Thelma and Louise review – punchier, bolder, hotter and sweatier than ever
Callie Khouri’s feminist crime classic is a masterclass in narrative and character development and director Ridley Scott delivers pure action brio - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLa Chimera review – Alice Rohrwacher’s uproarious adventure teems with life
Set in 1980s Tuscany, Rohrwacher’s captivating film follows a lovelorn Englishman plundering Italy’s historical artefacts with a bizarre gang - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarKidnapped review – Marco Bellocchio’s antisemitism drama is a classic in the making
Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy kidnapped by papal authorities, this is a full-tilt melodrama that lays bare tyranny, bigotry and the abuse of power in the Catholic church - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarKillers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s magnificent period epic is an instant American classic
Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro star in a sinuous, pitch-black tragedy about how the west was really won - Xan Brooks
starstarstarstarstarKillers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s remarkable epic about the bloody birth of America
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star in this macabre western about serial murders among the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma, which reflects the erasure of Native Americans from the US - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Delinquents review – beguilingly surreal slow-motion Buenos Aires heist tale
If Pedro Almodóvar and Eric Rohmer teamed up to compose a meanderingly long crime caper it might look like this - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarOccupied City review – Steve McQueen’s moving meditation on wartime Amsterdam
The monumental film which tracks day-to-day life in Amsterdam under Nazi rule asks hard questions of what we think about the gulf between past and present - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLocal Hero review – wistful 80s comedy snares your heart with charm and beauty
Bill Forsyth’s happy-sad tale about a fishing village under threat from US oil money is as wonderful as ever, with standout turns from Burt Lancaster and youthful Peter Capaldi - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Old Man Movie: Lactopalypse! review – brilliantly weird Estonian stop-motion
This animated combination of cynicism and grotesquerie has as much energy as Aardman and double the WTF quotient - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarLarry Achiampong: Wayfinder review – a big-hearted meander through the immigrant experience
Poignant and inclusive, the British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong’s first major solo show roams through class, race and the English landscape, always circling back to his own family - Laura Cumming
starstarstarstarstarSisu review – one deadly Finn meets a lot of exploding Nazis
This gleefully gory B-movie romp follows a grizzled prospector as he exacts revenge in inventive ways on the troops who stole his gold - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarFull Time review – super-stressful French drama about a working single mum on the edge
Laure Calamy is superb in Eric Gravel’s compelling Paris-set film about the perils of suburban commuting - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Old Oak review – Ken Loach’s fierce final call for compassion and solidarity
A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian immigrants in Loach’s latest – and possibly last – piece of politically trenchant cinema - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarClose Your Eyes review – Victor Erice returns with enigmatic tale of disappeared actor
The Spirit of the Beehive director’s first feature in 30 years uses a film-within-a-film structure to ruminate on memory, ageing and cinema itself - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarInland Empire review – David Lynch’s fascinatingly unwholesome altered-states horror
A supernatural mystery thriller about a ‘cursed’ film production - with the word “mystery” in 72-point bold - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFull Time review – school-run thriller turns into high-stakes motherhood drama
Laure Calamy plays a woman forever racing between maternal and work duties in an acutely relatable story that grips - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarAsteroid City review – Wes Anderson’s 1950s sci-fi is an exhilarating triumph of pure style
This tale of earth-shattering events in a space-obsessed desert town leans nicely into its own artificiality, and every delicious, microscopic detail is a delight - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFallen Leaves review – deadpan Aki Kaurismäki comedy with springtime in its heart
Finnish film-maker’s sweet-natured odd-couple romance fills you with a feelgood glow and laughs in the face of Putin’s threat to the country - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarUnclenching the Fists review – claustrophobic drama full of trauma and tenderness
A quietly phenomenal performance by Milana Aguzarova as a young woman trying to break free from the unsettling relationships within her stifling family - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarEureka review – booze, bird souls and Viggo Mortensen in barmy yet rich experimental enigma
The Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso is back with another rewardingly weird journey into the unknown - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAnatomy of a Fall review – Sandra Hüller compels as an author accused of her husband’s murder
There’s a bracing and chilly high-mindedness about Justine Triet’s psychothriller, about a suspicious death whose only reliable witness happens to be blind - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarNam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV review – engaging film about the video art pioneer
Amanda Kim’s documentary encapsulates the disruptive work of the Korean American artist, who was years ahead of his time - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – warm, emotionally agile Judy Blume adaptation
With terrific performances from Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams, Kelly Fremon Craig’s intuitive drama has cross-generational appeal - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarUnder the Fig Trees review – dreamy, sensual Tunisian drama
Capturing long, hot days of flirting more than fig-picking among her young, non-professional cast, Erige Sehiri’s quietly observational feature debut beguiles - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMay December review – Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman potent in Highsmithian drama
Todd Haynes’ film has Portman as an actor spending time with Moore’s married sex offender as research for playing her in a film - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAbout Dry Grasses review – Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s absorbing drama of a teacher-pupil crisis
The latest film from the Turkish film-maker is a studied, Chekhovian film about a schoolteacher accused of abuse by a female student - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Zone of Interest review – Jonathan Glazer adapts Martin Amis’s chilling Holocaust drama
Focusing on the everyday domesticity of the Auschwitz commandant’s family might only reflect the horror indirectly, but the film pulls the banality of evil into pin-sharp focus - Peter Bradshaw in Cannes
starstarstarstarstarHow to Have Sex review – an education in consent for 24 hour party people
Tara and her friends decamp to a garish holiday resort on the lookout for her first sexual experience in Molly Manning Walker’s strong debut feature - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarYouth review – heart-stopping stories in China’s sweatshop capital
Wang Bing’s moving documentary follows young workers as they laugh, fight and question their bosses while undertaking a season of brutally hard work - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMonster review – Hirokazu Kore-eda’s hydra of modern morals and manners
Japanese director Kore-eda offers a deliberately dense but ultimately hopeful examination of how to negotiate family dysfunction with intelligence and humanity - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarStrange Way of Life review – Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke sizzle in Almodóvar’s queer cowboy yarn
The director gets back in the saddle at Cannes with this dusty lusty tale of long-lost lovers bound by a bloody fate - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAnselm review – Wim Wenders’ reverent 3D portrait of artist Anselm Kiefer
The director’s serious examination of the German artist’s life and work has an architectural quality as it moves around some monumental art – and studios - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLimbo review – Simon Baker is transcendent in another beautiful film from Ivan Sen
The cast are uniformly excellent in the auteur’s latest outback noir, with his star playing a tough, sorrowful detective investigating the murder of an Indigenous girl 20 years before - Luke Buckmaster
starstarstarstarstarNam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV review – the adventures of a multimedia maverick
Documentary shows the awe-inspiring vocation of this avant garde disruptor, who foresaw the internet and meme culture’s importance in the 1970s - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDe Humani Corporis Fabrica review – gruesome surgery film gets under the skin
The latest film by the directors of Leviathan combines disorientating, brutal surgery closeups with doctors’ candid chats to powerful effect - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFrederick Ashton: Links in the Chain review – fascinating study of a master choreographer
Lynne Wake’s film about Ashton, available online, is a compelling glimpse into the way his great works are reinterpreted by new generations of dancers - Sarah Crompton
starstarstarstarstarStill: A Michael J Fox Movie review – an intimate, uplifting star portrait
Self-effacing and wryly defiant, the Hollywood actor, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at 29, reflects on a life of two halves in this revealing documentary - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarThe Eight Mountains review – gorgeously shot tale of male bonding in the Alps
Childhood friends reunite as adult mountaineers to pay an emotional debt to their shared father figure in this sweeping Italian-language drama - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse review – crazily frantic sequel with full-spin energy
