The Piano review – Jane Campion's drama still hits all the right notes
Rereleased after 25 years, this literary work about a mute woman in 19th-century New Zealand remains full of extraordinary images and enigmas - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarA Woman Captured review – brave and up-close story of modern slavery
This traumatic documentary about a Hungarian woman forced into domestic servitude is an outstanding example of how film-making can make a difference - Charlie Phillips
starstarstarstarstarA Very English Scandal finale review – leaves you reeling, seething and laughing
Fabulous performances all round as Jeremy Thorpe finally comes to trial in a sea of hypocrisy, prejudice, ghastly snobbery, injustice and a chorus of tittering from the public gallery - Sam Wollaston
starstarstarstarstarHereditary review – Toni Collette is outstanding in brilliant fear machine
Collette give a terrific, hypnotic performance as a harried mother facing down family evil in Ari Aster’s rivetingly shot horror debut - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarPandora's Box review – intensely erotic silent-era classic
Louise Brooks is the last word in amoral cosmopolitan chic as the serial seducer Lulu in GW Pabst’s magnificent tale of lust, greed and violence - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThat Summer review – must-see doc revisits Grey Gardens mother-daughter act
This sensational film presents a backstory-prequel to the making of the documentary that spotlit Big and Little Edie, two great American eccentrics - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Breadwinner review – a girl’s courage on the streets of Kabul
A courageous girl seeks to save her father from the Taliban in Nora Twomey’s magical adaptation of Deborah Ellis’s novel - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarZama review – desire and despair at the end of the world
In Lucrecia Martel’s magnificent drama, a Spanish officer stuck at a remote South American outpost numbs his burgeoning panic with erotic reveries - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarJeune Femme review – sparky identity crisis tragicomedy
Laetitia Dosch dazzles in Léonor Serraille’s debut feature as a young Parisian woman struggling to work out who she is - Mark Kermode
starstarstarstarstarThe Wild Pear Tree review – Nuri Bilge Ceylan's delicious, humane tableaux
The Turkish director’s unhurried, magnificently acted film follows a bumptious young writer who returns home to face bittersweet truths - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDogman review – Matteo Garrone's terrific portrait of a criminal dogsbody
The Italian director nitpicks gangster insecurities with hilarious flair in this tale of a dog-groomer-cum-smalltime coke dealer - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Sound of Music review – the hills are still alive with joyous energy
No one – apart from its star Christopher Plummer – is immune to the evergreen charms of the blockbuster musical about seven singing children and their nanny Julie Andrews - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLeave No Trace review – deeply intelligent story of love and survival in the wild
Debra Granik’s complex study of an army vet and his daughter living in a vast public park is the film Captain Fantastic should have been - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarCold War review – wounded love and state-sponsored fear in 1940s Poland
Ida director Paweł Pawlikowski’s exquisitely chilling Soviet-era drama maps the dark heart of Poland itself - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarNothing Like a Dame review – Judi Dench and Maggie Smith trade brutal banter
Dench, Smith, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright engage in a round-table war of theatrical anecdotes in this outrageously funny film - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarGrease review – Travolta and Newton-John's summer lovin' still a blast
Rereleased on its 40th anniversary, the nostalgic rock’n’roll high school musical remains a sugar-rush of a film - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarA Fistful of Dollars review – punk-rock western as fabulous as ever
The film that made Clint Eastwood a star and legend has a cult, comic-book intensity - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarWestern review – pastoral culture clash makes for year's best film
Valeska Grisebach’s striking drama – about foreign construction workers angling for trouble in rural Bulgaria – constantly subverts genre expectations - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstar120 Beats Per Minute review – fury meets ecstasy in the face of the Aids crisis
French director Robin Campillo succeeds in uniting personal and political to electrifying effect - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarA Quiet Place review – silence never sounded so terrifying
In John Krasinski’s brilliantly suspenseful thriller, a family must remain silent at all times to avoid the giant predators roaming their post-apocalyptic world - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarTacita Dean: Portrait and Still Life review – 'I find myself holding my breath'
Unknowable thoughts cross faces, pears dissolve and Hockney wanders around … companion shows offer breathtaking film portraits and curated works that compellingly give pause - Adrian Searle
starstarstarstarstarYou Were Never Really Here review – a hitman with a conscience?
