Five star - Latest Top Rated Film Reviews from the Guardian

Don't Look Now review – Roeg's scary movie can still make you jump
From its red stalker to its eerie strangers, this suspenseful classic set a template for horror – but its sexual intimacy adds a dramatic counterpoint few films can match - Peter Bradshaw
Midsommar review – outrageous black-comic carnival of agony
Florence Pugh is plunged into a terrifying pagan bacchanal in a magnificent folk-horror tale from Hereditary director Ari Aster - Peter Bradshaw
Apollo 11 review – stunning return to an incredible journey
Featuring previously unseen footage, this electrifying documentary marks 50 years since the first moon landing - Peter Bradshaw
The Chills review – Martin Phillipps' triumph and tragedy told with extraordinary candour
While shooting the documentary, the frontman was told he had a 31% chance of dying within a year. He allows the film-makers in every step of the way - Andrew Stafford
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese review – passion on tour
This freewheeling doc hitches a ride in Dylan’s ‘75 tourbus, with Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and a young Sharon Stone in tow - Peter Bradshaw
Mother review – tender portrait of a charismatic carer
Kristof Bilsen’s documentary focuses on Pomm, who looks after Europeans with Alzheimer’s in Thailand while facing problems of her own - Charlie Phillips
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert review – riotous return trip
In this smart, lovable gem, now rereleased, a trans woman and two drag queens kick up the dust in Australia’s outback - Peter Bradshaw
Saving Private Ryan review – war epic still hits with sledgehammer force
The trauma of war is made viscerally clear in Steven Spielberg’s dazzling fusion of audacity, action and poignant human drama - Peter Bradshaw
Kind Hearts and Coronets review – the most elegant serial killer in history
The Ealing genre reached utter perfection with this superb black comedy of manners starring Dennis Price and a miraculous Alec Guinness - Peter Bradshaw
Knife+Heart review – thoughtful porn-star killer-thriller
Yann Gonzalez conceals stories within stories as a murderer goes on a bloody spree in late-70s Paris - Simran Hans
Ibiza: The Silent Movie review – bacchanalia ancient and modern
Julien Temple’s documentary links the island’s long history to its modern clubbing reputation - Simran Hans
Apollo 11 review – a front-row seat for the moon landing
Composed entirely of archive footage, this documentary invests the historic mission with a tense immediacy - Wendy Ide
Support the Girls review – warm comedy-drama
Andrew Bujalski’s day in the life of a sports bar is a nuanced, episodic tale of female solidarity - Wendy Ide
In Fabric review – rides a fine seam between humour and horror
A cursed red dress makes life hell for whoever wears it - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Support the Girls review – bar boss calls time on her dodgy clientele
Regina Hall is terrific as a manager looking after her young, vulnerable staff while dealing with trouble at home - Peter Bradshaw
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows review – fascinating career re-examination
The artist’s life is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in British art, second-wave feminism or experimental cinema - Leslie Felperin
In Fabric review – haunted red dress zips in from another dimension
Set in an unearthly department store, Peter Strickland’s bizarre ghost story is utterly unlike anything else around - Peter Bradshaw
Toy Story 4 review – a franchise still very much alive
After a hesitant start, the gang gets into top gear - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
The Edge of Democracy review – to the heart of Brazilian politics
Petra Costa’s powerful documentary charts the state’s descent into populism and the fraying of its democratic fabric - Leslie Felperin
Child's Play review – a razor-sharp and exquisitely gruesome toy story
The knife-wielding doll is updated for the digital era in a horror reboot that shrewdly skewers western consumerism - Peter Bradshaw
Mari review – Georgia Parris' stirring drama about a pregnant dancer
Bobbi Jene Smith is excellent as a dancer attempting to reconcile motherhood, performance and family in this promising indie film - Mike McCahill
Diego Maradona review – a gripping game of two halves
The public and private faces of the Argentinian striker are sharply contrasted in a revealing documentary from the director of Senna - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
The Hummingbird Project review – software, stocks, and surprising thrills
Jesse Eisenberg and Salma Hayek turn a story of financial tech into a gripping drama of many parts - Wendy Ide
Sometime Always Never review – a triple-word score of a movie
Bill Nighy is a Scrabble-obsessed father grieving for a missing son - Wendy Ide
