This intimate portrait of a doubly-disgraced US politician is one of the most vital documentaries of our time.
Steven Spielberg goes big with this magical children’s story adaptation. But is it twisted enough for Roald Dahl?
By Anton Bitel
Pixar’s latest transoceanic odyssey is a pixel-perfect comedy about learning to overcome adversity and disability.
American writer/director Alex Ross Perry returns with this superlative housebound psychodrama.
The late Carol White is exceptional as a working class single mother in Ken Loach’s restored kitchen-sink drama.
By Matthew Eng
The latest from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo is a romance so lovely it needs to be told twice.
There’s shades of Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York in this Tom Sturridge-starring mystery drama.
Chantal Akerman’s intimate swansong is a moving meditation on family, loss and memory.
Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat tours Scotland in the name of cultural preservation. The results are unexpectedly profound.
By Vadim Rizov
Thai master Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns with a stunning meditation on a national and political crisis.
Europe’s migrant crisis is brought into focus in this quietly thought-provoking documentary.
By Matt Thrift
Ciro Guerra’s psychedelic Amazonian odyssey is one of year’s most potent and strikingly original films.
The imperious Vincent Lindon excels as an ill-fated factory worker in this engaging social drama.
Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are irresistible in this salty shaggy dog yarn from Shane Black.
A vital re-release of Isao Takahata’s serene slice of rustic nostalgia with a new English language voice dub.
The peerless Whit Stillman returns with an ensemble Jane Austen adaptation like no other.
Don’t miss this newly restored director’s cut version of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi opus.
Elle Fanning bares her soul in Nicolas Winding Refn’s beautiful dark twisted fantasy.