With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs
Sarah Snook can't save an overstuffed and predictable film that fails to fully explore its subject matter – or create any genuine scares
Josh O'Connor stars in the acclaimed Italian director's gentle drama about an Englishman treasure hunter, set in 80s Tuscany
Robert Rodriguez's diverting but hollow latest starts at "super-hypnotists who rob banks" and only gets more ludicrous from there
Anna Kendrick is excellent in a dependable but limited character study of a woman pushed to the edge by her cruel boyfriend
Jamie Dack's unnerving grooming drama is an impressive calling card for both its writer-director and her young star Lily McInerny
Alice Diop's first narrative feature is a heart-stopping moral puzzle, featuring an extraordinary turn from newcomer Kayije Kagame
Halina Reijn's film updates classic genre tropes with a cast of young narcissists who make for great murder victims but bad company
The director's second film, thinly-drawn and repetitive, stars Florence Pugh as a woman trapped in an idyllic 1950s community
Alice Krige gives a committed performance as an ageing film star bent on revenge in Charlotte Colbert's atmospheric thriller