Beth B movies, cinema features and reviews

With none of the saving graces of Tetris, Air, or Barbie, this ambition-free look at the Beanie Baby craze is pure mediocrity

The Quebecois Jehovah's Witness community makes for an interesting backdrop in an otherwise familiar Canadian debut

The Creed actress compels in director Steve Buscemi's first feature effort in decades, though his film falls a little on the forgettable side

Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman are brilliantly cast in Todd Haynes' acid-tongued take on the real life Mary Kay Letourneau

Writer-director Lee Cronin shifts the action to a Los Angeles apartment block for this gruelling and absurdly gory revival

Elizabeth Banks's third directorial effort is effective whenever it's in slasher/horror mode, but painfully unfunny jokes drag it down

The Oscar-winner dons prosthetics and latex in this hectic and rather bland look at controversial Israeli prime minister Golda Meir

Paul B. Preciado's metatextual grappling with Virginia Woolf's novel is a playful and moving exploration of gender identity

Nicole Holofcener’s low-key look at the lies we tell each other to get by strays from universal comedy into far too niche territory

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

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