Society of the Snow review – cannibalism in the ice in incredible real-life survival tale
JA Bayona’s powerful retelling of the 1972 rugby team’s flight that crashed in the Andes and the agonising decisions passengers took in order to stay alive - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarEvery Body review – vibrant study of the lives of intersex people
Despite its accounts of brutal medical interventions, this is a celebratory, upbeat film - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMonica review – Trace Lysette is remarkable in understated estrangement drama
Lysette gives an awards-worthy performance as a trans woman who reconciles with her dying mother in Andrea Pallaoro’s tightly focused third feature - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarGodzilla Minus One review – a thunderously entertaining prequel
A failed kamikaze pilot, one furious radioactive lizard and a Japan devastated by war collide in Takashi Yamazaki’s unashamedly redemptive action thriller - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Three Musketeers: Milady review – Eva Green seduces in swashbuckling second instalment
Green captivates as the treacherous Milady de Winter in part two of Martin Bourboulon’s breathless Dumas adaptation - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarEdward Scissorhands review – Matthew Bourne’s dance blockbuster is a cut above
Tim Burton’s film is a natural fit for Bourne’s choreography and a bright young cast bring its bittersweet tale to fresh life - Lyndsey Winship
starstarstarstarstarGodzilla Minus One review – rageful monster is one of the best in the series
Director Takashi Yamazaki sets his destroyer of worlds against a postwar Japan still recovering from the effects of the A-bomb with the little people left to work out how to save themselves - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarMonica review – Trace Lysette superb as painful homecoming heals family wounds
Lysette is excellent as a young woman returning home to care for her dying mother in Andrea Pallaoro’s intelligently crafted film - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Lost Boys review – passionate and political youth-prison love story
Director Zeno Graton’s debut subtly yet powerfully shows two young men growing closer and pushing back against the system - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarJoram review – gritty Indian chase thriller
A migrant labourer goes on the run after his wife is murdered in Devashish Makhija’s survival story with a background of political unrest - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarAnselm review – Wim Wenders’s immersive documentary is a treat for art lovers
Presented in both 2D and 3D, this absorbing film allows viewers to experience the epic work of German artist Anselm Kiefer - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarWonka review – Timothée Chalamet delights in fizzing Chocolate Factory prequel
Paddington director Paul King works his magic with this unashamedly sweet-toothed musical imagining the formative years of Roald Dahl’s chocolatier showman - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarEarth Mama review – Savanah Leaf’s outstanding debut about single motherhood
US rapper Tia Nomore excels as a woman facing an impossible situation in Leaf’s bleak yet defiant Bifa award-winning drama - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarJoram review – old and new worlds collide in pressure cooker man and baby-hunt
Director Devashish Makhija slowly ramps up the tension with a sharp eye for oppressive realism and social satire as a father tries to out run his oppressors in this gritty thriller - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarJames Blunt: One Brit Wonder review – soldier-turned-singer’s brilliant Twitter game
The witty singer’s superb comeback is a delight to behold in this entertaining fly-on-the-wall documentary - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarEarth Mama review – a piercingly emotional portrait of motherhood in difficult times
Director Savanah Leaf’s debut feature presents an honest picture of an intelligent and decent mum in recovery struggling to regain her life, played with natural flair by rapper Tia Nomore - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Sacrifice Game review – cannily cast Christmas horror keeps you guessing
Last seen in Disney’s Aladdin, Mena Massoud is among an excellent roster of actors in this intriguing alt-horror about cult killers in the 1970s - Catherine Bray
starstarstarstarstarQueendom review – remarkable portrait of a fearless activist
Russian queer performance artist Gena Marvin’s incredible courage – and costumes – are on vivid display in Agniia Galdanova’s absorbing documentary - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarWe Dare to Dream review – Waad al-Kateab’s uplifting portrait of Olympic refugee team
The For Sama director’s documentary follows the IOC Refugee Olympic Team to the Tokyo Games, and finds athletes as charismatic as they are courageous - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarFemme review – unbearably tense queer London revenge thriller
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett excels as a drag artist who starts a relationship with his attacker in Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s unflinching feature debut - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarFallen Leaves review – Aki Kaurismäki’s almost feelgood romance is a droll delight
