Baato review – Nepal’s past and future collide in an immersive, fraught documentary ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Barbie review – Ryan Gosling steals the show in Greta Gerwig’s hilarious and profoundly pink spin on the iconic toy ★★★★☆ By Jack Blackwell
Blood for Dust review – action-crime thriller gives us a career-best Kit Harington ★★★★☆ By Emily Maskell
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review – visually striking and wonderfully acted Georgian midlife drama ★★★★☆ By Adam Solomons
The Breaking Ice review – chilly exploration of malaise leaves you wanting more ★★★☆☆ By Rory Doherty
Before I Change My Mind review – earnest recalibration of the coming-of-age drama ★★★☆☆ By Emily Maskell
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman review – pleasant but empty Haruki Murakami animation ★★☆☆☆ By Fedor Tot
The Beasts review – tense, terrifying drama of xenophobia in the Spanish countryside ★★★☆☆ By Savina Petkova
Buck and the Preacher review – Poitier and Belafonte are glorious in overlooked western ★★★★☆ By Fedor Tot
The Beast in the Jungle review – euphoric and melancholic reimagining of Henry James ★★★☆☆ By Rose Dymock
Babylon review – colossally entertaining tribute to the movies is a three-hour party ★★★★★ By Jack Blackwell
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review – Marvel mourns Chadwick Boseman as it takes Wakanda to war ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Barbarian review – surprising studio horror subverts expectations at every turn ★★★★☆ By Lex Briscuso
Black Adam review – Dwayne Johnson’s DC passion project is thunderously bland ★★☆☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Bardo review – Iñárritu’s epic comedy is an occasionally brilliant exercise in self-absorption ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Bodies Bodies Bodies review – nihilistic Gen Z slasher both thrills and frustrates ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
The Banshees of Inisherin review – a very melancholy comedy from Martin McDonagh ★★★★☆ By Tom Barnard
Blonde review – Andrew Dominik imagines Marilyn Monroe’s life as a gauntlet of misery ★★★☆☆ By Tom Barnard
Bones and All review – tendon is the night in Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal romance ★★★★☆ By Steph Green
Blind Ambition review – crowdpleasing doc is begging for a feature adaptation ★★★★☆ By Jack Blackwell
Benediction review – a devastating ballad from Britain’s greatest living filmmaker ★★★★★ By Steph Green
Being the Ricardos review – a slapdash betrayal of one of the funniest stars of the ’50s ★☆☆☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Becoming Cousteau – inessential but often gorgeous biography of a great explorer ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Best Sellers review – Michael Caine does his best to lift a predictable road trip ★★☆☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn review – mind-numbingly misanthropic sex comedy ★☆☆☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar review – baffling and delightful in equal measure ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart review – insightful doc will be heaven for superfans ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You review – stirring and transcendent making-of ★★★★★ By Adam Solomons
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles review – animated biopic brings film history to surreal life ★★★☆☆ By Jack Blackwell
