Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone review – 20 years on, it’s a nostalgic spectacular
The first film in the franchise is re-released into a very different world – but it’s as entertaining and exhilarating as ever - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarSeven Samurai review – an epic primal myth that pulsates through cinema
Akira Kurosawa’s tale of ascetic mercenaries brought together for a single job inspired endless imitations, but the original has lost none of its magic - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDune review – Denis Villeneuve’s awe-inspiring epic is a moment of triumph
Villeneuve’s take on the sci-fi classic starring Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac and Zendaya has been given room to breathe, creating a colossal spectacle - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBrief Encounter review – sparkling revival of Emma Rice’s forbidden romance
This polished production brings Rice’s innovative adaptation of the classic film to life, with an electric central partnership and personality to spare - Anya Ryan
starstarstarstarstarThe Outsiders review – Coppola’s Brat Pack melodrama carries you away
Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe star in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie that comes crashing back on screen - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAzor review – eerie conspiracy thriller about the complacency of the super-rich
Andreas Fontana’s debut feature is an unnervingly subtle drama about a Swiss private banker visiting clients in Argentina during the period of the military junta and ‘disappearances’ - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBelfast review – Kenneth Branagh’s euphoric eulogy to his home city
Nightmarishness meets nostalgia as Jamie Dornan and Judi Dench star in a scintillating Troubles-era coming-of-age tale - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Ape Woman review – freakshow satire with bizarre alternative-ending payoff
Watching both versions of this 1964 drama of Elephant Man-style exploitation reveals an impressive degree of tenderness and complexity - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAzor review – a slow-burning mystery set in Argentina under the junta
Andreas Fontana’s atmospheric drama is short on action but crackles with menace - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarLast Night in Soho review – a deliciously twisted journey back to London’s swinging past
Slasher fantasy and ghostly magic collide in Edgar Wright’s heady thriller about a fashion student who is mysteriously transported into the life of a 60s nightclub singer - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarPassing review – life is anything but black and white in Rebecca Hall’s smart period drama
Ruth Negga is magnetic in Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s story of race in 1920s Harlem - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarPassing review – Rebecca Hall’s stylish and subtle study of racial identity
Hall’s directing debut stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga as friends who are both ‘passing’ for what they are not in an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBlade review – Wesley Snipes is back in excitingly macabre vampire horror
Snipes is a charismatic vampire-human action hero in this exciting, energetic pre-MCU Marvel movie from 1998 - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarA Cop Movie review – arresting Mexican docu-drama twists police film tropes
Alonso Ruizpalacios’ film starts off as an addictive cop show, breaks the fourth wall and then rebuilds it in a film bristling with ideas - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarWild Indian review – First-Nations Patrick Bateman enlivens Cain and Abel tale
A new take on an old story sees a high-flying Native American haunted by a violent past and marks director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr out as one to watch - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarDune review – Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic gets off to an electrifying start
The French-Canadian director of Blade Runner 2049 brings an astonishing visual sensibility to Frank Herbert’s ‘unfilmable’ sci-fi classic - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstar7 Prisoners review – devastating but compelling trafficking drama
Alexandre Moratto’s feature about workers lured into modern-day slavery in Brazil takes an unexpected turn - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarCryptozoo review – trippy animation about magical creatures packs a punch
Dash Shaw’s counterfactual fantasy, a 1960s-set, nudity-filled sprawl about ‘cryptids’ and shady US agencies, is unique - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThe Velvet Underground review – avant-garde cool brought back to life
Todd Haynes uses Warhol-style split screen for this ideally pitched documentary about the influential 60s band - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarear for eye review – Lashana Lynch goes head to head with structural racism
The new 007 conducts an agonisingly tense interrogation in the centrepiece of a three-part cine-prose-poem about racism from debbie tucker green - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Show review – Alan Moore brings vaudevillian dazzle to Northampton noir
Moore has created a Chandlerian shoal of red herrings, drawing viewers into a dark and dense mystery set in the very centre of England - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarNever Gonna Snow Again review – rich brew of strangeness in unsettling suburbia
A mysterious masseur visits a dysfunctional gated community in this absorbing Polish fairytale - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmāo review – sisters fight the pain of patriarchy
This gorgeous and moving melodrama finds two women in 1950s Rio under suffocating family expectations – and sees what happens when they are defied - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarMy Little Sister review – terrific, prickly sibling drama
Starring two of Germany’s finest actors, this story of adult twins and their toxic mother packs a rare emotional punch - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarFever Dream review – a beautiful and bonkers future cult classic
