Hope Dickson Leach announces herself as the great white hope of British film with this quietly devastating debut.
By Anton Bitel
A young family comes apart at the seams in this gripping drama from Japanese writer/director Kôji Fukada.
Katell Quillévéré’s extraordinary third feature follows the journey of a human heart from one body into another.
By Elena Lazic
A stunning lead turn from Florence Pugh anchors this complex and compelling period drama.
By Eve Watling
This doc about bile-spilling anarcho-rockers Sleaford Mods is also an encapsulation of working class malaise.
Egyptian director Mohamed Diab counts the cost of the Tahrir Square protests in this compelling human drama.
By Sophie Wyatt
On the occasion of Jack Nicholson’s 80th, the BFI give this tragicomic classic another big screen run out.
By Abbey Bender
Park Chan-wook’s sumptuous erotic thriller is among his boldest works to date.
By Anton Bitel
Greg McLean and James Gunn turn just another day at the office into full-blown battle royale.
By Sophie Wyatt
Steven Oram stars in this occult-themed psycho-thriller that veers on the arty side of horror.
Cynthia Nixon gives an astonishing performance as the tortured American poet Emily Dickinson.
Pablo Larraín returns to his political roots with a fascinating biopic of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s subversive romantic masterpiece returns ahead of a full BFI retrospective.
The myth of diplomacy is the key ingredient of a hot lead salad in Ben Wheatley’s wickedly funny pistol opera.
By Ian Barr
Brazilian writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho returns with a highly original and unusual film about nostalgia.