By Matthew Eng
Tim Wardle revisits a ripped-from-the-headlines phenomenon in a docu-study full of surprises.
Don’t miss this sensitive and intuitive portrait of the iconic Japanese film composer.
A welcome re-release of Agnés Varda’s best film, chronicling the final days of a French wanderer in search of freedom.
Benicio Del Toro is at his formidable best in this deeply cynical and scattershot cartel saga sequel.
By Anton Bitel
Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin play a young couple lost at sea in Baltasar Kormákur’s survival romance.
Debra Granik’s tender story of a father and daughter living off the grid is one of the year’s very best.
Family remains very much at the heart of Brad Bird and Pixar’s animated superhero sequel.
Alex Lawthor struggles to bring his underwritten lead character to life in this gay-themed teen drama from Trudie Styler.
Director Paul Wright embarks on an archive-footage odyssey across Britain’s vast cultural landscape.
A fully-invested Diane Kruger can’t save this reactionary trash which masquerades as a thoughtful art film.
Sara Driver’s profile of Jean-Michel Basquiat doubles as a rich portrait of New York City in the 1970s and ’80s.
A female-dominated ensemble for the ages joins together for this crushing, zero-stakes heist caper.
On the life of a poverty-stricken Brazilian trans performance artist disco poet in remission from cancer.
By Thomas Hobbs
This profile of the 1970s New York disco nirvana is a rollicking examination of American excess.
Jane Campion’s achingly beautiful Palme d’Or-winning masterpiece receives a rerelease to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
A small Romani community is the setting for Jonas Carpignano’s tender coming-of-age story.
A zany comedy sequel that very few people actually wanted turns out to be the lamest of lame ducks.
A painful sense of impending dread fills every frame of Ari Aster’s searing cinematic debut.
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