Nour movies, cinema features and reviews

With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs

The Lock, Stock director stamps down on a lot of his usual flourishes for an earnest war movie about brotherhood and honour

Kaouther Ben Hania's immersive doc finds potent truths in its re-enactments, but loses focus as it gradually abandons its premise

Adam Solomons talks to the Ukrainian director about his Cannes hit and how even a non-political film can be bastardised by war

Writer-director James Gunn stays true to himself while delivering a quirky, action-packed, and shockingly emotional sign-off

This self-aware and surprisingly charming take on the iconic tabletop game makes for gleefully geeky viewing

Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer's bleak but well-crafted look at Rust Belt America is a deadpan delight... until an ill-judged last act

Wider in scope than its amusingly direct title suggests, Jean-Francois Richet's muscular actioner is thinly written but exciting

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

Nicolas Cage gives one of his laziest performances yet in this crudely made and largely joyless western hodgepodge

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