
Gerard Butler is back as super-patriot Mike Banning in this grimly violent action threequel.
By Anton Bitel
The director of Piranha 3D goes back into the water for this alligator-based creature feature starring Kaya Scodelario.
By Anton Bitel
This documentary reveals how HP Lovecraft, Francis Bacon and Alejandro Jodorowsky inspired Ridley Scott’s sci-fi opus.
Pedro Almodóvar reunites with some familiar faces for this masterful trip down memory lane.
Justin Kelly takes on the scandal that rocked the literary world in this starry but uninspired biopic.
By Lou Thomas
Casey Affleck directs and stars in this suspenseful post-pandemic wilderness saga.
By Iana Murray
A Leningrad rock star takes centre stage in Kirill Serebrennikov’s Soviet-era tale of youth in revolt.
There’s shades of Casablanca in Christian Petzold’s riveting period romance, set in Nazi-occupied France.
By Ella Kemp
The pains of prepubescence is the butt of this warm-hearted, foul-mouthed comedy from the makers of Superbad.
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