The brilliance of the kaleidoscopic, animated Spider-Verse erupts again in this multidimensional film about a teen superhero with exasperated parents - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Boogeyman review – deftly made yet derivative Stephen King horror
Host director Rob Savage makes the most of a ho-hum short story from the horror master - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarMad About the Boy - The Noël Coward Story review – brisk trot through life and career
Speeding through Coward’s journey from humble origins to all-round megastardom, we don’t get to engage with his complex private life - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarCarmen review – Paul Mescal’s moves will have his fanbase melting
Mescal and Melissa Barrera lead this modern-day version of Bizet’s opera, which awkwardly combines tough realism with high-gloss romance - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarFragments of Paradise review – moving account of legendary radical Jonas Mekas
KD Davison’s hagiography of the ‘godfather of American avant garde cinema’ says much about his profound influence, but glosses over uncomfortable details about his early life - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarA Crack in the Mountain review – the moral maze of cave tourism in Vietnam
A documentary exploring the ethical dilemmas surrounding Son Doong cave in Vietnam is well meaning if a bit convoluted - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarA Way Home review – Alzheimer’s and immigration in portrait of a disappearing past
Karima Saïdi’s documentary movingly tries to shore up memories from her mother’s life, but the ethics of the process are uneasy - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarParadise review – visually striking account of Siberian wildfires leans towards abstraction
Alexander Abaturov’s stunning film captures the resilience of villagers in remote Shologon, but feels contextless - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarBoonie Bears: Guardian Code review – adorable bears in smash-hit Chinese eco tale
With its two ursine characters, this formulaic kids’ tale tells its environmentally conscious story with plenty of warmth but few surprises - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarThe Little Mermaid review – bland but good-natured Disney remake
It doesn’t have the magic of the original, but Halle Bailey gives a winning performance, backed by a strong supporting cast - Mark Kermode
starstarstarstarstarPerfect Days review – Wim Wenders explores a quiet life in Tokyo
Bittersweet tale of an apparently contented toilet cleaner has an ambient urban charm, but feels a little too understated - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarInfluencer review – smart thriller about Instagrammers in mortal peril
Cassandra Naud is striking if a little opaque as a predator seducing image-obsessed tourists in Thailand - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarThe Pot-au-Feu review – Juliette Binoche foodie romance is an invitation to drool
Binoche and Benoît Magimel serve this Belle Époque tale of meaningful meals very well, but some may wish for a pinch of salt - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarSisu review – grisly feast of extravagant violence as Finnish hero slaughters Nazis
Cheerfully entertaining action film follows a granite-faced Finnish gold miner with a hunting knife as he kills the enemy in wildly silly ways - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarBlood and Gold review – second world war spaghetti western is good pulpy fun
A deserting Nazi private and a local farmer’s daughter enact bloody revenge on plundering troops in this tightly-staged switch-your-brain-off entertainment - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarTokyo Stories review – artistic immersion into the city’s creative life
The Exhibition on Screen documentary series delves into the boundless energy of the Japanese megalopolis - Andrew Pulver
starstarstarstarstarA Crack in the Mountain review – scrupulous look at the exploitation of a natural wonder
Alastair Evans’s documentary details the struggle to preserve Hang Son Doong caves in Vietnam, which were discovered in 1991 - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarFirebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama
The ailing king’s misogyny is compellingly disturbing but Alicia Vikander is underused as his final wife - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarWhite Men Can’t Jump review – generic remake of the hit 90s comedy
In the Wesley Snipes-Woody Harrelson roles of the basketball-hustling duo, Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow are fine, but the original’s edginess has been lost - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Breaking Ice review – frozen emotion and sexual tension on North Korean border
With a nod towards the seductive swing of the French New Wave, Anthony Chen creates an arresting portrait of three young people trapped within their own existential crises - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBeau Is Afraid review – Ari Aster’s patience-testing shaggy dog story
Joaquin Phoenix plays a hapless middle-aged man on a tortuous journey to see his mum in the Midsommar director’s three-hour black comedy of Oedipal angst - Mark Kermode
starstarstarstarstarMay December review – fraught drama starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore promises more than it delivers
