Nick Lowe movies, cinema features and reviews

Writer-director Diego Lerman's well-meaning film shows flashes of insight, but is let down by a lack of focus and too many subplots

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

John Michael McDonagh's angry but sluggish adaptation lacks dramatic punch, falling short in its attempts at anti-wealth satire

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

John Hurt played Quentin Crisp in this subversive 1975 made-for-TV biopic. Steph Green argues its case as an underseen queer classic

Athenians are afflicted with contagious amnesia in a powerful directorial debut about the unexpected comforts of forgetting

Jonathan Wysocki’s playful debut explores the relationships between five teens on the night before they go their separate ways

Jasmila Žbanić’s film tells the story of the Srebrenica massacre through the eyes of a UN translator powerless to save her family

Hannah Strong explores how David Fincher put the actor's uneasy allure to fascinating use in his 2014 film adaptation

Brainwashing, Satanic rituals, and lots of weird chanting: here we highlight our top picks from the world of cult escape films...

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