Five star - Latest Top Rated Film Reviews from the Guardian

Tenet review – supremely ambitious race against time makes for superb cinema
Go with it, and Christopher Nolan’s high-concept action romp will leave you ripping off your face mask for air, even as you wonder what it was all about - Peter Bradshaw
Babyteeth review – a fearless debut about young love
Terminally ill girl meets drug-addicted boy in Shannon Murphy’s waywardly glorious first feature - Wendy Ide
I Saw the World End review – how a bomb changed life on Earth in a flash
Marking 75 years since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, stage designers Devlin and Weston have made a film of immense power – but it won’t be seen as it was meant to - Jonathan Jones
Boys State review – amazing study of teenagers running for pretend office
The gloves and training wheels come off as a group of smart, poignantly naive and utterly insufferable Texas boys get together to simulate government - Peter Bradshaw
Story of a Love Affair review – Antonioni's riveting postwar noir
The Italian director’s rereleased debut 1950 feature is a stylish study of wealth, ennui, guilt and fear - with an exceptional central performance by Lucia Bosè - Peter Bradshaw
Strasbourg 1518 review – Jonathan Glazer's cathartic spasm of protest for our times
The Under the Skin director’s short film – inspired by a mass-hysteria outbreak of dancing in the 16th century – speaks to our own feelings about lockdown - Peter Bradshaw
Clemency review – Alfre Woodard quietly dazzles in this superb death row drama
Woodard plays a conflicted prison warden slowly unravelling in writer-director Chinonye Chukwu’s remarkable film - Mark Kermode
Clemency – brilliant, devastating death-row drama
Alfre Woodard gives a towering performance as a prison warden increasingly troubled by her role in America’s execution system - Peter Bradshaw
She Dies Tomorrow review – brilliant chills for the Covid-19 era
After moving into a new house, a young woman becomes convinced her life is about to end in an eerie drama about mortality and contagious panic - Peter Bradshaw
Ava review – teenage rebellion in Tehran
An impetuous bet to catch the eye of a boy inflames mother-daughter tensions in this striking debut - Wendy Ide
Coronation review – Ai Weiwei's harrowing coronavirus documentary
The artist-activist has secretly assembled a powerful and artful look at how the pandemic was handled in China - Charles Bramesco
Coup 53 review – riveting documentary on a very British coup
Taghi Amirani’s gripping film about the move against Iran’s prime minister highlights an inglorious chapter of history - Peter Bradshaw
Ava review – smart teenage thriller amps up the micro-tyrannies
Sadaf Foroughi turns the family drama trope on its head in this superb story of a girl in Iran at war with her mother - Peter Bradshaw
Pinocchio review – a mesmerisingly creepy live-action retelling
Matteo Garrone sends his disarmingly human puppet out into a harsh world in this retelling of the Italian classic - Simran Hans
Pinocchio review – Matteo Garrone crafts a satisfyingly bizarre remake
Drawing on the original children’s story for his new live-action version, the Gomorrah director combines sentimentality and the grotesque in a unique way - Peter Bradshaw
My Rembrandt review – Old Master fanciers in the frame
The super-rich collectors and dealers in Oeke Hoogendijk’s amusing documentary come right out of Rembrandt paintings themselves - Peter Bradshaw
You've Been Trumped Too review – Scottish widow defies future president
Resistance builds to Donald Trump’s attempts to build a golf resort near Aberdeen in this prescient documentary sequel - Peter Bradshaw
Perfect 10 review – teenage backflips
There are shades of Lynne Ramsay in writer-director Eva Riley’s lyrical feature debut, about a teenage gymnast’s battle with grief - Wendy Ide
Papicha review – female friendship and resistance in 90s Algeria
Fashion is a form of protest in this shimmering semi-autobiographical tale following a design student and friends during the country’s civil war - Wendy Ide
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker review – stunning trio of dance films
In Hoppla!, Achterland and Mitten, the Belgian dance legend manages a dynamic mix of composition and choreography - Sanjoy Roy
Perfect 10 review – teen drama marks the arrival of a special talent
Eva Riley’s debut feature is a dazzling coming-of-age tale lit up by a pair of remarkable first-time performances - Cath Clarke
Echo review – a mesmerising mosaic of Icelandic festivities
Universal themes are enlivened with local detail in this poignant, painterly compilation of 56 single-shot vignettes - Ellen E Jones
Howard review – the lyricist who made Disney's hits soar
Howard Ashman injected musical thrills into animations such as Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, as this exciting documentary shows - Peter Bradshaw
Make Up review – an eerie erotic awakening in a caravan park
A young woman suspects her boyfriend of infidelity - Simran Hans
Summerland review – wartime wonderment with Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton excels as a crotchety loner who takes in a child evacuee - Mark Kermode