Lynne Ramsay’s fourth film is a nightmarish vision of a killer’s quest for redemption - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarBombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story review – startling life of the film star/inventor
This excellent documentary celebrates the glamorous Hollywood icon and brilliant engineer whose groundbreaking work led to Bluetooth and wifi - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarA Fantastic Woman review – sublime study of love, loss and the trans experience
Daniela Vega is wonderful as a young trans woman whose life is turned upside down when her older cis lover dies in ambiguous circumstances - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Shape of Water review – a seductively melancholy creature feature
Guillermo del Toro’s magical movie, a cold war thriller, is underpinned by a superb cast and knowing nods to Hollywood classics - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarLady Bird review – a hilarious love letter to teenagers and their mothers
Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are tremendous in Greta Gerwig’s moving and gloriously funny film about growing up, mother-daughter relationships and the anxiety of separation - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarPhantom Thread review – a deftly spun yarn
In what could be his final film role, Daniel Day-Lewis is a perfect fit as a celebrated dress designer in Paul Thomas Anderson’s beautifully realised tale of 50s haute couture - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarShirkers review - paean to never-finished film is love letter to Singapore
Director Sandi Tan puts together a magical documentary about an unrealised film project that celebrates the power of youth and friendship - Charlie Phillips
starstarstarstarstarThe Miseducation of Cameron Post review – prayers answered with conversion therapy drama
Chloë Grace Moretz puts in a career-best turn as a teen sent to “pray away the gay” at a Christian camp in Desiree Akhavan’s compassionate LGBT story - Jordan Hoffman
starstarstarstarstarThe Tale review – stunning sexual abuse drama is the mother of all #MeToo movies
Laura Dern stars as a woman coming to terms with her own molestation in Jennifer Fox’s landmark film - Jordan Hoffman
starstarstarstarstarThe Kindergarten Teacher review - brilliantly observed ethical pretzel about a poetically gifted kid
A precociously five-year-old is discovered by pre-school teacher Maggie Gyllenhaal in a wonderfully sensitive American remake of an Israeli original - Jordan Hoffman
starstarstarstarstarPersona review – Ingmar Bergman's enigmatic masterpiece still captivates
Bergman’s sensually brilliant 1966 film about a mute actress and her psychiatric nurse is an endlessly questioning and mysterious disquisition on identity - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarStar Wars: The Last Jedi in-depth fan review: 'I finally got to see my dreams come true'
Rian Johnson’s sci-fi sequel will inspire kids 30 years from now to reintroduce it to awestruck audiences - Jordan Hoffman
starstarstarstarstarA Matter of Life and Death review – timely rerelease of sublime celestial romance
Powell and Pressburger’s wartime drama, starring David Niven as an erroneously alive bomber pilot, is visually extraordinary and politically topical - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarPhantom Thread review – Daniel Day-Lewis bows out in style with drama of delicious pleasure
In his final film, Day-Lewis reunites with Paul Thomas Anderson to deliver a masterful performance as a society dressmaker beguiled by a young waitress - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Muppet Christmas Carol review – Michael Caine shows spirit in magical extravaganza
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are joined by Caine as a hilarious Scrooge in this irresistibly sweet musical adaptation of Dickens’ festive tale - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Big Heat review – Fritz Lang's 1953 thriller retains its shocking power
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin star in drum-tight and violent revenge flick, a classic from Lang’s American period - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarIn a Lonely Place review – Bogart still captivatingly cynical in noir classic
Humphrey Bogart’s boozy screenwriter plays off perfectly against a marvellous Gloria Grahame in Nicholas Ray’s hardboiled thriller from 1950 - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Florida Project review – thrillingly vibrant
