American Animals: a heist movie that’s both fast-paced and contemplative
Bart Layton’s thriller alternates between interviews with the real-life subjects (all now in their thirties) and the actors who portray them.
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As a comedy, The Spy Who Dumped Me is disappointing
But there is something to be said for the film’s R-rated action.
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Cold War is a heart-crushing film about love, music and a divided Europe
Yet in charting a doomed romance shaped by political upheavals, the film seems not to lay the necessary groundwork for its conclusion.
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Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy As Lazzaro is vivid folklore
Alice Rohrwacher’s films are suspended in the space where fable and fantasy meet the material world. This sounds like a…
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Emma Thompson is at her best in Ian McEwan adaptation The Children Act
Thompson is finding new shades of scepticism and warmth nearly 30 years on from her first cinema role.
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To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before knows where the effervescence of a great romcom lies
This sweet teen movie is clichéd, over-engineered and absolutely perfect.
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Telling the story of austerity Britain through the medium of zombies
The residents of the Firs and Bromford estates in north-east Birmingham wanted to steer clear of a documentary.
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Starting awkwardly and ending with laughter, The Festival is the real experience
Unusually for a comedy film, The Festival gets funnier as it goes on.
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