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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

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

This fourth entry in the MonsterVerse delivers on the promise of its iconic bout, though is let down by a generic script and dull humans

To mark Bottle Rocket's 25th anniversary, Ella Kemp delves into the filmmaker's symmetrical canon and sorts the good from the grand

As the strangest of cinematic years draws to a close, our writers pick their favourite films, from unconventional biopics to essential docs

David Fincher’s portrait of disputed Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz is a probing look beyond all that glitters

What to rent and stream this week, from a thought-provoking prison drama to a surrealistic animated tale about an iconic filmmaker...

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