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

Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson’s audacious follow-up redefines the genre, and the form, once again

Few other films have ventured as far down the rabbit hole as this three-hour long avant-garde headtrip, now restored in gorgeous 4K

Though Jason Momoa makes for an excellent villain, this latest chapter winds up as mostly empty and unsatisfying bombast

From eye-opening documentaries to intimate dramas, we highlight the films that might have slipped beneath your radar this past year...

From its grand opening to its audacious ending, Damien Chazelle's latest drowns its flaws in a tidal wave of laughs, feeling and craft

A woman arrives at her Airbnb to learn it has been double-booked in Zach Creeger's unpredictable and unsettling thriller

Justin Kurzel's deeply upsetting film tackles the 1996 Port Arthur massacre with unimpeachable restraint and moral clarity

Ethan Hawke plays a US mercenary on an incomprehensible mission in a murky conspiracy thriller that seems designed to baffle viewers

Kogonada’s second feature is an exquisitely acted, low-key drama that makes the technical into something distinctly human