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

From eye-opening documentaries to intimate dramas, we highlight the films that might have slipped beneath your radar this past year...

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

Maria Schrader's powerfully-acted film shows how journalistic integrity and female solidarity sparked a global movement

Actor-turned-director Manuela Martelli’s brilliant character study immerses viewers in the paranoid political landscape of 1970s Chile

Halina Reijn's film updates classic genre tropes with a cast of young narcissists who make for great murder victims but bad company

As the latest take on Persuasion comes to Netflix, Steph Green highlights some of the author's finest screen adaptations to date

Wim Wenders' beguiling romantic fantasy, now re-released and restored in 4K, follows two angels in search of human connection

Juliette Binoche leads a well-acted social realist drama in the Ken Loach vein, but it's hard to get away from its ethical implications

Tatiana Huezo's accomplished debut feature moves slowly but uses its time to expertly draw a rural community paralysed by fear

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