Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinéma presented erotic tales from around the world this year.
By Alex King
Greece’s Anima Syros festival provided a platform for a bright new generation of women animators.
Paddy Considine’s second feature as director is powered by a clutch of big, bold and unabashedly emotional performances.
By Anton Bitel
The players behind this year’s festival offer their personal viewing recommendations.
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.
Elle Fanning is the star of the show in Haifaa Al-Mansour’s uneven biopic of the ‘Frankenstein’ author.
Sally Hawkins finds a scaly suitor in Guillermo del Toro’s strange, sentimental snow globe fairy tale.
Something disturbing lies beneath the surface of Joachim Trier’s head-scratching latest.
Margaret Qualley plays a conflicted nun-in-training in this sensuous drama from director Margaret Betts.
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 Simran Hans
A programming strand dedicated to female perspectives was a highlight of this year’s festival.
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.
Films made by women make up a quarter of this year’s bumper programme.
By Ed Gibbs
William Friedkin revisits his Exorcist franchise with a bizarre doc grounded more in melodrama than cold hard fact.
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