Ratcatcher review – Lynne Ramsay’s haunting debut is a hallucinatory wonder
Ramsay’s brilliant rendering of a child’s experience during the 1975 Glasgow bin-collectors’ strike, spiked with a horrifying twist of fate, remains masterly - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Promised Land review – Andrzej Wajda’s anti-capitalist comic opera is still razor sharp
Wajda takes three young entrepreneurs and follows their greed and ambition to toxic capitalism’s logical conclusion in this queasily disturbing satire - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarOn the Waterfront review – Marlon Brando’s wounded masculinity rains punches down
Rereleased for its 70th anniversary, Elia Kazan’s classic exploration of corruption and whether or not to squeal is made all the more viscerally powerful by his own Huac testimony - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarMary Poppins review – Disney’s entertainment sugar rush possesses thermonuclear brilliance
Manic, magic, madcap … Julie Andrews is superb in the role of the flying nanny, in a film filled with amazing songs - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarSpy x Family Code: White review – ingenious espionage antics with special-power family
Popular manga characters receive their first film adaptation as they seek out a villainous colonel and an elusive dessert, brought off with great style by director Takashi Katagiri - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarAbigail review – Dan Stevens throws himself into gleefully gory kidnap horror
After forming a one-off criminal gang, Stevens and co come to regret kidnapping a gangster’s daughter – played by Matilda star Alisha Weir - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarIf Only I Could Hibernate review – a teenager faces tough choices in chilly Mongolia
There’s an earthy authenticity to Zoljargal Purevdash’s story of a gifted student from a poor family - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarSometimes I Think About Dying review – Daisy Ridley excels as shy office worker in offbeat comedy
Rachel Lambert’s perceptive tale of a loner with a vividly imaginative inner life proves an unexpected showcase for the Star Wars actor’s talents - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarI Could Never Go Vegan review – cheerfully persuasive film about the plant-based lifestyle
Thomas Pickering blends approachable narration with well-presented information in a welcome reminder of the Michael Moore method - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarGrace review – monumentally odd father-daughter odyssey via mobile cinema
Travelling across Russia in mostly silence, Ilya Povolotsky’s debut feature has a strange confidence in its own monumental dispiritedness - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarIn Short, Europe: Best of Best review – heady celebration of European short film-making
This year’s edition of the festival, Best of Best, will show a collection of 28 award-winning short films across five strands offering dystopian visions and ideological bite - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarOpponent review – impressive drama about an Iranian refugee in limbo in Sweden
A wrestler and his family flee Iran for Sweden when rumours about his sexuality grow in Milad Alami’s intimate portrait of a man whose life is on hold - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarCivil War review – Alex Garland’s chilling dystopian thriller of journalists in a conflict-riven US
The writer-director’s searing drama of reporters in the line of fire strips away political context to focus on the self-perpetuating nature of war - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Teachers’ Lounge review – a masterclass in playground politics
A teacher’s intervention in a spate of thefts upsets the balance of her school in Ilker Çatak’s taut, Oscar-nominated drama - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarChallengers review – Zendaya aces uproariously sexy tennis-set love triangle
Luca Guadagnino’s terrifically absorbing screwball dramedy features a devastatingly cool leading lady, Josh O’Connor on rallying form and zinging extended dialogue rallies to match - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDon’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead review – a worthwhile comedy remake
The Christina Applegate-led dark comedy from the 90s gets a shrewdly made update that acts as a blueprint for how Hollywood should revisit older material - Andrew Lawrence
starstarstarstarstarOpponent review – Iranian wrestling champ’s complex battle for asylum
Payman Maadi brings a fierce intelligence to his portrayal of a refugee seeking a secure new home for his family in Sweden - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBack to Black review – woozy Amy Winehouse biopic buoyed by extraordinary lead performance
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s best film to date is more interested in romance and creativity than demons or blame - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarEvil Does Not Exist review – slow-burning eco-parable
A proposed glamping site threatens a widower’s tranquil existence in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s strangely compelling hymn to nature - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarScoop review – Rufus Sewell and Billie Piper shine in Prince Andrew drama