We the Animals review – one of the discoveries of the year
An outstanding coming-of-age drama - Wendy Ide
The Italian Job review – cockneys, car chases and a 50-year cliffhanger
Michael Caine is still enormously charismatic as a cheeky con in a release that confirms the enduring brio of this crime caper - Peter Bradshaw
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf review – art of a Dutch master
This intriguing doc details the maverick landscape gardener’s visions in all their florid glory - Peter Bradshaw
Eating Animals review – home truths about meat
A film about the environmental impact of big farming is food for thought, if hard to stomach - Wendy Ide
Dirty God review – stirring story of an acid-attack survivor
Vicky Knight gives an assured debut performance in this powerful drama about a young woman rebuilding her life - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Border South review: slow train to US border purgatory
Raúl Pastrana’s compassionate film rides with a Nicaraguan migrant trying to cross into America, and a US researcher seeking traces of others who never made it - Charlie Phillips
Gloria Bell review – Julianne Moore brings warmth to the remake
Sebastián Lelio adapts his own life-affirming film about a vibrant middle-aged woman - Wendy Ide
Dirty God review – brave debut powers acid-attack drama
Real-life fire survivor and first-time actor Vicky Knight impresses as a young woman recovering from a horrific assault by her boyfriend - Cath Clarke
Force of Nature Natalia – fascinating study of the Royal Ballet's star dancer
Shy of breathless revelations, this documentary about the sylph of steel is a strong introduction into Natalia Osipova’s magic - Peter Bradshaw
Eating Animals review – painful portrait of factory farming
Natalie Portman narrates an unsettling documentary about how agribusiness resorts to ever greater squalor and cruelty - Peter Bradshaw
Late Night review – battle of words in the TV writers' room
Mindy Kaling stirs up the stale, male writing team behind Emma Thompson’s talk show in this warm and witty comedy - Peter Bradshaw
Gloria Bell review – Julianne Moore is passionate, single and ready to mingle
Moore takes the lead in Sebastián Lelio’s US remake of his earlier film, playing a woman enjoying life and romancing John Turturro - Peter Bradshaw
Spider-Man: Far from Home review – Peter Parker’s teenage kicks
Marvel’s cinematic domination enters a new era with this winning, witty offering - Simran Hans
Vita & Virginia review – a hothouse of patrician passion
The affair between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf is winningly recreated by Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki - Peter Bradshaw
Prisoners of the Moon review – the dark side of the Apollo 11 story
This unsettling documentary focuses on an engineer from Nazi Germany who was a key player in America’s lunar programme - Leslie Felperin
The Cure: Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London review – communal celebration
Robert Smith revives all the old goth bangers with muscular, life-affirming brio in Tim Pope’s sedate concert film - Phil Hoad
Article 15 review – no-holds-barred Indian crime thriller
A topical tale of rape and murder burns with justified anger - Wendy Ide
Robert the Bruce review – rousing return of the king of the Scots
Angus Macfadyen is the medieval monarch – a role he played in Braveheart – in this thoughtful crack at historical drama - Leslie Felperin
Thom Yorke: Anima review – angst, anguish, paranoia and … jokes?
The Radiohead frontman gives a glimpse of his fun side on this intriguing, infuriating solo album. But you’ll have to listen closely - Alexis Petridis
Spider-Man: Far from Home review – post-Endgame outing lacks Marvel sparkle
Tom Holland swings into Europe on a school trip that sees Prague under attack, Italy in danger – and Jake Gyllenhaal wearing a very weird helmet - Peter Bradshaw
The Hunt review – false accusation unleashes small-town savagery
Rupert Goold directs a taut adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s film about an innocent man falling prey to clannish locals - Michael Billington
Wine Calling review – woozy salute to France's natural wine movement
This passionate documentary about a DIY trend emerging in the French countryside opens with a bit of a hangover - Phil Hoad
Kurier review – Polish war hero fights through gritty spy thriller
A Polish agent follows a perilous route from London to Warsaw in this taut and arresting piece of storytelling - Phil Hoad
Anima review – Thom Yorke glimpses romance on the morning train
Paul Thomas Anderson directs the Radiohead singer in a short, dialogue-free moodscape that’s unsure of its final destination - Peter Bradshaw
The Cold Blue review – return to the deadly skies of the second world war
Erik Nelson’s absorbing new documentary uses unseen footage shot by William Wyler for his 1944 film The Memphis Belle - Peter Bradshaw