Unhinged review – darkly funny tale of road rage
Russell Crowe excels in a car chase thriller - Simran Hans
Inception review – the virtual reinvention of virtual reality
Christopher Nolan’s cerebro-tech thriller may be short on story, but makes up for it with staggering fantasy set pieces - Peter Bradshaw
Black Is King review – Beyoncé’s love song to the black diaspora
The superstar’s Lion King-inspired visual album is a feast for the eyes, celebrating the beauty and richness of African cultures with emotion and power - Chanté Joseph
Flash Gordon review – bizarre expressionist superhero panto
With echoes of The Wizard of Oz and Carry On movies, Mike Hodges’ vintage intergalactic fable delivers mayhem, madness and eye-frazzling colour - Peter Bradshaw
The Fight review – a walk-and-talk with the activists tackling Trump
This lively, watchable documentary spotlights the American Civil Liberties Union’s battles in support of migrants, transgender people and abortion rights - Peter Bradshaw
Make Up review – wintry chills in a spooky seaside thriller
A teenager encounters ghostly goings-on and sexual intrigue at an out-of-season caravan park in a stylish psychological drama - Peter Bradshaw
Around the Sun review – madly meta multiple worlds romance
Oliver Krimpas’s flirty, sweet drama recalls Greenaway, Rohmer, Kieślowski and Kaufman and is uniquely weird and pleasing - Leslie Felperin
How to Build a Girl review – enjoyably rough-and-ready
Wobbly Wolverhampton accent and all, American actor Beanie Feldstein carries this hard-to-resist adaptation of a coming-of-age bestseller - Mark Kermode
Saint Frances review – compassion-filled unpicking of sexual politics
An accidental pregnancy is at this core of this smart, unpreachy drama about age, intimacy and human relationships - Peter Bradshaw
The Good Girls review – a high-class skewering of Mexican decadence
Ilse Salas is sublime as a moneyed idler whose white-picket world is plunged into chaos by the Mexican financial crisis - Peter Bradshaw
Babyteeth review – Eliza Scanlen stars in a shattering, refreshing and achey coming-of-age film
Shannon Murphy’s debut feature – the latest in the terminally-ill-teen romance subgenre – treats its characters with rare respect, and a quiet warmth - Debbie Zhou
Good Manners review – superbly strange nanny horror
São Paulo is transformed into a spooky fairytale landscape in this elegant, unsettling tale of a pregnant woman and her prospective employee - Ellen E Jones
The Portuguese Woman review – elegant, unworldly tale of courtly discontent
A 16th-century noblewoman awaits her husband’s return from war in a stately, highly wrought drama etched with refinement and intelligence - Peter Bradshaw
Chemical Hearts review – teen romance with a twist
There’s a darker edge to this decent high-school drama starring Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart - Wendy Ide
Tenet review - high concept and high stakes
Christopher Nolan’s nuclear apocalypse thriller dazzles and disorients – but can it entice people back to the cinema? - Simran Hans
The Sleepover review – silly but good-hearted family spy fun
Trish Sie’s film resembles the Spy Kids movie series – but with a bit more polish, a little less tech and extra fart jokes - Leslie Felperin
Burning Man: Art on Fire review – impressive behind-the-scenes glimpse
Gerald Fox’s documentary about the power-guzzling temporary city for eco-themed art in the Nevada desert already looks like a postcard from another era - Cath Clarke
Love Is Blind review – energetic and blunt depiction of New York street life
Wanly Florexile plays a man trying to solve the murder of his childhood friend in a film that unromantically reflects real life - Cath Clarke
Perfumes review – admirably refreshing French comedy-drama
Grégory Montel is chauffeur to challenging fragrance designer Emmanuelle Devos in this layered look at relationships - Leslie Felperin
Wonders in the Suburbs review – charming genuine oddity of a film
With a superstar French cast including Emmanuelle Béart, this is a weirdly likable first solo directing credit for Jeanne Balibar - Peter Bradshaw
Lowdown Dirty Criminals review – endearingly scrappy Kiwi crime comedy
James Rolleston leads a hang-loose caper of a pizza deliveryman who finds himself embroiled in a crime gang full of cartoon menace - Luke Buckmaster
My Rembrandt review – to have and to hold the Dutch master
A documentary on art collectors’ obsessions with the artist puts their lust into the frame - Simran Hans
Sophie Cundale review – boxing meets Blackadder in a maggoty mash-up
A modern pugilist encounters a depressed 16th-century queen in a hallucinatory, blood-soaked half-hour film The Near Room - Adrian Searle
Project Power review – micro-dose superpowers in New Orleans
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Foxx and Dominique Fishback give punchy performances in this enjoyable thriller about a drug-blighted New Orleans - Peter Bradshaw
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl review – Janhvi Kapoor excels as an Indian Air Force pioneer