The Crown director Philip Martin’s dynamic recreation of the notorious Newsnight interview has two jewels among its acting - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMonkey Man review – Dev Patel directs and stars in a bloody revenge thriller
The British actor’s directorial debut is a visceral love letter to global action cinema that’s an exhilarating, if messy, ride - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarIo Capitano review – Matteo Garrone’s wrenching migrant drama is unexpectedly beautiful
Seydou Sarr is wonderful as a 16-year-old Senegalese migrant who maintains his empathy and selflessness through a hellish journey to Europe - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarConcrete Utopia review – tense dystopian Korean thriller is bitter housing crisis satire
Set in the last residential tower block remaining in Seoul, this South Korean genre film puts the city’s haves and have-nots into deadly competition - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarMonkey Man review – Dev Patel goes wild in ultraviolent Mumbai revenge flick
Patel exacts wildly OTT vengeance in the neon-lit city in this stylish and exciting action thriller, which doubles as a boisterous satire of Modi-esque nationalism - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarIo Capitano review – chilling indictment of the refugee exploitation economy
Two teenage boys star in Matteo Garrone’s passionate exposé of how greed, trauma and corruption drive the modern-day slave trade in would-be migrants - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarDisco Boy review – Franz Rogowski adds another dimension to intense French Foreign Legion drama
The German actor’s expressive performance anchors Giacomo Abbruzzese’s bold, continent-crossing feature debut - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Origin of Evil review – Laure Calamy shines in enjoyably pulpy, Highsmith-esque thriller
Arriving on a jetset Mediterranean island to meet the wealthy father she has never known, Calamy’s factory worker enters a vipers’ nest of hostility in Sébastian Marnier’s devious French psychodrama - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarRyuichi Sakamoto: Opus review – a stark, emotional finale from master musician
In his last weeks of life, the Oscar-winning composer is filmed at the piano by his son. It is an almost wordless paean to a remarkable career - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarOpening Night review – Sheridan Smith’s boozy meltdown shakes up musical theatre
Smith plays a Broadway star in the midst of a mental crisis in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s glittering and extravagantly original musical adaptation of the Cassavetes film - Arifa Akbar
starstarstarstarstarSTEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces review – intimate portrait of a comedy legend
From his childhood job in Disneyland and huge standup success to movie stardom and later life career as a dry humorist this is a fascinating insight into a wild and crazy career - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarCelluloid Underground review – love letter to a lifelong passion for film and illicit treasure trove
Iranian critic Ehsan Khoshbakht’s personal essay about a man’s smizdat film print collection shows the lengths cinephiles will go to to protect the art form - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBaltimore review – Imogen Poots excels as British aristocrat turned IRA volunteer Rose Dugdale
Irish directors Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy’s biopic of the late rebel heiress is anchored by an expressive lead turn - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Delinquents review – gripping Buenos Aires heist thriller
Two bank staff rob the vaults and head for the Argentinian countryside in Rodrigo Moreno’s thoughtful though overlong crime flick - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarBoy Kills World review – ripped Bill Skarsgård shows he’s got brutal action chops
As a mute avenger against a dystopian tyranny – looking like a lethal Buster Keaton – the actor makes you wish the film itself was as purposeful - Catherine Bray
starstarstarstarstarStephen review – fact blurs with fiction in powerfully raw study of addiction
Stephen Giddings gives a committed performance as a recovering alcoholic who’s started betting again in this often tense experimental docudrama - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarThat They May Face the Rising Sun review – poignant rural meditation on life and friendship
In this adaptation of the John McGahern novel, about a middle-aged man who has returned, with his wife, to the countryside of his childhood, makeshift friendships are forged and life’s grand rhythms observed - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarCamouflage review – the dark past of Argentina’s dirty war detention centres
Author Félix Bruzzone fronts this haunting film about Campo de Mayo, where his mother was among tens of thousands of people who ‘disappeared’ under the dictatorship - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarThe Book of Clarence review – a rival Messiah or a very naughty boy?