A child’s sense of wonder is at the heart of Sean Baker’s joyful story of people living on the impoverished fringes of Florida’s tourist traps - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarPaddington 2 review – definitely bears repeating
Back from darkest Peru, our hero is at the mercy of unscrupulous actors, but generosity, emotional depth and top-class clowning win the day - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Florida Project review – a wondrous child's-eye view of life on the margins
A young cast give brilliantly naturalistic performances in this glorious story about a bunch of deprived kids living near Walt Disney World - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarSilence of the Lambs review – ratcheting tension remastered
Jonathan Demme’s 1991 blockbuster, given a 4K makeover, still makes the pulse race - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarThe Silence of the Lambs review – psycho-killer Hannibal still chills
Jonathan Demme’s thrilling masterpiece holds up terrifically well after 26 years, as Anthony Hopkins plays perilous mind games with Jodie Foster - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarCall Me By Your Name review – a peach of a romance
Timothée Chalamet is superb in a sensuous gay love story set in the Lombardy sun - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarCall Me By Your Name review – gorgeous gay love story seduces and overwhelms
Set during an endless Italian summer, this ravishing drama starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet is imbued with a sophisticated sensuality - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Princess Bride review – golden-age throwback glows brighter than ever
Rob Reiner’s salute to Hollywood’s old swashbuckling adventures is a poignant pastiche gloriously unencumbered by CGI visuals and gender cliches - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarYoung Frankenstein review – glorious gags as Mel Brooks bolts together a monster hit
Garrick theatre, London The horror-movie spoof is gleefully reanimated for the stage with even more jokes, superb set-pieces and barnstorming parody songs that stick a pitchfork into good taste - Michael Billington
starstarstarstarstarBlade Runner 2049 review – a future classic
The sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic manages to be both visually stunning and philosophically profound - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarBlood Simple: Director's Cut review – Coens' debut is an ingeniously horrible noir masterwork
A gloriously repellent performance by M Emmet Walsh is one of many highlights of this thriller – a drum-tight gem that launched a film-making phenomenon - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBlade Runner 2049 review – a gigantic spectacle of pure hallucinatory craziness
Ryan Gosling plays an LAPD officer heading for an encounter with Harrison Ford’s Deckard in a film whose sheer scale leaves you hyperventilating - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLawrence of Arabia review – David Lean's sandy epic still radiates greatness
Peter O’Toole’s impossibly charismatic debut performance remains a mesmeric marvel in this digitally restored version of a truly exhilarating feat of film-making - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarSweet Country review – brutal Australian western soars with Biblical starkness
The latest film from Warwick Thornton possesses both shocking cruelty and haunting beauty with its tragic tale of tensions in the outback - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarClose Encounters of the Third Kind review – Spielberg's spectacular returns to Earth
Digitally restored to mark the 40th anniversary of its release, the director’s UFO blockbuster has lost none of its grand celestial magic - Mike McCahill
starstarstarstarstarThe Wife review – Glenn Close is unreadably brilliant as author's spouse plunged in late-life crisis
As the apparently-perfect wife of a Nobel prize-winning writer, Close gives arguably her best ever performance in an adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s novel - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Work review – Folsom prison blues
Prisoners engage with members of the public in an intensive therapy session in this extraordinarily moving documentary - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarThe Death of Stalin review – Armando Iannucci has us tremblin' in the Kremlin
The Thick of It and Veep writer’s tilt at Soviet-era satire boasts an outstanding cast, with Simon Russell Beale as the secret police chief with a satanic surprise - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBelle de Jour review – Catherine Deneuve is extraordinary in a secret theatre of erotic shame