Two lonely souls connect in a rain-lashed Helsinki in this unexpectedly uplifting drama from the Finnish master of melancholy - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarRenaissance: a Film By Beyoncé review – sparkling, party vibe with backstage insights
The singer’s new release offers not only the dazzling professionalism of the stage show but also plenty of behind the curtain action - Steve Rose
starstarstarstarstarElf review – Will Ferrell is still Santa’s biggest helper in Christmas comedy favourite
Ferrell brings manic energy to this tale of an oversized elf called Buddy and it’s still a charmer after 20 years - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFemme review – outstandingly tense psychodrama of drag and sexual peril
A performer is subjected to a brutal homophobic assault and finds himself in a disturbingly intimate situation with his attacker - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarQueendom review – queer drag artist’s dangerous protest in Putin’s Russia
Documentary suggests that when performer Gena Marvin takes to the streets she is squaring up not only to prejudice but to the state - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBread and Salt review – clarity and rigour as a talented Polish pianist returns to his hometown
Real-life pianist Tymoteusz Bies and his younger brother Jacek star in Damian Kocur’s extraordinary and intriguing debut - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLeave the World Behind review – Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali excel in cracking apocalyptic thriller
Sam Esmail’s sharp, hugely enjoyable dramatisation of Rumaan Alam’s acclaimed novel is exec produced by the Obamas - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMaestro review – Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan make sweet music in dynamic Bernstein double act
Director and star Bradley Cooper captures the warring dualities of the great conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein, but it’s Carey Mulligan, as Bernstein’s wife, Felicia, who is on career-best form - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Eternal Daughter review – two parts Hammer, one part Tales of the Unexpected
Tilda Swinton plays both mother and daughter in Joanna Hogg’s follow-up to The Souvenir, in which memories haunt their weekend break to a gothic mansion - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMillwall on the Screen review – should they really be England’s most hated team?
Chemist, LondonArtists on the terraces, LGBTQI+ players on the pitch, a food bank on the premises … this arty three-screen film aims to rebrand the one-time pariahs - Tim Jonze
starstarstarstarstarAnother Body review – terrifying dive into the world of deepfake porn
A female student bravely investigates who is behind deepfake images of her online in this compelling documentary - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAurora’s Sunrise review – remarkable story of genocide horror and survival
In archive interviews and painterly animated reconstrucions, Aurora Mardiganian recalls her experiences during the Armenian genocide – and how she escaped to the US and became a silent film star - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarTish review – an engrossing portrait of the Tyneside photographer
Tish Murtha’s anger, humour and energy live on in Paul Sng’s fine documentary, with Murtha’s daughter an invaluable guide - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMay December review – wildly enjoyable Todd Haynes melodrama
Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman revel in Haynes’s deliciously kitsch tale of a woman with a scandal in her past and the film actor who’s going to play her - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Lost Weekend: A Love Story review – vivid snapshot of Lennon’s dysfunctional liaison
Documentary about May Pang, the woman with whom John Lennon had an affair during his marriage to Yoko Ono, reveals that Ono was pulling the strings - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThanksgiving review – Eli Roth’s fun slasher is far from a turkey
A jokey 2007 trailer gets expanded into an entertainingly gory full-length horror about a killer dressed as a pilgrim wreaking havoc in a small town - Charles Bramesco
starstarstarstarstarIs There Anybody Out There? review – how to keep calm and deal with ableism
Ella Glendining’s intelligent documentary challenges the discriminatory attitudes she faces as a young woman with a rare physical disability - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMami Wata review – arresting, stripped-down Nigerian parable of water and power
Discontent stirs in a village that has rejected modern life to follow a faith healer said to be the representative of the title’s water spirit - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Eternal Memory review – a profoundly moving portrait of love and Alzheimer’s
Chilean journalist Augusto Góngora and actor-politician Paulina Urrutia navigate his memory loss with warmth and tenderness in this wrenchingly sad documentary - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarAnatomy of a Fall review – electric Palme d’Or-winning courtroom thriller
A tantalising screenplay keeps the audience guessing in Justine Triet’s gripping French drama in which superb lead actor Sandra Hüller plays a woman suspected of her husband’s murder - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarDream Scenario review – Nicolas Cage is at his very best in savagely funny comedy
