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With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs
Though made with reverence, this doc about the Ripley writer lacks a clear point of view. For Carol stans, however, it’s unmissable
Mia Goth gives a terrifyingly hypnotic, career-defining turn in Ti West's wildly entertaining and colourful confection of a movie
Anne Hathaway stars in an uneven take on Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel that swaps soft-centred lust for a clumsy criminal affair
As the latest edition of the festival returns to the capital, Ella Kemp highlights some of this year's most essential features
The actress gives one of her greatest performances in Todd Field's spiky story of a celebrated composer whose life begins to unravel
With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from Bollywood bangers to belated blockbusters
Ahead of the 94th Academy Awards, we look back at the Best Picture nominees and ask: which one deserves to take home the big prize?
This monstrously grim psychodrama brings a bizarre world to visceral life, fronted by an astonishing turn from Bradley Cooper
Packing three films into one, this end of the world dramedy is simultaneously more and less than the sum of its many parts