Reviews

Love and Friendship is far less funny than it should be. Most of its witty moments appeared in the trailer, and therefore lack full impact when actually seen in context. The runtime passes slowly in...

There’s nothing in The Trust you haven’t seen in a hundred other heist movies. Our would-be thieves scout out their location, gather the tools they need for the job, and at some point during the...

Say what you will about Tim Burton’s much-maligned Alice in Wonderland, but at least it was recognisably an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s timeless novel. James Bobin’s sequel, Alice Through The Looking...

Mustang is impeccably structured. Nothing is gratuitous; each moment is conceived as part of the whole and contributes to the increasingly haunting narrative. Seemingly throwaway occurrences and lines become...

Hanks’ Alan is a fish so far out of water that he’s stuck in the middle of the desert, and that’s about as subtle as the metaphors get. This is Tykwer's post-Cloud Atlas fever dream, a messy and...

McFarlane’s feature debut overflows with expansive and explosive emotions. An intense picture that does not coddle, The Silent Storm embraces its atmospheric identity, fervent soundtrack and otherworldly...

With powerful performances, gorgeous cinematography and a score to make you weep, The Daughter is independent drama at its finest. Picking a highlight from the uniformly excellent cast is no mean feat,...

In a Cannes festival full of "inciting incident" investigative slow burners, The Salesman sits near the middle of the pile as it intrigues with its low-key mysteries and strong, relatable performances....

Sing Street is a touching and toe-tapping delight from start to finish. Like an Irish, musical Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Sing Street transposes the universal themes of youth and growth through pop...

Refn (and his perfectly-chosen collaborators) once again demonstrates his utmost command of cinema as a visual medium with the savage, beautiful and excessive sensory assault that is The Neon Demon....

Shot in grainy black-and-white 16mm, the adorable The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki is a rare example of a sports drama where matters of the heart are of greater importance than matters of...

The Red Turtle, a collaboration between veteran short film animator Michael Dudok de Wit and animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli, is a simple fable of deep spirituality. With its simple hand-drawn style and...

A promising cast - and presumably some noble intentions - are completely squandered by Sean Penn is his atrociously mishandled, inadvertently hilarious and often offensive The Last Face. When a script is...

Wearing its heart not so much on its sleeve as hanging off the end of it, Captain Fantastic is a triumph of pure sincerity and heartfelt good vibes. Rather “zany” and chock full of the now-staple...

The Stopover’s compelling setup – a group of soldiers returning from a tour of Afghanistan staying in a five-star Cypriot hotel for “decompression” – makes for a scintillating investigation into...