Cage plays a graceless college professor who starts turning up in people’s dreams in Kristoffer Borgli’s gradually curdling cringefest - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarLeo: Bloody Sweet review – leave your logic at the door for rampaging action yarn
The Tamil version of David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence is wildly enjoyable, packed full of hyenas, car chases, fight scenes and, of course, song and dance - Catherine Bray
starstarstarstarstarDream Scenario review – Nicolas Cage’s Nicolas Cagiest performance yet in viral fame comedy
The actor plays a dull academic whose image somehow arrives in millions of sleeping minds in a combination of Freddy Krueger and Leonard Zelig - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Shadow of the Day review – old-fashioned romantic drama with war lurking on the horizon
As Italy succumbs to the fascists, a war veteran and small-town restaurateur falls for a beautiful stranger in Giuseppe Piccioni’s robustly made and excellently acted prewar melodrama - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarStamped from the Beginning review – tracing racism throughout American history
Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams talks to high-profile Black women in a hybrid documentary/animation based on Dr Ibram X Kendi’s landmark book - Ellen E Jones
starstarstarstarstarThe Eternal Memory review – potent portrait of a devoted couple dealing with Alzheimer’s
Oscar-nominated Maite Alberdi’s empathic documentary witnesses a love surviving the devastation of worsening dementia - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarOn the Adamant – profoundly affecting documentary about a Paris psychiatric day centre
Être et Avoir director Nicolas Philibert’s latest prize winner takes the viewer inside a therapeutic facility where jam-making, art and music anchor lives - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarBottoms review – queer high-school loser comedy offers big laughs and delirious silliness
Rachel Sennott and The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri are excellent as gay teens who set up a fight club in order to win the affections of their school cheerleaders - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarStolen review – chilling account of Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes horror
Margo Harkin’s film about child abuse in church- and state-run institutions is a highly skilled assembly of testimony that is as forensic as it is nauseating - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarRoom Without a View review – the cruel truth behind Lebanon’s domestic labour laws
This troubling documentary reveals how migrants working as live-in hired help are exploited and abused by a system that gives total control to employers - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarMutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party review – documentary is a warts-and-all sonic assault
Portrait of post-punk band’s debauched journey from Melbourne to London is a scuzzy time capsule filled with juicy revelations about Nick Cave and co - Luke Buckmaster
starstarstarstarstarBeyond Utopia review – breathlessly tense documentary follows escaping North Koreans
Madeleine Gavin’s prize-winning film about covert missions to rescue exiles is a fraught, compelling watch - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstar20,000 Species of Bees review – lovely, heartfelt Spanish trans drama
An eight-year-old struggles with her gender identity one long, hot summer in Basque director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s beguiling debut feature - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarJoan Baez: I Am a Noise review – intimate doc about the folk legend and activist
Recovered memories of abuse are alluded to but not explored in this often painful look back at the sensational life and career of a true icon of counterculture - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBeyond Utopia review – nail-biting account of how to get out of North Korea
Tense documentary follows the perilous ‘underground railroads’ defectors need to take to escape from the totalitarian state - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLittle Palestine: Diary of a Siege review – daily horror of Damascus refugee camp holds warning
This harrowing documentary follows life among starving Palestinians in the Yarmouk camp as Syria’s civil war raged about them - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarHell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor review – backstory of horror haunting
Three intrepid film-makers set out to investigate spooky goings-on at a remote property. If you suspect this plot was worn out, you’d be wrong - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarFanny: The Other Mendelssohn review – overdue recognition for a groundbreaking genius
Sheila Hayman uncovers the story of the pioneering composer whose talent was overshadowed by her brother Felix due to a long history of sexism in the classical music world - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarNyad review – Annette Bening and Jodie Foster delight in marathon swimming biopic
Bening is a sixtysomething on a mission to swim from Cuba to Florida, Foster her stoical coach, in this real-life drama of friendship and endurance - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarKillers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s masterly Native American true crime saga