The Harder They Fall director Jaymes Samuel’s Pythonesque spin on the story of Jesus and the apostles is a wildly indulgent, irreverent blast - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarMax Beyond review – reality-jumping game tie-in with kid in search of brother
Max is looking for the universe in which his rescuer brother Leon survives in this British animation, but some clever variations aside, it’s slow going - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarRebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver review – Zack Snyder’s bombastically fun sequel
The divisive director’s sci-fi follow-up is both original and derivative and will be unlikely to convert anyone, but there’s something charming about its sincerity - Jesse Hassenger
starstarstarstarstarDo Aur Do Pyaar (Two Plus Two Is Love) review – refreshingly nonjudgmental infidelity romcom
Vidya Balan shines in this witty remake that sees a married couple, both cheating on each other, on the verge of breaking up - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review – Guy Ritchie’s fun wartime romp
Henry Cavill leads a ragtag group on an unlikely mission in this shaggy, exaggerated account of Operation Postmaster - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarSwede Caroline review – marrow mockumentary is gourd for a laugh
Zany caper follows Jo Hartley as a big-veg enthusiast defending her patch from elaborate ill-doings - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarIf Only I Could Hibernate review – Mongolian maths whiz aims to escape biting cold
A tented district of Ulaanbaatar is the backdrop as a gifted student with a chance to succeed and move away finds himself having to care for his siblings - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarFantastic Machine review – whirlwind history shows how cameras dazzle and deceive us
From fake news in 1902 to livestreaming a man asleep – and everything in between, the big picture gets a bit lost - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarJohn Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger review – exploring the artist’s work in style
Academics, artists and curators delve into the background behind Sargent’s glossy society portraits in this polished documentary - Andrew Pulver
starstarstarstarstarFar Beyond the Pasturelands review – on the trail of the ‘Himalayan Viagra’
Documentary reveals the cost to Nepalese villagers of harvesting a supposed aphrodisiac that sells for more than gold in China - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarIt Runs in the Family review – heartfelt tribute from one film-maker to another
When Victoria Villegas learned that her cousin had fled both the Dominican Republic and Cuba, and was gay like her, she was moved to chart his life - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarClose Your Eyes review – melancholy magic as Víctor Erice addresses his own enigmatic legacy
The Spanish director of 1973’s The Spirit of the Beehive returns with only his fourth feature, a beguiling if overlong tale of a missing movie actor - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarCivil War review – Alex Garland’s delirious dive into divided US society
Fratricidal warfare has exploded in North America, and war photographers including Lee (Kirsten Dunst) are eager to capture the money shot in this delirious action thriller - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarLaRoy, Texas review – Coen-esque crime farce is a hyperactively fun ride
Feature debutant writer-director Shane Atkinson toys with a hapless cast of schemers and low-lifes in this neo-noir, featuring a scene-stealing Dylan Baker as a vexed hitman - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarTolyatti Adrift review – young Lada restorers aim to escape Russia’s post-industrial angst
In a town built around the once-thriving AvtoVAZ vehicle plant, disenfranchised students find an outlet in restoring old Ladas - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarThe First Omen review – horror prequel has its creepy moments
Director Arkasha Stevenson can’t match the scares of the 1976 classic, but her decent chiller can still make the skin crawl - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe First Omen review – stylish horror prequel is damned by its franchise
This 70s-set prelude to the classic satanic horror has flair but struggles with the weight and familiarity of what came before - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarSeize Them! review – revolting peasants make merry in medieval times
Spoilt queen Aimee Lou Wood faces off against Nicola Coughlan’s humble upstart in a goofy adventure played for laughs - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarOne Night in Millstreet review – vivid look back to mighty Collins-Eubank rumble
Steve Collins and Chris Eubank recall their 1995 super-middleweight world title clash, and its odd details, with intelligence and honesty - Andrew Pulver
starstarstarstarstarThe Trouble With Jessica review – Shirley Henderson leads satire on London liberals
Henderson, Indira Varma, Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams attend a Hampstead dinner party that takes a dark turn in a play-like sendup that could go harder - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarYannick review – Quentin Dupieux goes for laughs in absurdist theatre hijack comedy
Dupieux’s melancholic comedy sees a disillusioned audience member pull a gun before demanding a word processor to write the actors a better play - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarWe 12 review – Cantopop boy band Mirror turn super-skilled crime fighters
