With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs
Kelly Fremon Craig's take on the '70s coming-of-age classic strikes an unerring balance between laughs, giddiness, and poignancy
Director Ruben Östlund, who already claimed the award in 2017 for The Square, has won the top prize for another outrageous satire
Though it could have used a more disciplined edit, this stranger-than-fiction true spy story makes for an easy crowdpleaser
This Robert Harris adaptation will be sure to please World War II buffs, though an excess of plot means it fails to consistently thrill
To coincide with the classic musical's 70th anniversary, Lilia Pavin-Franks looks back on the complex duality of its leading man
As another cinematic year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from miraculous musicals to subversive westerns
Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy's dazzling and evocative film explores serious themes while functioning as unashamed genre fare
To mark the arrival of In the Heights in cinemas everywhere, our writers weigh in on their favourite musical numbers
With Nomadland and First Cow now in UK cinemas, Lilia Pavin-Franks explores how Chloé Zhao and Kelly Reichardt have rewritten the rules of Hollywood's most fabled genre