Director Claudia Llosa returns to form with a woozy work about a cosy domesticity in rural Argentina shattered by uncanny intruders - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThe Maid review – a giddy, gory satire that sticks it to the super-wealthy
Shadowy figures lurk in Lee Thongkham’s stylised horror, which wrongfoots the audience with jump scares aplenty - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarNight Drive review – LA car-boot caper pulls it out of the bag
A clever twist elevates this cynical but conventional crime thriller to another level – even if it comes late in the day - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarPier Kids review – radically empathetic chronicle of queer Black youth
Elegance Bratton’s documentary about the gay and transgender haven of Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers shows a community under attack from all sides - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarAntlers review – satisfyingly gross folklore horror
A creature lurks in an cellar waiting to sink its teeth into an Oregon mining community in this gloomy tale co-produced by Guillermo del Toro - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarLove Yourself Today review – folk-rocker Damien Dempsey does mass therapy
Beautifully shot documentary successfully explains the Dublin singer-songwriter’s appeal by focusing on what his songs mean to fans - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarArmy of Thieves review – fun Netflix prequel swaps horror for more heists
Zack Snyder’s surprisingly effective zombie caper Army of the Dead gets a zippy prequel that follows Matthias Schweighöfer’s unlikely safecracker - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarLast Night in Soho review – Edgar Wright’s entertaining Valhalla of toxic 60s glitz
Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy and Matt Smith star in a horror-thriller that takes a trip to the sleazy heart of London’s past - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBeauty and the Beast: The Musical review – old-fashioned pleasures and irresistible set-pieces
A refreshed version of the Disney perennial begins a tour of the UK with some spectacular visual feasts and a heart-stopping performance by Courtney Stapleton as Belle - Mark Fisher
starstarstarstarstarQuant review – Sadie Frost’s starry fashion doc on miniskirt queen
Frost pulls in celebs including Kate Moss to celebrate the designer who epitomised young female freedom in the 60s - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarThe Football Monologues review – genial indie takes tips from Alan Bennett
The beautiful game stands in for deeper, more personal struggles as Greg Cruttwell’s engaging characters pour their hearts out - Mike McCahill
starstarstarstarstarThe Rescue review – divers save Thai cave kids as documentary goes deep underwater
This gripping film from the makers of Free Solo and Meru digs deep to find out how the 2018 rescue of a junior football team was achieved - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarChuck Steel: Night of the Trampires review – gleefully violent 80s throwback
A sweary, ninja-smashing stop-motion cop takes on drunken creatures of the night, but his satirical tools aren’t sharp enough - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarCongo Calling review – idealism and reality collide
Stephan Helpert’s doc highlights three white aid workers in DRC and asks who really benefits from their presence - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarPlaylist review – appealingly gauche French twentysomething romance
A young woman dreams of working as an artist – and finding a man – in Nine Antico’s feature debut - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe French Dispatch review – exasperating Wes Anderson portmanteau picture
A stellar cast enliven the director’s uneven three-story anthology featuring a student protest, an insane artist and a heist thriller - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarPlaylist review – relatable, quirky Parisian quarter-life drama
Graphic novelist Sophie is disillusioned with adulthood in Nine Antico’s black and white, Paris-set drama of twentysomething life - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarThe Shark Is Broken review – biting drama about the making of Jaws
Ian Shaw plays his film star father Robert in this behind-the-scenes tale of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster - Ryan Gilbey
starstarstarstarstarBigfoot Hunters review – hipster Sasquatch hijinks lampooning Vice Media videos
Mockumentary sends a jaded TV reporter on the trail of the mysterious monster with moderately funny consequences - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarThe Bacchus Lady review – Youn Yuh-jung leads tale of life on the margins in Seoul
The Oscar winner is a compelling lead in an unconventional drama about an ageing prostitute in the Korean capital - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarRon’s Gone Wrong review – boy meets bot, bot beats bullies
This story of a young loner lent confidence by an animatronic accomplice is fun if familiar - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarThe Last Duel review – swordplay without subtlety
Ridley Scott gets bogged down in medieval mud and murk as he attempts to tell a rape-revenge story starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon and Adam Driver - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarBull review – a gangland revenge shocker with Neil Maskell on vicious form
You don’t expect soft from Maskell and you don’t get it, in Paul Andrew Williams’s queasy criminal underworld - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarI Am Belmaya review – uplifting story of a Nepali woman following her film-making dream
In the face of many obstacles, a Dalit woman proves her determination to forge a career as a film-maker - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarCorporate Accountability review – collaboration with Argentinian state terror exposed
Jonathan Perel’s low-key doc focuses on the companies, still in business, which collaborated with the killings and torture that followed 1976 coup - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarEarwig review – twisty body-horror noir threatens to bite
