By Ed Gibbs
Director Steve Loveridge was granted unprecedented access to singer-activist M.I.A, but does it meaningfully enhance his film?
By Ed Gibbs
Director S Craig Zahler follows up Brawl in Cell Block 99 with another hefty dose of ultra-violence.
By Ed Gibbs
Charlie Plummer proves his acting chops in this equine drama from writer/director Andrew Haigh.
By Ed Gibbs
Cynthia Lowen’s intimate doc Netizens follows three victims of online abuse as they look to take back control.
By Ed Gibbs
This year’s festival offered plenty of devilishly dark delights within its raucous Midnight strand.
By Ed Gibbs
A compelling look at the global campaigning of sex slave survivor turned reluctant Yazidi activist, Nadia Murad.
By Ed Gibbs
George Clooney adds a dark directorial flourish to the Coen brothers’ tale of murder and moral panic in smalltown USA.
By Ed Gibbs
Vince Vaughn plays against type to spectacular effect in an intense prison drama that’s not for the faint-hearted.
By Ed Gibbs
Frances McDormand unleashes hell in the blackest of black comedies, courtesy of Martin McDonagh.
By Ed Gibbs
Vince Vaughn plays against type in S Craig Zahler’s ultra-violent grindhouse romp.
By Ed Gibbs
George Clooney directs this timely and terrifically twisted fable set in 1950s suburban America.
By Ed Gibbs
Andrew Haigh’s beautifully crafted latest follows one boy’s journey of self-discovery across America.
By Ed Gibbs
William Friedkin revisits his Exorcist franchise with a bizarre doc grounded more in melodrama than cold hard fact.
By Ed Gibbs
Alexander Payne’s gentle satire has a point to make about the state of the union – and the future of planet Earth.
By Ed Gibbs
John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols career is examined in this intimate doc that proves as frustrating as it is fascinating.
By Ed Gibbs
This timely, well-intentioned doc offers a revealing look at the inner workings of the Oakland PD.
By Ed Gibbs
Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara reunite for David Lowery’s slow-burn meditation on loss and grief.
By Ed Gibbs
Cate Blanchett goes hell for leather in this unapologetically arty film about art.
By Ed Gibbs
There’s shades of Straw Dogs and Deliverance in this effective Aussie backwoods horror.
By Ed Gibbs
Jason Segel and Rooney Mara are an unlikely central pairing in this low-key sci-fi about the discovery of an afterlife.
By Ed Gibbs
The Fab Four’s meteoric rise from local grafters to global game-changers is relived in Ron Howard’s emotive doc.
By Ed Gibbs
The cult filmmaker shares stories and archive from his childhood, while still managing to remain as elusive as ever.
By Ed Gibbs
Andrew Dominik’s documentary about Nick Cave’s new album offers a gentle, haunting portrait of a family consumed with grief.
By Ed Gibbs
Paolo Sorrentino transitions to the small screen (with a Jude Law assist) and comes up trumps.
By Ed Gibbs
This Australian chiller about a rash of grisly murders makes a play to be the new Snowtown.
By Ed Gibbs
The actor discusses stepping behind the lens for his startling directorial debut The Childhood of a Leader.
By Ed Gibbs
This darkly comic factual drama hits all the right notes thanks to inspired turns from Christian Slater and James Franco.
By Ed Gibbs
Katie Holmes puts in a memorable shift as a struggling single mom in her impressive directorial debut.
By Ed Gibbs
The buzz film from this year’s Sundance is a stirring, historical tale of racial injustice that feels more vital now than ever.
By Ed Gibbs
Spike Lee’s follow-up to Bad 25 shines a light on the King of Pop’s indisputable talents, but is otherwise alarmingly lightweight.
By Ed Gibbs
Todd Solondz’s typically bleak ensemble piece serves up a fresh ingredient for an otherwise familiarly grim trek across America.
By Ed Gibbs
The African-American icon’s richly textured and often traumatic story is unpacked in this near-definitive documentary for PBS.
By Ed Gibbs
The events leading up to the 2012 Aurora multiplex shooting are reimagined, Elephant-style, in this unsettling and deeply affecting drama.