Luis Buñuel’s elegantly surreal film about a bored housewife and part-time sex worker offers a shrewd, scabrous commentary on social and gender relations - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMother! review – no gob left unsmacked in Jennifer Lawrence's anxiety dream of horror and dismay
Lawrence and Javier Bardem play a husband and wife whose isolated house is invaded by another married couple in Darren Aronofsky’s black-comic nightmare - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri review – violent carnival of small-town America
Frances McDormand is commanding as a woman avenging the murder of her daughter in Martin McDonagh’s modern-day western - Xan Brooks
starstarstarstarstarEx Libris: New York Public Library review – the restless mind of the city
A treasured US institution opens itself to the painstaking view of fly-on-the-wall master Frederick Wiseman, who finds enlightenment, humour, compassion and soul within its walls - Jordan Hoffman
starstarstarstarstarZama review – Lucrecia Martel emerges from the wilderness with a strange, sensual wonder
After a nine-year absence, the Argentinian director returns with an audacious and antic tale set in a 18th-century colony on the Asuncion coast - Xan Brooks
starstarstarstarstarDownsizing review – Matt Damon thinks small in Alexander Payne's miniature masterpiece
Damon stars as a man who shrinks down to the height of five inches in Payne’s sci-fi comedy, a winningly inventive tale of masculinity in crisis - Xan Brooks
starstarstarstarstarPrick Up Your Ears review – Stephen Frears' terrific testament to murdered playwright Joe Orton
Rereleased 50 years after Orton’s death, this Frears-directed 1987 biopic sees Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina in utterly convincing form - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarHowards End review – a welcome return to the big screen
Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins star in a gorgeous restoration of the Merchant Ivory period drama - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstarVictim review – groundbreaking gay thriller given timely rerelease
Dirk Bogarde’s elegant, sensitive portrayal of a man coming to terms with being gay played a vital role in the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDunkirk review – Christopher Nolan's apocalyptic war epic is his best film so far
Nolan eschews war porn for a powerful and superbly crafted disaster movie – starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy and a decent Harry Styles – with a story to tell - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Death of Louis XIV review – a quietly amazing portrait of the end of life
Jean-Pierre Léaud gives the performance of his career in this powerful, intimate and moving account of the French king’s final days - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Tree of Wooden Clogs review – Olmi's neorealist masterpiece
This painterly depiction of Lombardy peasant life, with its unfolding, interwoven stories portrayed over a broad canvas, is magnificent in its authenticity - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBaby Driver review – boy racer hits all the right notes
A young getaway driver’s playlist helps him stay in the fast lane in Edgar Wright’s exhilarating car-chase thriller musical - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarBaby Driver review – Edgar Wright puts pedal to the metal for wildly enjoyable heist caper
This high-revving thrill ride about a music-obsessed teenage getaway driver is a terrifically stylish piece of work with a banging soundtrack - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Graduate review – Hoffman and Bancroft are as irresistibly watchable as ever
Attitudes have changed since Anne Bancroft’s predatory seduction of hapless Dustin Hoffman, but this rereleased classic remains a hugely pleasurable experience - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDestination Unknown review – agony of memory gives vivid power to Holocaust stories
Claire Ferguson’s valuable addition to documentaries about the Nazi death camps focuses on the testimonies of robust, pain-racked survivors - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDestiny review – Fritz Lang's amazing dream of longing and fear
Lang’s mysterious silent melodrama from 1921 is a parable about love and death that captivates with its ambition, enigma and sophistication - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMy Life As a Courgette review – if the kids are united...