Every pop star gets his own special power in this delightfully goofy Hong Kong action caper - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThree Women review – intimate snapshot of rural Ukraine before the invasion
A biologist, a postal worker and a farmer are a charismatic trio at the heart of a documentary that builds an emotional connection between film-maker and subject - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarDrift review – quietly mesmerising Greek island refugee tale
As a young Liberian woman in survival mode, Cynthia Erivo carries Anthony Chen’s unassuming drama - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Sweet East review – defiantly obnoxious US coming-of-age movie
A disaffected South Carolina schoolgirl heading to Washington DC meets white supremacists, feckless creatives and more in Sean Price Williams’s anarchic state-of-the-nation satire - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire review – breezy, forgettable monster sequel
There’s a likable, light-hearted zip to the monster mash follow-up but energy dissipates when we’re stuck with the humans - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarThe Origin of Evil review – classy comedy-thriller with shades of Succession and Knives Out
Call My Agent’s Laure Calamy stars as a scheming factory worker with designs on a mega-rich fortune in this classy feast of backstabbing, double cross and venal greed - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarSilver Haze review – memory-haunted portrait of scarred, damaged lives
Vicky Knight plays a nurse injured in a fire who falls in love with a patient in Sacha Polak’s sombre, thoughtful drama - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Sweet East review – high-school student’s eccentric road trip up and down the coast
A teenage girl meets all manner of eccentrics, extremists, hipsters and hoodlums in Sean Price Williams’ amusing, contemporary adventure - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarWild Water review – gentle film following West Yorkshire’s most daring swimmers
This homespun film highlights Gaddings Dam, where intrepid wild swimmers visit in all weathers - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarRestore Point review – Czech Blade Runner is a valiant attempt to satisfy cyber-noir cravings
Robert Hloz’s debut is a competent copy of Hollywood sci-fi, but it’s too heavily indebted to its influences to develop its own philosophy - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarDownstream to Kinshasa review – war survivors set sail on mission for reparations
Dieudo Hamadi’s documentary is a clear-eyed look at the brutal aftermath of the DRC’s ‘six-day war’ as disabled victims journey to the capital to present their demands to the government - Phuong Le
starstarstarstarstarCidade Rabat review – elegant, subtle study of a daughter’s grief
Portuguese director Susana Nobre explores the sadness of bereavement with deadpan obliqueness in this story about a woman’s reaction to her mother’s death - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarThe Persian Version review – feelgood Iranian-American comedy with edge
A perceptive and candid look at mother-daughter discord drives the boisterous energy of Maryam Keshavarz’s comic crowdpleaser - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarRebel Moon- Part 2: The Scargiver review – more generic sci-fi from Zack Snyder
Sofia Boutella’s dynamic star turn isn’t enough to redeem Netflix’s brash sci-fi sequel - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarJeanne du Barry review – Johnny Depp is a lumpen Louis XV in passionless period drama
Maïwenn directs and stars as an 18th-century French courtesan in this lacklustre tale of scandal and sexual intrigue at Versailles - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarAbigail review – Dracula’s daughter gets kidnapped in fun-sucking horror
There’s some low-stakes pleasure to be had in the first half of the gory new film from the team behind Ready or Not and Scream but things fall apart disastrously - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarAll You Need Is Death review – Irish horror finds evil in taboo folk ballad recording
The story of two historians unleashing evil while recording a song is a strong idea and there are good moments and performances, but it is too chaotic and unfocused to resonate - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarButterfly Tale review – kids insect story wants to take long trip south to Mexico
Anodyne children’s picture provides some gentle entertainment once you forgive the cloying anthropomorphism - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarBeyond the Raging Sea review – cross-Atlantic rowing race likened to refugees’ ordeal
Two endurance sailors’ perilous voyage is supposed to lead them to empathy for refugees’ plight – but they sure take their time discovering that - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBack to Black review – wildly uneven portrait of Amy Winehouse
Marisa Abela goes all out in a valiant attempt to capture the late singer’s unique charisma – and voice – in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s misjudged biopic - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarBleeding Love review – Ewan and Carla McGregor star in listless father-daughter drama
Decent performances from the real-life father and daughter can’t save this generic road movie about a man’s attempt to wean his child off drugs - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarThe Greatest Hits review – cutesy music romance plays a forgettable tune
