Girls Trip

This we know: women are taught to try to “have it all”. This we also...

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

For a film that begins with a baby being propelled to Earth, from a...

Acqua e Zucchero: Carlo Di Palma, i colori della vita (Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life)

Scribe

In a captivating political thriller, Thomas Kruithof’s seamless camerawork follows the tribulations and...

City of Ghosts

As Raqqa, an otherwise quiet and unremarkable city in Syria, is violated and occupied in...

Dunkirk

Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk moves like a great machine. It ticks and clunks and whirs,...

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

Told through the amphetamine-fuelled lens of rock‘n’roll’s most...

Monster Island

In the arena of children’s animation, there’s been a progressive complexity since Pixar’s...

The Death of Louis XIV

Catalan writer/director Albert Serra showcases French legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud...

War for the Planet of the Apes

Having risen from their humble beginnings into the dawn of a bleak new world, the...

Cars 3

Lightning McQueen may be ageing, but there’s life in Pixar yet as this high-octane animation...

David Lynch: The Art Life

David Lynch: The Art Life is not the first documentary to reflect on how an...

Genocidal Organ

Adapted from the acclaimed story by Project Itoh, the unfortunately-titled Genocidal Organ is a...

The Beguiled

Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled takes place in 1864 Virginia, during the Civil War. An enemy...

The Boy and the Beast

To non-anime fans, the synopsis of The Boy and the Beast could sound a lot more...

The Human Surge

Eduardo Williams’s lack of introduction propels us deep into the lives of young men and...

Spider-Man: Homecoming

After directing Cop Car, Jon Watts returns this year with a big project: Spider-Man:...

The Midwife

Take note. For anyone wanting to make a film centring around the emotional, moving struggles...

Song to Song

“They say follow the light. Where do you find it?” Director Terrence Malick’s...

The Last Word

The Last Word, directed by Mark Pellington, has an interesting premise for a lighthearted...

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

As fairly recent history, cinema has nonetheless been quick to document the causes...

It Comes at Night

It comes at night: a slow, creeping dread, in which one’s basest beliefs are overwhelmed...

Tommy’s Honour

There’s something about a good sports film that’s truly heartwarming. Sports in general are...

A Change in the Weather

Context is something A Change in the Weather, written and directed by Jon Sanders, leaves...

The House

When Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler – two regulars of the USA’s Saturday Night Live,...