Will Alexander movies, cinema features and reviews

With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs

Mark Rylance is on solid form in director Fridjof Ryder's noir-ish stab at folk-horror, but an overall lack of focus hampers the film

Benjamin Millepied's debut film gets some heat out of Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera but feels like an over-extended music video

David Lowery brings his earthy sensibilities to another remake in a muddled but thematically interesting swashbuckling adventure

Brandon Cronenberg's twisted third feature intrigues and disturbs but can't find anywhere interesting to take its best ideas

Thomas Hardiman's murder mystery, set during a hairdressing competition, is technically impressive though lacks plausibility

Writer-director Robert Eggers' third feature is his best work yet, a delirious, miraculous fever dream about the ecstasy of revenge

Aggravating, poorly acted characters and an overabundance of simmering B-plots sink this tale of an obsessive violin instructor

Ilya Povolotsky's atmospheric look at the inhabitants of Russia's Kola peninsula is gorgeously shot but somewhat opaque

Despite some bold and interesting visual touches, the Madeline's Madeline director delivers a predictable, trope-heavy adaptation

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