A towering Robert De Niro, an against-type Leonardo DiCaprio and a magnetic Lily Gladstone shine in the director’s gripping account of a shocking episode in US history - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarChristine review – Stephen King’s evil car still has a one-track mind
John Carpenter’s enjoyably pulpy adaptation of King’s 1983 horror novel, about a car that infects its owners with evil, gets a 40th-anniversary revival - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarNight of the Hunted review – claustrophobic state-of-the nation sniper thriller
A woman stops for petrol and is stalked by an unknown shooter in Franck Khalfoun’s nihilistic parable - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarSilver Dollar Road review – enraging, uplifting documentary on a Black family’s legal battle
Raoul Peck’s excellent film follows Black landowners in North Carolina standing up to ruthless developers over prime real estate - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarSmoke Sauna Sisterhood review – intimate portrait of an ancient Estonian tradition
This gentle, soft-edged documentary about the sauna ritual and the women who practise it is deserving of its Sundance prize - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour film review – a cacophonous testament to megastardom
The concert film captures 2023’s biggest pop culture event with breathless fervour and crystal clarity – honing in on the details easily missed in the live show - Adrian Horton
starstarstarstarstarFriday the 13th review – original teen horror classic now looks bizarrely innocent
The film that kicked off the franchise sees swimsuit-clad young adults picked off one by one in gruesome fashion at the site of an unsolved double murder - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLies We Tell review – high stakes and heiresses in tightly laced gothic tale
An orphaned Irish teenager spars with her scheming uncle in this insightful reworking of Sheridan Le Fanu’s novel - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarSmoke Sauna Sisterhood review – the powerful intimacy of women’s shared stories
Anna Hints follows a group of Estonian women into their secluded cabin, where their communion is almost mystic and no topic is off limits - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarFactory to the Workers review – riveting portrait of idealism struggling against the forces of capitalism
This documentary about the last remaining co-operative factory in Croatia is a rare example of a production that’s as radical as its subject: all the people featured are sharing in the film’s profits - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarJanet Planet review – playwright Annie Baker’s delicate debut film
The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright’s muted, yet lingering, first film follows Julianne Nicholson’s single mother in the 90s - Adrian Horton
starstarstarstarstarThe Burial review – boisterously entertaining courtroom movie with laughs and 90s R&B
Tommy Lee Jones and Jamie Foxx are on top form in a rabble-rousing drama tackling racial inequality in US ‘death care’ - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarBlackBerry review – smartphone ‘buy-opic’ is a wild ride
Matt Johnson’s boisterous drama about the rise and fall of the mobile diverges refreshingly from the usual arc of product success stories - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstar20 Days in Mariupol review – a gruelling documentary of life inside the besieged Ukrainian city
Under fire and in the midst of death and destruction, Ukrainian photojournalist Mstyslav Chernov keeps the cameras rolling in this essential film bearing witness to Russian atrocities - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Burial review – Jamie Foxx ignites crowd-pleasing courtroom drama
A standout turn from the Oscar winner anchors an entertaining throwback to 90s legal dramas based on an unlikely true story - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarThe Great Escaper review – Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson exude ineffable class
The two British icons bring a huge amount of joy to the heartwarming true story of Bernard Jordan, the 89-year-old veteran who snuck off to attend the 70th anniversary of D-day - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMind-Set review – sarkiness, stoicism and squash power weirdly likable lo-fi indie
Mikey Murray’s crowdfunded debut has a bit of Ben Wheatley about it, with Steve Oram as a struggling screenwriter and Eilis Cahill as his lonely wife - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarKlondike review – Ukrainian-Russian couple face war on their doorstep
An expectant husband-and-wife’s lives are shattered when their home in Donbas is hit by a bomb in Maryna Er Gorbach’s powerful drama - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl are a perfect fit
Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the director’s lovingly detailed short film based on Dahl’s tale of a man who can see through objects - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Creator review – a truly original man-v-machine sci-fi spectacular
This visually striking action thriller from Monsters director Gareth Edwards, which takes a sympathetic view of artificial intelligence, is a world-building triumph - 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 refugees in Loach’s latest – and possibly last – piece of politically trenchant cinema - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Creator review – vast and exhilarating sci-fi actioner rages against the AI machine