There are triumphant training montages and Top Gun moments, but this Netflix biopic of a fighting female helicopter pilot elicits smart performances - Mike McCahill
The Tree House review – voyage into Vietnamese inner space
Minh Quý Truong’s intriguing ethno-fictional movie essay takes the point of view of a future space traveller on a fascinating Vietnamese ethnic group - Peter Bradshaw
Elvis: That's the Way It Is review – feisty time capsule of the King's Vegas stint
The off-hand moments from this 1970 documentary following Elvis Presley as he sets up shop in Las Vegas are the most illuminating - Leslie Felperin
The Trial review – coolly observational view of Brazil's crypto-coup
Maria August’s somewhat dry chronicle of Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment is a reminder that democracy can sometimes be undermined from within the system - Ellen E Jones
Sputnik review – smart Soviet-era sci-fi chiller
The alien is the least of the horrors in Egor Abramenko’s gripping suspense, set in an 80s army facility with an unwanted visitor - Cath Clarke
Babyteeth review – teen illness drama earns its emotional impact
Eliza Scanlen and Ben Mendelsohn lead a terrific ensemble cast in Shannon Murphy’s classy debut about an unlikely high-school romance - Peter Bradshaw
An American Pickle review – sweet generational comedy lacks a little bite
Seth Rogen stars in this affable fish-out-of-water tale - Simran Hans
Giraffe review – an erotic tale of love, location and loyalty
Lisa Loven Kongsli’s historian has an affair with a construction worker razing community land in this cryptic, enigmatic drama - Peter Bradshaw
Work It review – engaging Netflix teen comedy dances to a familiar beat
A predictable yet breezily entertaining and well-acted high school comedy sees a ragtag dance crew aiming for the top - Benjamin Lee
Casting review – film-set furore is a meta-salute to Fassbinder
A director fends off meddling execs and egotistical actors while remaking a German classic in this ensemble satire - Leslie Felperin
Anelka: Misunderstood review – subtle portrait of an enigmatic talent
From a quenelle salute to World Cup controversy, the brilliant short-fuse striker comes with baggage, and this film does a fair job with some fraught material - Andrew Pulver
Papicha review – repression and rebellion in war-torn Algeria
A fashion student kicks back against misogyny and religious extremism in Mounia Meddour’s ambitious directorial debut - Peter Bradshaw
An American Pickle review – Seth Rogen doubles up in zany time-slip comedy
Rogen plays a pickle-factory worker accidentally preserved for 100 years – and the hipster great-grandson he shacks up with in 21st-century Brooklyn - Peter Bradshaw
Host review – surprisingly effective Zoom-based horror
A lean, nasty little at-home chiller makes the most of its limitations as a group of friends decide to perform a seance during the pandemic - Benjamin Lee
Shakuntala Devi review – spirited biopic of a mathematical genius
Vidya Balan puts in a blazing performance as the eponymous Indian maths genius in Anu Menon’s characterful feminist life story - Mike McCahill
The Vigil review – malevolent dybbuk seeks new host scarily
This horror yarn has an authentically Jewish setting and an expressive central performance from Dave Davis, guarding a corpse from evil - Phil Hoad
Summerland review – Gemma Arterton war drama warms the cockles
Arterton’s cantankerous bluestocking is landed with a tousle-haired evacuee in Jessica Swale’s bucolic picture of 1940s Kent - Leslie Felperin
Last and First Men review – eerie sounds and unearthly images from a posthuman world
Tilda Swinton’s voice echoes back coolly from billions of years hence in Jóhann Jóhannsson’s brief essay on humanity’s future destiny - Peter Bradshaw
Again Once Again review – elegant meditation on the pains of motherhood
This engaging film unpicks the challenges faced by a young mother trying to reconnect with the life she had before her son’s birth - Cath Clarke
Alice review – sex work as quick-fix female empowerment
A middle-class Parisian woman becomes a high-end escort in a sanitised portrayal of prostitution - Simran Hans
The Rifleman review – Latvian war epic aims high
This trench-warfare tale is its country’s biggest box-office success, but it is guilty of some bad misfires - Ellen E Jones
Coincoin and the Extra-Humans review – fuzz, sludge and lewd laughs
Bruno Dumont continues his reinvention as a master of farce with this semi-satirical tale of alien goo and buffoonish cops - Peter Bradshaw
Once There Was Brasília review – sci-fi odyssey into Brazil's murky politics
An intergalactic refugee travels through time to modern-day Brazil in an eerie tale that has real-life corruption at its heart - Phil Hoad
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles review – intriguing animation
A depiction of the making of Luis Buñuel’s documentary Las Hurdes is striking, but casts the director in an unflattering light - Wendy Ide
Come As You Are review - a briskly unsentimental journey
Richard Wong explores sexuality and disability with candour in this comedy drama remake - Wendy Ide
Disappearance at Clifton Hill review – dark tale of childhood trauma
