
As another year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring debuts to boundary-breaking blockbusters

Vicky Krieps gives a remarkable lead performance in Emily Atef's layered, psychologically rich exploration of life and death

With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from Bollywood bangers to belated blockbusters

Barry Levinson's Holocaust boxer biopic is well made and tastefully told, but fails to carve out much of an identity of its own

The Phantom Thread star delivers a brilliantly mischievous turn in writer-director Marie Kreutzer’s subversive period drama

As another cinematic year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from miraculous musicals to subversive westerns

A filmmaking couple find inspiration on a beautiful Swedish island in Mia Hansen-Løve's smart study of relationships and creativity

The writer-director's latest thriller is his best in years, a meditation on ageing that is both ridiculous and entertaining in equal measure

The Sixth Sense director's latest horror-thriller settles on a family who find they're prematurely ageing during a beach holiday