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s first English-language feature is intriguing, but its nightmarish dentures slant needs a mouthful of narrative - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarRaphael Revealed review – 500th-anniversary survey of the Renaissance great
While we’re waiting for the delayed National Gallery extravaganza, this wide-ranging documentary relays the full breadth of Raphael’s achievements - Andrew Pulver
starstarstarstarstarKing Richard review – Will Smith serves up tennis stardom for Venus and Serena
Smith plays Richard Williams, the driven father of the US sporting sisters, in this well-crafted, authorised version of their story - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Last Duel review – storytelling with gusto in Ridley Scott’s medieval epic
Jodie Comer comes up against odious men played by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver in a reverse rape-revenge parable set in 14th-century France - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMothers of the Revolution review – emotional return to Greenham Common
With stirring testimony on offer from the organisers of the groundbreaking women’s peace camp, this doc doesn’t need its superfluous dramatic recreations - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarArracht review – Irish-language murder ballad of famine and injustice
Director Tomás Ó Súilleabháin’s beautifully shot film takes on one man’s battle with the British, but without judgment - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarThe Phantom of the Open review – Brit sporting underdog movie right on par
Mark Rylance stars in this amiably daft film about real-life golfing eccentric Maurice Flitcroft, who gatecrashed the British Open in the 70s - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Lodger review – Jacqueline Bisset’s slinky landlady holds key to lurid thriller
Bisset vamps it up as a white-haired femme fatale in this amusing and atmospheric French mystery - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThe Beta Test review – shiny satire of Tinseltown culture is a study in smarm
Indie director Jim Cummings and co-star PJ McCabe have made a scornful part-thriller about an unctuous agent in thrall to the system - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarBarzakh review – atmospheric study of undocumented migrants in limbo
In the Spanish enclave of Melilla, young Moroccans share stories of survival while they await the next chapter of their lives - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarConvergence: Courage in a Crisis review – nine stories from the Covid frontlines
This pandemic film delivers emotional punch, but the documentary’s desire for a global message blunts its impact - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarFever Dream review – slow-acting poison infuses Chile-set thriller
The unsettling atmosphere is the star of this Netflix adaptation of Samanta Schweblin’s debut novel - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarJohn and the Hole review – chillingly twisted coming-of-age fable
A teenager coolly assumes control of his family in this satirical thriller from Spanish artist Pascual Sisto - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarRon’s Gone Wrong review – a cheeky tech spin on ET
A lonely boy and a sparky bot team up for in a tender film that dials up the charm but swerves the big-tech questions - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarC’mon C’mon review – Joaquin Phoenix heartwarmer is suspiciously polished
Tackling weighty themes and shot in classy monochrome, this coming-of-ager oozes prestige. But is it as deep as it seems? - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMy Little Sister review – fierce and fraught family drama
Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger give finely acted performances as they play twins brought back together through illness – but who is saving who? - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFather of the Cyborgs review – the Indiana Jones of neuroscience
This film exploring the ideas of Dr Phil Kennedy, who had an electrode implanted in his brain, throws up interesting prospects for the human future - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Harder They Fall review – Idris Elba rides into trouble in garishly violent western
Jeymes Samuel’s gonzo revenge western, with a cast including Elba, Regina King, and Zazie Beetz is enjoyable, if face-splatteringly brutal - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarRide the Eagle review – fluffy US indie gets emotionally lost in the woods
Stoner Jake Johnson inherits a dream cabin from estranged mum Susan Sarandon, but her bequest comes with conditions - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarBaracoa review – innocently poetic journey through Cuban childhoods
This part fiction, part documentary film captures the spontaneity of young friends Leonel and Antuàn - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarRomantic Road review – upper-class boomers on a polite Bollywood adventure
An elderly English couple take a 5,000-mile road trip across India and Bangladesh in their Rolls-Royce in this gentle travel documentary - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarRedemption of a Rogue review – dark Irish humour in a suicide denied
After killing his abusive father, a son is thwarted in his own death by Dad’s strange will and a biblical storm - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarEven Mice Belong in Heaven review – hand-crafted puppets bond in paradise
A mouse and fox forge an unlikely friendship in the afterlife in this beautiful-looking stop-motion fable - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarNo Time to Die review – Daniel Craig’s Bond swan song takes aim at well-worn conventions
Craig’s final outing as the secret agent is too long and needs a better villain, but attempts at real change to the 007 formula feel fun and fresh - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarParanormal Activity: Next of Kin review – hit series returns with ho-hum horror
The overly derivative new chapter to the low-budget, high-profit horror franchise struggles to justify its existence - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarThe Nowhere Inn review – St Vincent mockumentary snarks on music stardom