Todd Haynes’ tale of merging identities is too knowing and too glossy to drive its message home - Xan Brooks
starstarstarstarstarFour Daughters review – fact and fiction mix in mother’s heartbreak over Islamic State
Actors and real people re-enact the past to understand why two daughters left Tunisia to fight for IS in Syria, leaving the rest of the family behind - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBanel & Adama review – Senegalese village love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet
Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s debut film pairs reluctant chief Adama and troublesome widow Banel as they battle local hostility to continue their relationship - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFast X review – more overcranked nonsense with Vin Diesel and co
Fasten your seatbelts as everything smashes into everything else in this not-quite finale to the Fast and Furious franchise - Mark Kermode
starstarstarstarstarThe New Boy review – Cate Blanchett’s boozy nun indulges possible second coming in woozy wartime saga
Blanchett in imperious zealot mode is hard to resist, but Warwick Thornton’s story of orphans and evangelists in the 40s outback never quite fulfils its promise - Peter Bradshaw in Cannes
starstarstarstarstarIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny review - Harrison Ford cracks the whip in taut sequel
There’s still much to dig about the octogenarian archeologist as he teams up with Phoebe Waller-Bridge to re-defeat the Nazis - Peter Bradshaw in Cannes
starstarstarstarstarRe:cycle of the Penguindrum review – ravishing anime with magic hat and dominatrix
There’s a lot to like in this two-part teen flick, but at four-and-a-half hours long there’s also just a lot of it - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarFast X review – stupidly entertaining sequel offers more of the same
Vin Diesel et al return for an overstuffed Fast and Furious chapter that delivers giddily effective action but an outsized and silly villain - Scott Tobias
starstarstarstarstarTiger Stripes review – coming-of-age body horror releases the monster inside
Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu’s debut about a young girl discovering the truth behind her rebellious nature bristles with supernatural energy thanks to a tremendous young cast - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – Judy Blume’s classic pre-teen tale retold
Set in 1970, the year Blume’s novel was published, the sweet-natured story is engaging but does feel a little out of date - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Other Fellow review – whimsical film about non-famous James Bonds
These tails and travails of ordinary people who share a name with the famous spy are often fun and funny – but the shifts in tone are uncomfortable - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarJeanne du Barry review – Cannes kicks off with Johnny Depp’s purring and peculiar royal dandy
Louis XV’s infatuation with a sexy, smart courtesan played by Maïwenn – who also writes and directs – is an entertaining spectacle but preening Depp’s king overshadows her story - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLittle Bone Lodge review – Joely Richardson is scarily fierce in tense thriller
Secrets are revealed as Richardson’s matriarch turns out not to be just a simple farmer’s wife when protecting her family - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarUnder the Fig Trees review – beguiling battle of the sexes in Tunisian fields
Largely improvised, Erige Sehiri’s film packs argument, gossip, romance and social criticism into a busy day of fruit picking - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarRestart the Earth review – Chinese sci-fi is pacy plant-based apocalypse
A super-species of triffid-style sentient flora terrorises humanity in a schlocky blockbuster - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarAnna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me review – sympathetic retelling of a tragic life
Ursula Macfarlane’s documentary recounts the sad story of the smalltown girl turned Playboy model who ended up a victim of the celeb industry and addiction - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarButterfly Vision review – grim drama about Ukrainian prisoners of the Donbas war
This film offers an unsparing view of how PoWs are treated when they return home – but it may not reflect the current mood - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarPortrait of Kaye review – at home with an agoraphobe, in gently affectionate study
In the house she grew up in, unchanged for 50 years, the creative and delightful Kaye lives with her memories and an unexpected bohemian freedom - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarA Light Never Goes Out review – sentimental but sumptuous Hong Kong drama
The widow of a sign artist struggles to fulfil her late husband’s last wish to renovate one of his favourite neon signs - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarPlan 75 review – Japanese euthanasia drama grapples with tough questions
Japan’s over-75s are offered a painless death in exchange for a modest payment in Chie Hayakawa’s slow-burning film - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarWait for Me review – grimy Yorkshire melodrama offers serious scenery chewing