A young boy is sent to a children’s home in a frank and affecting animation about abused youngsters finding strength through solidarity - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarDaughters of the Dust review – the dreamlike film that inspired Beyoncé's Lemonade
Twenty-six years after its original release, Julie Dash’s story of spirituality and family on a South Carolina island carries the mark of a true film-making talent - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Red Turtle review – rapturous minimalism from Studio Ghibli
This wordless animated fable follows the fortunes of a shipwrecked man on an island – and it’s a masterpiece - Mark Kermode
starstarstarstarstarThe Florida Project review – poverty and joy in the shadow of the Magic Kingdom
Sean Baker, director of the iPhone movie Tangerine, steps up to a whole new level with this life-affirming story of a six year old living in a Florida motel - Jordan Hoffman
starstarstarstarstarHappy End review – Michael Haneke's satanic soap opera of pure sociopathy
The Austrian director returns to many of his classic themes in a stark, unforgiving and gripping satire on bourgeois Europeans and the people who serve them - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMachines review – astonishing Indian factory documentary
Rahul Jain’s film takes us into the hazardous, punishing heart of the global textile industry - Simran Hans
starstarstarstarstar120 Beats Per Minute review – passionate and defiant account of 80s Aids activism
Robin Campillo commemorates the legacy of direct-action group Act Up with a movie that is tragic, urgent and full of cinematic life - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarVisages, Villages review – Agnès Varda, people person, creates a self-referential marvel
Working for the first time with a co-director, French artist JR, the veteran documentary maker makes a near-perfect study of ‘faces and places’ - Jordan Hoffman
starstarstarstarstarOkja review – giant Korean pig plus Tilda Swinton equals glorious family adventure
Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-ho has delivered a wonderful film comparable to ET or Roald Dahl in this story of a 13-year-old girl and her outsize pet - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLoveless review - eerie thriller of hypnotic, mysterious intensity from Leviathan director
Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev has produced another masterpiece in this apocalyptic study of a failed marriage and the subsequent disappearance of a child - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLa Strada review – Fellini masterpiece hits the road again
The heart-wrenching story of a young woman sold by her mother to a strolling player is infused with humanity, theatricality and operatic pathos - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Levelling review – a tremendous debut from Hope Dickson Leach
An estranged young woman returns to her flooded Somerset home in this haunting family drama - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarManhattan review – Woody Allen's masterpiece still shimmers with honesty
Nearly four decades on, Allen’s lustrously shot comedy is as compelling as ever, its big-hitting scenes and performances sitting alongside numerous low-key gems - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarHeal the Living review – pulsating transplant drama
Katell Quillévéré’s audacious feature follows a human heart from donor to recipient, stirring strong emotions along the way and showing breathtaking visual skill - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarLady Macbeth review – a brilliantly chilling subversion of a classic
Florence Pugh is lethally charismatic in William Oldroyd’s daring journey into the darkest corners of the world of bonnets and bows - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest review – an extraordinary performance, beautifully contained
Jack Nicholson is the driving force, but this rerelease reminds us how delicately he is supported by the rest of the cast - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMulholland Drive review – David Lynch's delirious masterpiece still stands tall
The virtuoso director has never topped this erotic, eerie commentary on Hollywood, featuring a stunning breakthrough performance by Naomi Watts - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest review – the role that made Jack Nicholson
The rereleased adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel features a mesmerising central performance – and a villain who now seems much more likable - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Handmaiden review – outrageous thriller drenched with eroticism
Park Chan-wook’s adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, relocated to 1930s Korea, is an erotic triumph – with a whiplash twist - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarRaw review – cannibal fantasy makes for a tender dish
Julia Ducournau’s debut about a young woman’s taste for human flesh is an exhilarating blend of horror, humour and heartbreak - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
starstarstarstarstarAli: Fear Eats the Soul review – a searing tale of love and prejudice
Fassbinder’s 1970s spin on All That Heaven Allows is re-released as part of a BFI season celebrating his work - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarGraduation review – a five-star tragedy of grim adult compromise
A father must initiate his daughter into a grownup world of defeat, shame, favours and back-scratching in Cristian Mungiu’s powerful portrait of toxic modern Romania - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFear Eats the Soul review – love versus racism in Fassbinder's exquisite tale
Cleaner Emmi loves immigrant Ali, 20 years her junior – to the chagrin of 1970s Munich – in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s heart-rending and extremely prescient drama - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarGet Out review – fantastically twisted horror-satire on race in America
Jordan Peele’s superbly nasty comedy about a black man who meets his white girlfriend’s parents is as pitiless as a surgeon’s scalpel - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarPersonal Shopper review – Kristen Stewart is truly captivating
Stewart is outstanding as a haunted fashion-biz assistant in Olivier Assayas’s enigmatic ghost story and quarterlife character study - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Love Witch review – glorious retro fantasy-horror
Drenched in the Technicolor 60s, Anna Biller’s outrageous, showstopping B-movie oozes with A-grade potency - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarElle review – startlingly strange rape-revenge black comedy
With her steely hauteur, Isabelle Huppert is utterly arresting in Paul Verhoeven’s provocative film. No other actor could have pulled it off - Peter Bradshaw
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