The Virgin Suicides review – Sofia Coppola’s enigmatic debut is blissfully strange and sad
Now back in cinemas in 4K, the director's first film, based on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel, remains brilliantly elusive and challenging
Reviews
Baato review – Nepal’s past and future collide in an immersive, fraught documentary
A mountain trek intertwines with a road-building project, granting incisive, if underpowered, insight into a much underseen world
The Innocent review – 60s-inspired heist movie with an existential twist
In his fourth feature film, writer-director Louis Garrel explores with wit and tenderness the risk and worth of second chances
The Beanie Bubble review – a grim new low for the “corporate biopic” genre
With none of the saving graces of Tetris, Air, or Barbie, this ambition-free look at the Beanie Baby craze is pure mediocrity
Everybody Loves Jeanne review – thoroughly modern fable of grief, romantic confusion, and climate anxiety
Celine Deveaux's French-Portuguese debut can be too quirky for its own good, but a fantastically written lead character keeps it afloat
So Foul a Sky review – lyrical but meandering look at Venezuela’s competing national crises
This dreamlike doc might lack punch, but it's an effective study of the self-inflicted hopelessness of the 21st century world
Talk to Me review – zeitgeisty horror is slightly derivative but gratuitously fun
The debut from YouTubers-turned-filmmakers the Philippou brothers makes for sharp, bloody viewing, even if it runs out of steam
Oppenheimer review – relentlessly gripping and gargantuan account about the weight of genius
Christopher Nolan's epic take on the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" is a compulsive culmination of the director's career so far
Iraq’s Invisible Beauty review – moving but scrappy look at a photographer and his flailing home country
As a tribute to pre-'80s Iraq, Sahim Omar Kalifa's doc is a touching affair, but it's hampered by dry exposition and terrible narration
Barbie review – Ryan Gosling steals the show in Greta Gerwig’s hilarious and profoundly pink spin on the iconic toy
Packed with enough jokes and visual inventiveness to get around the corporate feel, this follow-up to Little Women is a vibrant treat
My Name is Alfred Hitchcock review – mischievous grappling with a legendary filmography
Mark Cousins takes a stab at the most famous director in history... by bringing him back from the dead to explain his own work
A Rifle and a Bag review – a surprisingly gentle look at the lives of former Maoist insurgents in India
Though slow, this doc about the Naxalite movement and India's bureaucratic state offers great insight into an unexplored world
The Deepest Breath review – fascinating but muddled look at one of the world’s most extreme sports
Netflix's freediving doc features some astonishing footage of terrifying ocean descents, but its storytelling feels oddly cynical
Medusa review – surreal Brazilian protest film is a strange but unwieldy political object
Though it conjures up some compellingly freaky ways to visualise internalised misogyny, there's more to irritate than intrigue
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) review – incredibly fun tour through rock and art history
Playfully reckoning with the legacy of the iconic design group, this is a compelling look at the ambitions of a long-gone era
While We Watched review – electric account of what it means to be in the eye of a raging storm
Director Vinay Shukla's vital documentary hones in on NDTV news anchor Ravish Kumar as he faces pro-Modi nationalist hysteria
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One review – Tom Cruise delivers yet another exhilarating ode to tangible cinema
Christopher McQuarrie and his star do the impossible, delivering a seventh entry that reaffirms exactly what makes the franchise great
Insidious: The Red Door review – horror sequel is more frustrating than frightening
Patrick Wilson makes his directorial debut with this fifth entry, but it's impossible to recommend to anyone other than completists
Elemental review – Pixar’s first real love story is charming but a little derivative
Though hardly the studio's best, it feels like a step in the right direction – partly thanks to Mamadou Athie's brilliant voice work
Shabu review – effortlessly breezy neighbourhood portrait is full of flair
Shamira Raphaëla's Netherlands-based doc is both a colourful coming-of-ager and a life-affirming celebration of community
Smoking Causes Coughing review – Quentin Dupieux pulls off another smart-stupid satire
The prolific French filmmaker's latest spoofs Saturday morning kids' television with his usual degree of throwaway thoughtfulness
The Damned Don’t Cry review – a mature Moroccan drama that lacks light and shade
British-Moroccan director Fyzal Boulifa's second film tips its hat to the grand Hollywood tradition, but this mother-son tale feels slight
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars review – Bowie concert re-release is an extraordinary time at the movies
Half a century hasn't dulled the impact of the gig that "killed" Ziggy Stardust – it's still a perfect goodbye from a perfect performer
La Syndicaliste review – Isabelle Huppert powers a shockingly bleak true story of corruption
The case of Maureen Kearney makes for a fury-inducing, though oddly slow, paranoid thriller of intimidation and harassment
Mother and Son review – an intimate family epic that feels beautifully real
Leonor Serraille's gorgeous new film, about an Ivorian family in France, balances a grounded tale with splashes of the surreal
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken review – sweet and breezy, though haven’t we seen this before?
The latest effort from DreamWorks Animation doesn't seek to reinvent the wheel, but manages to charm in spite of its familiarity
Run Rabbit Run review – frustrating attempt to capitalise on the maternal horror boom
Sarah Snook can't save an overstuffed and predictable film that fails to fully explore its subject matter – or create any genuine scares
Small, Slow But Steady review – boxing biopic is an uppercut above the rest
Shô Miyake's film about the world's first hearing-impaired professional woman boxer brilliantly sidesteps the standard beats
Hello, Bookstore review – cheerful documentary about a beloved local bookseller
A love of literature, people, and cosy reading nooks fuels A.B. Zax's gentle, unhurried film that pays tribute to small-town togetherness
The Last Rider review – fun cycling doc might have been better suited to a biopic
Alex Holmes’s film about the first American Tour de France winner is sometimes fascinating but could have used a little more punch
Nimona review – gorgeous animation elevates a formulaic fantasy story
With stylistic flair and a very welcome wicked streak, this colourful Netflix adventure should be a real treat for families with older kids
The Wicker Man review – still the definitive experience in folk horror
Robin Hardy's iconic nightmare is back for its fiftieth anniversary, reaffirming its status as a singular entry in the horror canon
No Hard Feelings review – something’s off with this “raunchy” sex comedy
Jennifer Lawrence returns to the Hollywood mainstream with a movie that both avoids its own premise and tries way too hard
The Super 8 Years review – astonishing diary film knits together the personal and political
Annie Ernaux brings her powers of razor-sharp self-reflection to celluloid for this wonderful, moving excavation of motherhood
Eskape review – stylish and personal tribute to a remarkable mother
Adeline Neary Hay's documentary about her mother's flight from Cambodia compresses decades of family history into just 70 minutes
The Flash review – run away as fast as you can from the worst superhero film since Morbius
Terrible jokes, cringe-worthy performances, and jaw-droppingly ugly VFX work make for a truly wretched blockbuster experience
Inland review – rickety Lynch riff only shows splashes of imagination
Mark Rylance is on solid form in director Fridjof Ryder's noir-ish stab at folk-horror, but an overall lack of focus hampers the film
You Can Live Forever review – compassionate performances save an overly predictable tale of first love
The Quebecois Jehovah's Witness community makes for an interesting backdrop in an otherwise familiar Canadian debut