Karen Hassan is terrific as an Irish woman fleeing sex work, but her powerful screen presence is not matched by the film around her - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarBreaking Infinity review – low-budget time-travel puzzler goes round in circles
Liam must work out not just what he did and what’s gone wrong but how to stop it in the first place when the time-travel gizmo at his super-secret science lab goes wrong - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarOld Man review – wilderness horror as cranky codger faces off with mysterious hiker
Lucky McKee’s psychological horror starring Stephen Lang feels inauthentic and flat - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarMaster Gardener review – Paul Schrader’s sluggish new crime thriller isn’t a grower
Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a dark secret, Sigourney Weaver his dowager boss in a drama stunted by its poorly written female characters - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarHypnotic review – preposterous tosh from start to finish starring Ben Affleck
Affleck is in full frowny mode as a haunted cop on the tail of a criminal mastermind in a thriller that seems to revel in its absurdity - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarMy Fairy Troublemaker review – animated tale of the business of tooth-fairying
Story of a misbehaving sprite who gets access to the human world, and a fellow rebel, looks good but the story is a little flat - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarThe Machine review – standup comedian makes for limp movie star
Bert Kreischer turns a famous routine into a full-length movie with some surprising visual style but a lack of laughter - Jesse Hassenger
starstarstarstarstarLast Summer review – Catherine Breillat’s all too safe version of a dangerous romance
Breillat’s remake of Queen of Hearts rather pointlessly draws the sting from a mother’s affair with her teenage stepson - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Resurrection of Charles Manson review – evil-hippy horror looks for chills in desert
This film isn’t really about Charles Manson, and it’s a total mess, but there’s fun to be found in its ragged, plothole-filled thrills - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarTo Catch a Killer review – Shailene Woodley sniper thriller like mid-season CSI
This flat-footed serial-killer hunt, co-starring Ben Mendelsohn, is full of underwritten cops who seem to have no real idea what they’re doing - Ellen E Jones
starstarstarstarstarClub Zero review – not much to chew on in this baffling non-satire
Jessica Hausner’s baffling film, which avoids spelling out its obvious subject, focuses on a group of schoolgirls encouraged to live without food - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Little Mermaid review – Halle Bailey goes full mermaidcore in Disney’s CGI remake
Bailey is the best thing about this film but, despite a team crammed with talent, this live action reworking can’t match the magic of the 1989 classic - Ellen E Jones
starstarstarstarstarThe Other Fellow review – no, I’m James Bond…
Assorted men who share the fictional spy’s name are the shaken and stirred subjects of Matthew Bauer’s overstretched documentary - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarBlack Flies review – Sean Penn paramedic drama tries to grapple the horror
Fresh-faced rookie Tye Sheridan is led through a world of medical grimness by a grizzled Penn in a tale full of lifeless cliche - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarWhite Men Can’t Jump review – comedy remake fumbles the shot
Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow fail to recall the magic of the 1992 hit in a shallow and mostly unfunny nostalgia play - Andrew Lawrence
starstarstarstarstarBeau Is Afraid review – Ari Aster sends Joaquin Phoenix on an odyssey to nowhere
This three-plus-hour tale of Oedipal misery sees Phoenix on uncharacteristically boring form, and ultimately collapses into silliness - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarHomecoming review – Catherine Corsini’s tragic family drama misses an inner life
Despite plenty of incidental action, Corsini’s film about a woman’s painful return to Corsica leaves too many questions unanswered - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDead Shot review – an IRA terrorist is bent on revenge in crude Troubles thriller
Gritty 70s London does most of the heavy lifting as an IRA man tracks down the British soldier who killed his wife in this Sky Original drama - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarHitmen review – nihilistic mess of a gratuitously violent revenge tale
Couple who kill a man for harassing them in the pub are pursued by an army of his father’s goons. A few sparky performances can’t redeem this cartoonish thriller - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarA Brighter Tomorrow review – Nanni Moretti’s new film is bafflingly awful
In competition at Cannes, the Italian director’s comedy-drama about a failing film-maker is full of non-comedy and anti-drama – a complete waste of time - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBook Club: The Next Chapter review – four go mad in Italy in excruciating comedy sequel
Jane Fonda and co go through the emotions as book-loving friends on a jaunt in this cliched travelogue cringefest - Wendy Ide
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