Child’s Play review – a Chucky for the techno-fear age
A new creative team has taken over the franchise with mixed results - Simran Hans
The Flood review – refugee drama fails to pick a side
An indictment of the UK’s handling of the migrant crisis raises more questions than it answers - Simran Hans
Hero review – biopic of a world-changing Trinidadian war hero
A thought-provoking drama-documentary about Ulric Cross, an RAF pilot and diplomat who was a go-between in several African countries’ independence struggles - Mike McCahill
Ordinary Time review – quietly profound joys of bringing up baby
A couple navigate the first few weeks of parenthood in Susana Nobre’s affecting, meditative drama - Phil Hoad
Boyz in the Wood review – macabre rural teen horror-comedy
A group of youngsters stuck in the Scottish countryside become the hunted in Ninian Doff’s wacky mashup - Peter Bradshaw
The Captor review – sexy true-crime melodrama
Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace star as villain and hostage in this fictionalised version of the bizarre robbery that gave birth to term Stockholm syndrome - Peter Bradshaw
Amin review – the builder, the divorcee and a forbidden love
In this sombre and thoughtful drama, a Senegalese construction worker falls for the French woman whose house he is remodelling - Peter Bradshaw
Murder Mystery review – Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston buoy fun Netflix comedy
Old-fashioned movie star charm lifts a goofy, likable film that puts a New York couple in the middle of a European whodunnit - Benjamin Lee
Toy Story 4 review – new characters but the same old Story
It may only be a repeat of earlier ideas and plotlines, but compare it to the fourth films in other franchises and Pixar’s latest is an amusing and charming gem - Peter Bradshaw
Prophecy review – mesmerising portrait of painter Peter Howson
This fascinating documentary observes Howson creating a large orgiastic scene while talking about how he banished the demons in his life - Leslie Felperin
We the Animals review – tough times in the sunshine
This coming-of-age story about three brothers growing up in backwoods America features some hard knocks but risks prettifying poverty - Cath Clarke
Twelve Cabins Twelve Vacancies review – intimate take on Hitchcock’s Psycho
Chris Durnall fuses his own story with that of the classic thriller to create a lyrical study of grief and family - Gareth Llŷr Evans
Late Night review – talk show satire with Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling
A comedy about a young Indian-American woman hired to write for a TV talkshow is likable but lacks real punch - Wendy Ide
I Am Mother review – all-female Netflix thriller is a solid sci-fi watch
Newcomer Clara Rugaard impresses as a girl raised by a robot who finds her life thrown into question when an invader, played by Hilary Swank, arrives - Benjamin Lee
Last Summer review – boys' own bucolic drama
Horrific tragedy strikes when a gang of youngsters go down to the woods in Jon Jones’ affecting tale of youthful heroism - Leslie Felperin
Halston review – glitzy 70s designer all dressed up
Frédéric Tcheng’s pretentious documentary charts the rise and fall of the boy from Iowa who became a New York fashion icon - Cath Clarke
I Am Mother review – brooding sci-fi thriller tackles timely questions
With Hilary Swank, Clara Rugaard and Rose Byrne (as robot voice), this Australian-US chamber piece resonates in a time of climate crisis - Luke Buckmaster
Liam Gallagher: As It Was review – rock'n'roll rebel grows up
The charismatic swagger remains, but this disarming portrait of the former Oasis singer reveals a newfound humility - Mike McCahill
Van Gogh and Japan review – from strange obsession to lasting impression
This illuminating documentary examines the influence of Japanese art on the post-impressionist’s paintings - Andrew Pulver
Thunder Road review – bittersweet portrayal of law and disorder
Director Jim Cummings plays a grieving cop whose home life is falling apart - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Ma review – schlock horror with Octavia Spencer
The star saves the best craziness for last in an enjoyably silly stalker thriller - Simran Hans
Rory’s Way review – when Brian Cox met Rosanna Arquette
Cox plays a curmudgeonly crofter forced to seek medical help in the US - Simran Hans
Sunset review – murky Hungarian drama
A young woman seeks her way in pre-first world war Budapest - Simran Hans
Midsommar review – dread-free horror
Sunny Swedish paganism tests the patience in Ari Aster’s meandering follow-up to Hereditary - Simran Hans
Ibiza: The Silent Movie review – history for hedonists in bikinis
Julien Temple’s documentary mines the Spanish island’s past for nuggets of interest, but the facts that matter are clubbing and beaches - Peter Bradshaw
The Queen’s Corgi review – palace pooch in the doghouse
