After Yang review – tear-jerking sci-fi lays bare the heart of an AI
Kogonada’s second feature is an exquisitely acted, low-key drama that makes the technical into something distinctly human
Reviews
Nightmare Alley review – Guillermo del Toro’s devilishly thrilling neo-noir
This monstrously grim psychodrama brings a bizarre world to visceral life, fronted by an astonishing turn from Bradley Cooper
Mass review – a powerful and harrowing study of grief
Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton are phenomenal in director Fran Kranz's debut drama about the aftermath of a school shooting
Memory Box review – visually inventive nostalgia trip lacks real drama
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige helm an intriguing but featherlight film about a teenager who delves into her mother's past
Belfast review – Kenneth Branagh’s bizarrely generic autobiographical drama
A feeble script proves an insurmountable structural flaw in this handsome but inert account of a Northern Irish childhood
Cicada review – one for the LGBTQ+ film bargain bin
Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare's trope-heavy and stereotypical queer romance tells an uninspired story about unlikeable characters
Comets review – short but fatally dull Georgian romance
Tamar Shavgulidze’s unpredictable tale of a past relationship barely scrapes feature length, but will test your patience anyway
Scream review – surprisingly smart riff on Hollywood’s reboot addiction
The fifth entry in the long-running meta-horror series takes aim at the "legacy sequel" with this satisfying slasher subversion
Memoria review – wondrous rumination on power, trauma and memory
Tilda Swinton is exceptional in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's funny, mediative tale about an expat drawn to a strange sound in Colombia
45 Days: The Fight for a Nation – scattered but important look at a shamefully ignored war
This patchy but emotive doc explores the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the traumas it inflicted on the Armenian people
Ascension review – surreal study of China’s embrace of capitalist excess
Jessica Kingdon's mesmeric fever dream of a documentary sets the benchmark for just how dispiriting a 2022 film can be
Cow review – moo-ving doc goes inside the mind of a beast of burden
Andrea Arnold's latest protagonist may be a dairy cow, but she still affords her the dignity and rich inner life typical of her filmography
The 400 Blows review – François Truffaut’s sad and spirited ode to childhood
The autobiographical 1959 French New Wave classic about a young boy with nowhere to turn has lost none of its poignant charm
A Hero review – Asghar Farhadi returns to form with a rich moral melodrama
The acclaimed Iranian filmmaker delivers his best film in ages with this twisty tale about the blurry line between right and wrong
Munich: The Edge of War review – solid spy thriller slowed down by the weight of history
This Robert Harris adaptation will be sure to please World War II buffs, though an excess of plot means it fails to consistently thrill
Ailey review – earnest doc celebrates one of the great modern dancers
Targeted expressly at avid fans of interpretive dance, Jamila Wignot's film is often moving but sometimes a little alienating
Boiling Point review – one-take kitchen drama is a recipe for success
Stephen Graham plays a head chef whose entire life is about to explode across 92 sweat-inducing minutes
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain review – charming but scattershot portrait of an oddball artist
A biopic almost as eccentric as its cat-loving subject, this Victorian drama eschews convention in favour of something far wackier
The Humans review – family drama has the holidays bordering on horror
Stephen Karam adapts his own Tony Award-winning play, imbuing it with a cinematic edge while preserving its theatrical temperament
The King’s Man review – pulpy prequel suffers from near-fatal tonal whiplash
Matthew Vaughn takes the franchise back to World War I, but gets stuck in an awkward no man's land between silliness and sincerity
The Matrix Resurrections review – an ambitious meditation on the nature of sequels
Lana Wachowski returns with a deliriously self-aware fourth entry in the groundbreaking series that both fascinates and frustrates
Nine Days review – a brilliantly crafted philosophical deep dive
Souls vie for the chance at being born in debut filmmaker Edson Oda's small miracle of a film, starring Winston Duke and Zazie Beetz
Swan Song review – Mahershala Ali elevates a grounded sci-fi debut
Benjamin Cleary's vision of the future might look familiar, but its gently probing plot avoids cliche and asks powerful questions
Spider-Man: No Way Home review – messy multiverse caper is hard to resist
Tom Holland's third solo outing as the web-slinger lacks real narrative purpose but its nostalgic charm just wins through
Don’t Look Up review – Adam McKay’s apocalypse yarn is a mesmerising mess
Packing three films into one, this end of the world dramedy is simultaneously more and less than the sum of its many parts
Being the Ricardos review – a slapdash betrayal of one of the funniest stars of the ’50s
Nicole Kidman is fatally miscast in Aaron Sorkin's hokey Lucille Ball biopic that seems utterly disinterested in its own characters
Lamb review – A24 goes to Iceland for a mythic family melodrama
This folkloric tale of a sheep-baby hybrid is a fascinating and frustrating slow burn that defies genre conventions
West Side Story review – Spielberg’s magnificent ode to old-school Hollywood
This remake marks the director's first ever musical, a remarkable achievement that fills the screen with life, light, colour, and song
Final Account review – a crushingly bleak insight into the Nazi psyche
This film interviews the last living Germans who participated in the Holocaust and finds a haunting mix of guilt, denial, and even pride
The Shop Around the Corner review – Christmas classic is as irresistible as ever
Ernst Lubitsch's festive rom-com, the inspiration for You've Got Mail, is just as charming eight decades after its initial release