A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Four decades on, John Hurt’s performance gives this biopic a poignancy that marks it apart from the rest of director’s workThe Guardian
Is the Coens' chilly neo-noir about a simple kidnapping plot gone very wrong still as inspired as it was back in 1996? You betcha!
The comedian and Better Call Saul star makes a surprisingly convincing action hero in this entertaining, John Wick-like yarn
Gross-out comedy gradually makes way for a rote but undeniably charming romance in Adam Rehmeier's Midwestern caper
A small-town romantic rivalry boils over into humiliation and fury, set to one of the year's most disquieting and memorable scores
Next in our series about films our writers have reconsidered, Emily Maskell on how grief changed her view of Wes Anderson's comedy
With UK cinemas now open for business, we highlight the best of what's new, from an Oscar winner to a very anxious comedy
Beatles! Broadway! Beautiful boys! With seven months of the year still to go, Ella Kemp weighs up the biggest UK cinema releases...
With Nomadland and First Cow now in UK cinemas, Lilia Pavin-Franks explores how Chloé Zhao and Kelly Reichardt have rewritten the rules of Hollywood's most fabled genre