Jack Whitehall voices a disgraced doggie who ends up joining a canine fight club in this mirthless animated caper - Mike McCahill
Never Look Away review – epic but uneven melodrama inspired by Gerhard Richter
This fictionalised story of the artist by the director of The Lives of Others lacks a strong central performance to match its ambition - Peter Bradshaw
Mystify: Michael Hutchence review – a heavyhearted portrait mainly for the fans
INXS frontman’s genius is implied throughout Richard Lowenstein’s choppy documentary but never given the chance to speak for itself - Luke Buckmaster
Escape Plan 3 review – Stallone back for more macho mayhem
In the predictable third instalment of this martial arts franchise, Sly heads for Latvia to bust a Chinese heiress out of prison - Leslie Felperin
Yesterday review – predictable romcom
Danny Boyle’s fantasy about a world without the Beatles turns into a Richard Curtis greatest hits show - Wendy Ide
Photograph review – restrained Mumbai romance never comes into focus
The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra returns with an enigmatic meditation on chance meetings and things unsaid - Peter Bradshaw
Arifa review – a heroine and a life too ordinary
Despite a strong central performance, the story of a British Asian woman’s everyday frustrations floats by with a weird lack of urgency - Mike McCahill
Annabelle Comes Home review – creaky funhouse horror threequel
The Conjuring universe offers up another handsomely made yet astonishingly empty chapter about the havoc-wreaking demonic doll - Benjamin Lee
Brightburn review: super-antihero fails to take flight
This violent tale of a boy with malevolent powers struggles to impress in a Marvel-dominated genre - Simran Hans
Anna review – Luc Besson's empty assassin thriller shoots blanks
A vacuous performance from model Sasha Luss sinks the director’s attempt to add a modern spin on his 1990 thriller La Femme Nikita - Benjamin Lee
Division 19 review – emo rebels run riot in a derivative dystopia
Fun turns from Clarke Peters and Alison Doody enliven this yawn-inducing vision of a futuristic surveillance state - Leslie Felperin
Bitter Wheat review – Malkovich and Mamet's monstrous misfire
John Malkovich works overtime to squeeze depth into David Mamet’s predatory Hollywood tycoon Barney Fein - Michael Billington
Blue My Mind review – something's fishy in coming-of-age horror
Luna Wedler delivers a good performance as a shy teenager navigating a new school – and a body that is radically changing - Peter Bradshaw
The Flood review – glib foray into the tragedy of migration
Lena Headey plays an immigration official overseeing the case of an Eritrean migrant whose capture at Dover sparks tabloid fury - Peter Bradshaw
Men in Black: International review – a sorry sequel
The wisecracking sci-fi franchise is revived once more, yet is distinctly lifeless - Wendy Ide
Balloon review – airborne escape caper crash lands
Michael Herbig’s overwrought drama sucks the thrills out of this story of two families fleeing communist East Germany - Phil Hoad
The Hummingbird Project review – deeply odd tunnel-digging drama
Jesse Eisenberg plays a stock trader hoping to make millions by linking Kansas and New York underground - Mike McCahill
Wild Honey Pie! review – flaky and undercooked
Jamie Adams’ rambling style hits a n emphatic dead end with this aimless and implausible drama about a fraught marriage - Peter Bradshaw
X-Men: Dark Phoenix review – cliched conclusion of the mutant saga
Writer-producer-director Simon Kinberg botches it big time - Wendy Ide
Liam Gallagher: As It Was review – dull profile of the rock’n’roll star
The former Oasis frontman’s sparky personality goes missing - Wendy Ide
Bharat review – frenetic Salman Khan epic throws everything in the mixer
Bollywood strongman’s Eid offering, following a boy separated from his family at partition, packs so much in it’s hard to care about the unification message - Mike McCahill
Palm Beach review – unsatisfying bubble of privilege and water views
Rachel Ward’s latest film, which opened the Sydney film festival, groans with affluence but lacks in urgency - Luke Buckmaster
X-Men: Dark Phoenix review – mutant franchise fizzles out forgettably
Sophie Turner stars in Jean Grey’s 90s-set origin story that offers glimpses of intrigue before regressing into a dull CGI-fest - Peter Bradshaw
Shaft review – regressive sequel swaps out style for ugly homophobia
Samuel L Jackson returns in the latest take on the 70s detective to unleash a toxic stream of bigotry in a misjudged attack on millennial masculinity - Benjamin Lee
Men in Black: International review – a galactically gormless fall to earth
This latest outing for the government agents tasked with policing pesky space invaders is a charmless and pointless affair - Peter Bradshaw
Godzilla: King of the Monsters review – beastly in all the wrong ways
The latest in the creature-feature franchise dents the reptile’s reputation - Simran Hans