Aftersun review – father-daughter holiday dramedy is a sun-kissed gem
This nuanced look at parenthood, with Paul Mescal, announces its debut director Charlotte Wells as a major talent right out of the gate
Reviews
Mediterranean Fever review – personal and political collide in an uneven suicide story
Blending drama and comedy to mixed effect, Maha Haj explores the Israeli-Palestine conflict through the story of one man's depression
Luzzu review – gripping, neo-realist tale of a Maltese fisherman’s survival
This heartfelt ode to life on the water from writer-director Alex Camilleri is as stoic in its execution as it is observant
The Stars at Noon review – a sweltering love story spoiled by zero chemistry
Revered French filmmaker Claire Denis delivers a baffling and unerotic adaptation starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn
Crimes of the Future review – David Cronenberg dissects a future of sex and surgery
The director returns to the realms of body horror with this strange and oddly sexy vision of a world defined by bodily transformation
Tori and Lokita review – furious outcry against the hostile treatment of young immigrants
The Dardennes' latest is a bare and brutal slice of social realism about two migrants who pass themselves off as brother and sister
Men review – Alex Garland’s folk horror is an anti-masculine misfire
Jessie Buckley stars as a tortured woman plagued by multiple Rory Kinnears in a film that's just too allegorical for its own good
Enys Men review – Cornish folk horror is a patience-testing visual banquet
British filmmaker Mark Jenkin returns with an experimental throwback that is as incoherent as it is formally inventive
Triangle of Sadness review – often uproarious but heavy-handed satire
Ruben Östlund's outrageous follow-up to The Square is undeniably entertaining, but its ideas about wealth feel shallow and obvious
God’s Creatures review – murky Irish drama with apocalyptic undertones
Emily Watson and Paul Mescal are mother and son in this strange, almost-thriller about a lie with terrible consequences
Armageddon Time review – James Gray’s latest is an indulgent exercise in self-reflection
Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins star in this languid semi-autobiographical drama about a Jewish family in '80s New York
Corsage review – Vicky Krieps strikes gold as the restless Empress of Austria
The Phantom Thread star delivers a brilliantly mischievous turn in writer-director Marie Kreutzer’s subversive period drama
Emergency review – comedy turns to horror in this “one crazy night” caper
Systemic racism and white entitlement fuel Carey Williams's gripping dramedy about a Black friendship stretched to the limit
Ahed’s Knee review – sublime style in service of a mostly frustrating story
With hard-to-like characters and limited emotional reward, this polemical Israeli satire often feels like being yelled at by a stranger
The Eight Mountains review – overlong friendship drama isn’t worth the arduous trek
Stunning scenery can't save a dull and airless adaptation from co-directors Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
The Innocents review – sinister Norwegian horror with a refreshingly nasty edge
Though it doesn't quite land a satisfying conclusion, this is a chilling and uncomfortable piece of work from director Eskil Vogt
Top Gun: Maverick review – bravado sequel blows the original out of the sky
This follow-up to the 1986 classic surpasses all expectations, a slickly drawn adrenaline hit that reaffirms Tom Cruise's star status
Scarlet review – Pietro Marcello spins a soft-spoken, magical yarn
The Martin Eden director's latest, a tender adaptation of an Aleksandr Grin short story, is a film of simple, lyrical pleasures
Final Cut review – a pointless but entertaining remake of a cult classic
Judged on its own merits, Michel Hazanavicius’ One Cut of the Dead redo is charming and fun – but you're better off with the original
The Road Dance review – a remote and distant Scottish period drama
Great performances and rich atmosphere can't draw attention away from this film’s muddied sexual assault plot
Benediction review – a devastating ballad from Britain’s greatest living filmmaker
Terence Davies delivers another immensely personal lament, based on the life of English soldier and war poet Siegfried Sassoon
This Much I Know to Be True review – incandescent Nick Cave concert film
Andrew Dominik reunites with the Australian singer-songwriter for a documentary that is both intimate and epic in equal measure