15 Jun 2023
The Listener review – Tessa Thompson outperforms an otherwise unmemorable film
The Creed actress compels in director Steve Buscemi's first feature effort in decades, though his film falls a little on the forgettable side
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15 Jun 2023
Blood for Dust review – action-crime thriller gives us a career-best Kit Harington
The Game of Thrones actor stars opposite Scoot McNairy in this twisty tale of drug smuggling, set in the American Midwest
15 Jun 2023
The Graduates review – quiet school shooting drama is searingly powerful
Hannah Peterson's deft, heartbreaking debut film explores trauma through the perspectives of three people touched by tragedy
04 Apr 2023
Something You Said Last Night review – thoughtful, arresting tale of an untethered trans woman
Filmmaker Luis De Filippis makes her debut with this nuanced look at identity and togetherness, set over the span of a holiday family
04 Apr 2023
Egghead & Twinkie review – wholesome and captivating spin on the road trip flick
Sarah Kambe Holland’s debut feature, expanding on her short of the same name, pairs bold queer storytelling with a rich visual world
04 Apr 2023
Before I Change My Mind review – earnest recalibration of the coming-of-age drama
Trevor Anderson’s 80s-set debut reconsiders classic tropes of school bullying and self-discovery, though flirts with shallowness
13 Feb 2023
Sharper review – New York-set psychological thriller is unoriginally blunt
Despite a stacked cast and an intriguing set-up, Benjamin Caron’s twisty film eventually gets caught in its own web of cons
26 Jan 2023
Fair Play review – electrifying finance thriller gives us a Wall Street gender war
Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich play a clashing power couple in writer-director Chloe Domont's sharp debut feature
26 Jan 2023
Scrapper review – wonderfully imaginative and achingly real British dramedy
Harris Dickinson gives another sensational turn in writer-director Charlotte Regan’s stylish debut, a playful father-daughter story
24 Jan 2023
Other People’s Children review – evocative and swooning story of a stepmother
Rebecca Zlotowski's touching film, starring a luminous Virginie Efira, is an intelligent exploration of being child-free at middle age
23 Jan 2023
Sometimes I Think About Dying review – mediative portrait has Daisy Ridley’s best performance yet
Rachel Lambert's second film is an enigmatic look at high-functioning depression with a quietly mesmerising turn at its centre
04 Jan 2023
Piggy review – thrilling and contemplative sun-drenched Spanish horror
Writer-director Carlota Pereda's tense blend of coming-of-ager and teen slasher expertly avoids shallow reflections on body image