With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs
Leonor Serraille's gorgeous new film, about an Ivorian family in France, balances a grounded tale with splashes of the surreal
With stylistic flair and a very welcome wicked streak, this colourful Netflix adventure should be a real treat for families with older kids
Annie Ernaux brings her powers of razor-sharp self-reflection to celluloid for this wonderful, moving excavation of motherhood
Writer-director Catherine Corsini helms an uneven drama about a woman who returns to Corsica with her two teenage daughters
Known for her taboo erotic dramas, the director's remake of 2019’s Queen of Hearts fails to make up its mind on what it wants to be
Kelly Fremon Craig's take on the '70s coming-of-age classic strikes an unerring balance between laughs, giddiness, and poignancy
Sarah Kambe Holland’s debut feature, expanding on her short of the same name, pairs bold queer storytelling with a rich visual world
Vitaly Manskiy and Yevhen Titarenko's ground level documentary about the ongoing conflict is harrowing, though not without hope
Paul B. Preciado's metatextual grappling with Virginia Woolf's novel is a playful and moving exploration of gender identity