Director Gareth Edwards draws together the many strands of our current AI debate with tremendous boldness, conjuring up an intriguing and stimulating spectacle - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarYou Can Go Now review – documentary about Indigenous artist Richard Bell is polemical and playful
Art, activism and attitude collide in Larissa Behrendt’s exuberantly splashy film about a provocateur who can’t be predicted or pigeonholed - Luke Buckmaster
starstarstarstarstarRMN review – racial tensions mount in a small Transylvanian town
Based on real-life events, Cristian Mungiu’s slow-burn drama about a community consumed by xenophobia is unflinching in its examination of Romanian society - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarJoe Hisaishi review – expertly conjuring the Studio Ghibli spirit
Following pandemic-related delays, the longtime Hayao Miyazaki collaborator helms a highlight reel of his most iconic work – including a sneak preview of a new theme - Hannah Ewens
starstarstarstarstarThe Job of Songs review – folk melodies and melancholia in rural Ireland
Lila Schmitz’s documentary offers a candid look at Irish music and community struggles in a small Irish village known for its bar-room sessions - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarIf the Streets Were on Fire review – hope on show as BikeStormz riders fight knife crime
The impassioned story of a London group providing young people with alternatives to gang culture is emotionally and visually compelling - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThe Nettle Dress review – a husband’s grief becomes a thing of beauty in lyrical documentary
Dylan Howitt’s moving film follows textile artist Allan Brown as he painstakingly weaves a dress from foraged nettles after the death of his wife - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarCassandro review – Gael García Bernal is phenomenal as flamboyantly camp Mexican wrestler
García Bernal goes all out as the ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre’ in Roger Ross Williams’s joyously entertaining true-life drama - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarFremont review – utterly delightful Jarmuschian drama
An Afghan translator who has escaped the Taliban for a California bedsit searches for connection in Babak Jalali’s black-and-white charmer - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarBrother review – brilliantly acted Canadian coming-of-age drama
A single mother struggles to protect her two very different sons, growing up in Toronto, in Clement Virgo’s deeply moving film - Mark Kermode
starstarstarstarstarBreak My Fall Redux review – sex, drugs and indie rock are the backdrop to a doomed lesbian relationship
A subtle recut of the original film brings the central couple to the fore in this London-based slice of life as the young lovers struggle to find themselves - Ryan Gilbey
starstarstarstarstarFremont review – fortune cookie writer looking for love in deadpan migrant drama
Hints of early Jim Jarmusch in Babak Jalali’s dreamy fourth feature, with fine supporting turns from The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Gregg Turkington - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarA Symphony for a Common Man review – the diplomat who could have stopped the Iraq war
Story of expert who knew Saddam Hussein had no chemical weapons, but was ousted to give Bush and Blair a pretext for invading Iraq, plays out like a real-life version of George Clooney’s Syriana - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarThe Pigeon Tunnel review – inside the extraordinary life of John le Carré
Errol Morris’s gentle interview allows the mesmeric writer to hold forth on how his relationship with dodgy dad Ronnie informed his life as a spy and novelist - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Holdovers review – Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti reunite for charming comedy
The director makes a welcome return to form with a warm and melancholic 70s-set comedy drama led by a trio of note-perfect performances - Benjamin Lee in Toronto
starstarstarstarstarBratan review – warm-hearted road movie is all about the journey
Director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s debut feature about two young brothers attempting to find their errant father is a deeply humane story about family and responsibility - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarAmerican Fiction review – incisive literary satire takes no prisoners
Jeffrey Wright leads a note-perfect cast as an author pandering to a white appetite for Black trauma in an impressive debut from Cord Jefferson - Radheyan Simonpillai in Toronto
starstarstarstarstarDream Scenario review – Nicolas Cage finds unusual fame in smart black comedy
The actor plays a professor who suddenly starts appearing in the dreams of strangers in a dark and layered Ari Aster produced comedy - Charles Bramesco in Toronto
starstarstarstarstarChristian Marclay: Doors review – spellbinding entrances and exits
In the manner of his acclaimed work The Clock, the Swiss-American artist has spliced together hundreds of film clips of doors opening and closing… - Laura Cumming
starstarstarstarstarEl Conde review – Pinochet rises from the dead in Pablo Larraín’s gothic horror
The Chilean dictator returns as a vampire – and his family’s out for blood. But this alternative history, though entertaining, feels politically enigmatic - Ellen E Jones
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