David Cronenberg makes a startling appearance as a frogman in this bizarre psycho-melodrama set near Niagara Falls - Peter Bradshaw
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles review – animated odyssey
Film-maker Luis Buñuel’s surreal journey to a deprived region of Spain in the 30s is recreated in a gently engaging animation - Peter Bradshaw
Come As You Are review – disability rights and sexual needs
Three young men head for a Montreal brothel in this uplifting, refreshingly non-judgmental road movie - Ellen E Jones
Tenet review: Christopher Nolan's thriller is a palindromic dud
If the long-awaited sci-fi from the Inception director restarts the summer of cinema it will go down as his finest hour. But Tenet is far from his finest work - Catherine Shoard
Chemical Hearts review – elaborately contrived YA tale of young love
A high-school story tackling a complex and painful relationship with familiar tropes riddled with cliche - Peter Bradshaw
Random Acts of Violence review – exasperating serial killer-slasher
Jay Baruchel writes and stars in a finger-waggingly pious and pointless story about violence in entertainment - Cath Clarke
The One And Only Ivan review – Disney's painting gorilla movie lacks colour
The true story of a silverback gorilla who lived in a mall is brought to half-life in a rushed and magic-free late summer adventure - Benjamin Lee
Mara review – boilerplate scares in don't-sleep horror
A police psychologist searches for a supernatural perp in this moderate horror that shows its influences all too plainly - Peter Bradshaw
Message Man review – gorily efficient Indonesia-set actioner
There’s an awkward white-saviour dimension to Corey Pearson’s revenge thriller – but it picks up speed in a tuk-tuk - Ellen E Jones
Spree review – shallow social-media Taxi Driver
Stranger Things’ Joe Keery tries to give us a Travis Bickle for the Instagram age, but the script is hopelessly superficial - Cath Clarke
Life With Music review – sparks don't fly between Patrick Stewart and Katie Holmes
The stars are sleepwalking and the audience is nodding off in this tedious tale about the chaste romance of an ageing pianist - Leslie Felperin
Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal review – animated fable is shorn of excitement
The anthropomorphic animals from 2016 are back despite public demand in a well-meaning but tame family film - Cath Clarke
Endings, Beginnings review – seriously middling
Shailene Woodley is caught between two smouldering, bearded stools in a well-meaning drama that lacks storytelling nous - Peter Bradshaw
Mortal review – angsty Norse gods leave you praying for the end
A troubled youngster learns to channel his superpowers in this by-the-numbers fantasy. But the scenery is great - Ellen E Jones
Proxima review – Mars mission limps off in a cloud of sentiment
Eva Green and Matt Dillon star in this bland tribute to the heartaches of real astronauts - Peter Bradshaw
The Secret: Dare to Dream review – hokey wish-fulfillment soap
Katie Holmes sees her life transformed by a mysterious stranger in a featherweight adaptation of the bestselling self-help book - Benjamin Lee
Unhinged review – Russell Crowe powers up for gonzo road-rage violence
Caren Pistorius co-stars as a driver who impatiently and fatefully parps her horn at a guy in a pickup in this bone-crunchingly nasty thriller - Peter Bradshaw
100% Wolf review – werepoodle is more fluff than stuff
A boy from a superhero werewolf family mutates into an adorable pooch in this watchable but generic animation - Cath Clarke
Stage Mother review – feelgood drag film falls flat
A small-town Texas choir director takes over a California drag joint, with mixed results - Simran Hans
The Big Ugly review – a boozy bonanza of blokey brutality
Vinnie Jones takes his crazy gang stateside – and bar a fun turn from Malcolm McDowell the result is not a pretty sight - Leslie Felperin
Stage Mother review – drag-queen heartwarmer never rises above tepid
Jacki Weaver is a housewife forced to rethink her prejudices in a well-meaning drama that ambles along the middle of the road - Peter Bradshaw
Alice review – sex-worker drama fails to sell its preposterous premise
Emilie Piponnier does her best as a single mother plunged into crisis but this shallow story does not do its subject justice - Peter Bradshaw
Cruel Intentions review – young love still looks laboured 21 years on
The rereleased tale of spoilt Manhattan rich kids, starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon, remains creepily unconvincing - Peter Bradshaw
The Very Excellent Mr Dundee review – Paul Hogan tries to not get cancelled in confused film
The meta-ish film paints its star – and ‘old fashioned comedy’ – as victims of the modern world - Luke Buckmaster
Spy Intervention review – a film without a quantum of solace
Witless sexism masquerades as genre parody in this comedy thriller hopelessly devoid of comedy or thrills - Leslie Felperin
Fatal Affair review – cheap Netflix thriller plays the same old tune
An uninspired Fatal Attraction knock-off wastes a charismatic Nia Long on a script with zero surprises or tension - Benjamin Lee