Lucy Boynton plays a woman who can travel back in time with the power of a song in a high-concept, low-enjoyment fantasy - Benjamin Lee
starstarstarstarstarUnsinkable: Titanic Untold review – story of disaster told through government inquiry
Reconstructing the US senate investigation that followed the disaster, this was made with a tiny fraction of James Cameron’s budget but has an authentic feel - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarOn Fire review – smoke-filled disaster movie asks God to help out with climate crisis
Co-director and star Peter Facinelli must rescue his family trapped by a wildfire, but while he digs deep to save them the film dodges the really big question raised here - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarAn Irish Angel review – incident-packed teenage pregnancy comedy lurches into tragedy
This Northern Ireland-set feature veers unconvincingly from a schoolgirl’s abortion dilemma to a welter of subplots before a clumsy tonal shift - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThe Stolen Valley review – Thelma and Louise-lite road western has right on its side
Director Jesse Edwards’ feature is well intentioned, but paper-thin characters, implausible plot twists and soap-opera moments relegate it to hokey cheapness - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarBobcat Moretti review – heartfelt boxing underdog tale goes down the signpost route
Despite evident passion from the film-makers, this personal transformation through sporting achievement story borders on parody - Catherine Bray
starstarstarstarstarSeize Them! review – a comic romp through medieval Britain
A spoilt queen strives to reclaim her throne from revolting peasants in a film that feels more like a sweary episode of Horrible Histories - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarYolo review – smash-hit Chinese boxing drama is a tale of personal transformation
The physical efforts of Jia Ling, who writes, directs and stars, are impressive, but too much time is spent labouring over well-worn tropes of the genre - Catherine Bray
starstarstarstarstarScoop review – self-admiring replay of Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview
Emily Maitlis’s interview was unmissable limo-crash television, but Gillian Anderson’s Maggie Thatcher-lite performance and an underused Rufus Sewell add little - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarBefore Dawn review – Anzac drama needed a bigger budget or a better script
A central performance from Levi Miller isn’t enough to lift a run-of-the-mill war film that struggles to maintain dramatic interest - Luke Buckmaster
starstarstarstarstarTil Death Do Us Part review – bride fights back in matrimonial revenge action flick
A wedding with a dark secret is at the heart of this strange, silly action movie, dragged out by abrupt flashes forward and back - Leslie Felperin
starstarstarstarstarThe Human Surge 3 review – hopeful odyssey of globe-trotting twentysomethings
Eduardo Williams’ opaque sequel follows a group of twentysomethings in Sri Lanka, Peru and Taiwan with a 360-degree VR camera - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarMothers’ Instinct review – Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain feud in heavy-handed Hitchcockian thriller
Playing best friends and neighbours whose friendship is destroyed by tragedy, the star leads are ill served by a clunky screenplay - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire review – another bout of monster stupidity
Rebecca Hall bravely emcees the show as our two giant friends come back for an action-packed, plausibility-free slugfest - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarKung Fu Panda 4 review – Jack Black and Awkwafina in hurricane of slapstick more miss than hit
The lead pair make a brilliant double act, but the franchise has run out of its signature sweetness and charm - Cath Clarke
starstarstarstarstarMothers’ Instinct review – Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in 60s-set operatic melodrama
Thriller about rich suburban housewives whose picture-perfect lives belie past traumas lacks the self-awareness needed to prevent it from being utterly absurd - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarWanted Man review – Dolph Lundgren goes south as racist cop on a mission in Mexico
Lundgren directs and stars, alongside Kelsey Grammer, in an action movie about a Californian cop who clashes with a drug cartel while recovering from injury - Phil Hoad
starstarstarstarstarGhostbusters: Frozen Empire review – cut-and-paste copy of the original
An ancient ghost god threatens Manhattan in Gil Kenan’s uninspiring sequel, which fails to make the most of its young stars - Wendy Ide
starstarstarstarstarBleeding Love review – Ewan McGregor and daughter Clara are toe-curlingly terrible in rehab flick
A landscape gardener and his estranged daughter go on a therapeutic road trip to battle substance abuse in this unbearably cute nepo vanity project - Peter Bradshaw
starstarstarstarstarHow to Date Billy Walsh review – another offensively boring streaming-service mess
Even with floor-level expectations, this romcom is incoherent and grating, mistaking teen camp for charm - Adrian Horton
starstarstarstarstarLittle Eggs: A Frozen Rescue review – baby polar bear cartoon is charmless debacle
Wisecracking penguins, helpful chickens, a frozen landscape – the latest instalment of the terrible Eggs series, which is just as bad as previous ones - Catherine Bray
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