Pop acts St Vincent and Carrie Brownstein try to tackle issues of control, authenticity and stardom in music but get mired in anxiety - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarAntlers review – dull, self-serious Del Toro-produced monster movie
A ponderous yet mostly empty creature feature from Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper confuses grimness for substance - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstar13 Minutes review – tornado movie with plotting as catastrophic as the weather
Disaster film serves only to highlight that petty human dramas seem insignificant compared with the global climate crisis - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarEternals review – magic hour meets PowerPoint in Chloe Zhao’s Marvel yarn
The Nomadland director manages to get some nice-looking shots and personal drama in her superhero debut, but there’s just too much mythology to explain - Steve Rose
starstarstarstarstarThe Boss Baby 2: Family Business review – needs a nap
Infants turn app designers in this sugar-rush sequel definitely aimed at a young audience - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarDear Evan Hansen review – cynical adaptation of the hit musical
The coming-of-age Broadway show about a depressed teenager has been crudely turned into a screen tearjerker - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarIn Our Paradise review – Bosnian sisters struggling to make it abroad in migrant tale
Claudia Marschal’s documentary about two sisters leaving the Balkans is short on the intimacy that film can deliver - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarThe Boss Baby 2: Family Business review – noisy and nonsensical sequel
The plot is pointlessly convoluted but perhaps the biggest disappointment is how humourless the movie is - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarNight Teeth review – stylish Netflix vampire horror needs more bite
There’s a certain flair to director Adam Randall’s Collateral-with-blood-sucking caper but not enough to disguise a reheated script - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarDear Evan Hansen review – satanically ingenious musical is suffocatingly ersatz
Story of lonely boy who feigns friendship with a dead peer has a smart premise but is wretchedly executed - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarWe Need to Do Something review – doom and gloom in the bathroom
Scrappy Halloween fare set in a bathroom delivers more whimper than bang in its end-of-the-world horror - Mike McCahill
starstarstarstarstarWarning review – sci-fi anthology like Black Mirror sketches that didn’t make the cut
Connected stories of a doomed AI-human hybrid future struggle to hang together - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarVenom: Let There Be Carnage review – sufficient superhero sequel
Tom Hardy returns as journalist Eddie Brock and the alien who shares his body, played for daft laughs by director Andy Serkis - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarSardar Udham review – a blockbuster take on a political martyr and assassin
Shoojit Sircar’s flawed biopic tells the life of a young man shellshocked by the horrors of colonialism in Punjab - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarWhitetail review – Deliverance-style backwoods thriller in hock to macho survivalism
Entertaining but emotionally stunted film about a family hunting trip starts out with promising menace but gets bogged down in a thicket of dialogue - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarAngeliena review – car park worker dreams of getaway in cartoonish South African drama
Thin characterisation and a superficial critique of wealth inequality post-apartheid keep Uga Carlini’s fiction in first gear - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarJohn and the Hole review – total-dysfunction movie as kid dumps family in the ground
Spanish artist Pascual Sisto’s fable of a boy holding his family hostage is well made, but it revolves around a tiresome cop-out - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Addams Family 2 review – not ooky, nor kooky, just the smell of a rotting franchise
The sequel is as hopeless as the first feature-length animated Addams Family, an eyeball-achingly bright and manic kids movie - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarDeadly Cuts review – Ortonesque Dublin comedy that’s more silly than funny
With violent gangsters, a gentrification storyline and a hairdressing competition, this movie can’t figure out what it wants to be - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThere’s Someone Inside Your House review – empty Netflix cancel culture slasher
A diverse cast and some impressively gnarly gore isn’t enough to elevate a rote stalk-and-slash teen horror that tries, and fails, to make a statement - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarThe Survivalist review – John Malkovich drops in on bleak vision of a hellish postviral US
Jon Keeyes’ siege drama paints a lawless future for American society, though endless flashbacks drain the tension - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarBad Candy review – Halloween horror anthology could well make you sick
Loosely connected characters from a drug dealer to a morgue attendant converge, in ever ickier circles - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarHypnotic review – schlocky Netflix thriller will send you to sleep
This cheap, deeply silly, film about an evil hypnotherapist relies on too many smart people acting stupidly - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarAfter We Fell review – Harry Styles-inspired romance is stupendously wooden
Fans of the YA After series should find something amid the tangled mess of plot, daytime-soap acting and inanimate passion – everyone else should look away - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarGhostbusters: Afterlife review – a slimy, stinking corpse of a sequel
Jason Reitman takes over his father’s franchise and immediately tanks it with a tonally misjudged blend of fan service and bizarrely played-straight spectacle - Charles Bramesco
starstarstarstarstarThe Addams Family 2 review – frightfully awful
The only scary thing about the second animated feature of Hollywood’s eternal ghouls is just how bad it is - Wendy Ide
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