Elisabeth Moss is on showstopping form as a self-destructive punk singer in Alex Ross Perry’s manic mediation on fame.
Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert star in this darkly comic thriller from director Neil Jordan.
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is a moving portrayal of adolescent isolation set within Los Angeles’ ’90s skating scene.
Melissa McCarthy proves her dramatic chops as a literary forger in Marielle Heller’s follow-up to The Diary of a Teenage Girl.
Steve McQueen turns his formidable filmmaking talent to the heist genre with impressive and passionate results.
Jamie Lee Curtis faces her old adversary once again in David Gordon Green’s thrilling John Carpenter-approved sequel.
Hugh Jackman makes headlines for all the wrong reasons in Jason Reitman’s biopic of would-be president Gary Hart.
Peter Strickland spins a yarn about a very literal phantom thread in his most audacious and bizarre film to date.
Timothée Chalamet delivers a heartbreaking turn as a meth addict struggling with relapse and rehabilitation.
Newcomer Richie Merritt outshines co-star Matthew McConaughey in this gritty crime drama about a real-life teenage FBI informant.
By Ella Kemp
A mature central performance from Lucas Hedges anchors Joel Edgerton’s gay conversion therapy drama.
Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly play gunslinging siblings in Jacques Audiard’s warm-hearted western adventure.
By Elena Lazic
Director Thomas Vinterberg and a formidable cast recreate the final hours of a real-life nuclear submarine.
Claire Denis and Barry Jenkins will present their latest work when the festival kicks off on 6 September.
Nicolas Cage runs amok in this deliciously berserk comedy-horror about parents compelled to kill their kids.
Saoirse Ronan whirlwinds her way through Greta Gerwig’s sublime directorial debut.
By Elena Lazic
Paul Schrader returns to the fray with a mediative masterwork powered by a stunning central turn from Ethan Hawke.