Movies
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2 out of 5 stars.
Luz: The Flower of Evil review – arty horror strangely mutes its women
2 out of 5 stars.Colombian horror about a micro-cult is rather too fascinated by the barbarity of its leader, rather than the daughters he has hidden from the world
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3 out of 5 stars.
Kandisha review – feminist horror gets postcolonial on men’s asses
3 out of 5 stars.Three Parisian female graffiti writers summon a vengeful succubus in a movie that draws inspiration equally from Candyman and Moroccan fireside folklore -
What does a 163% surge in demand for red hair dye tell us about the way Marvel’s latest, and star Scarlett Johansson, have been marketed and received? -
2 out of 5 stars.
The Oscar-winner gives a sluggish performance as a grief-stricken psychiatrist in this shallow psychological thriller -
3 out of 5 stars.
Reset review – beautiful footage of extreme-sports thrill-seekers
3 out of 5 stars.French director Thierry Donard, ‘the Fellini of adventure film-making’, shoots four sets of daredevils throwing themselves headlong into intense experience
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3 out of 5 stars.
Following Brazilian swimmer Susan Schnarndorf’s road to the 2016 Games, we see the athlete’s willingness to deal with the impact of multiple system atrophy -
4 out of 5 stars.
This imaginative and unique Ivorian tale blends modern-day thriller dynamics with older storytelling traditions -
3 out of 5 stars.
Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling review – Tour de France stalwart meanders off route
3 out of 5 stars.Narrator of key moments in cycling since the mid-70s, Liggett’s story includes his controversial support of Lance Armstrong -
2 out of 5 stars.
Tyrese Gibson stars as the ex-Marine hero of this fun, dumb and violent thriller, set in a large, well-stocked retail outlet
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Here Comes Your Man review – casual hookup becomes an unlikely romance
2 out of 5 stars.
In focus
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It’s number one time, and it’s a picture from the beginning of the year that nothing else has quite eclipsed for wit, thrills and sheer watchability -
Since March 2020 the pandemic has taken a big red marker pen to the cultural calendar – here are the longest postponements across the arts -
The latest inductees, including Laverne Cox and Issa Rae, are 46% female and 39% from under-represented racial communities -
The producer of this year’s ceremony has defended finishing with best actor rather than best film, leading to anticlimax after Anthony Hopkins triumphed
What to watch
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With her latest movie, Jungle Cruise, out this month, we round up the finest work by the star of The Devil Wears Prada and A Quiet Place Part II -
Was the Marvel stand-alone instalment a fitting send-off for Natasha Romanoff? And what about the much-vaunted return of Iron Man? -
With his new film, The Birthday Cake, out next week, we take a look at the best roles of the Scottish actor – and no, Phantom Menace is not on it
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From the joyous escapism of In the Heights and Cruella to the powerful storytelling of The Mauritanian, our readers reveal their movie highlights of the last six months -
From The Long Goodbye to Short Cuts, Altman’s innovative movies have influenced a generation of film-makers. With the re-release of Nashville and a BFI tribute, we rank the work of one of America’s greatest directors -
Chloé Zhao hits the road, Carey Mulligan takes her revenge and Emma Stone refashions Cruella in the pick of this year’s films
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Julia Ducournau has became the second woman ever to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Her triumph is a suitably rock’n’roll ending for this year’s festival -
The trailer for American Boogeyman, yet another film to cast a handsome actor as a serial killer, faces backlash. Who is asking for more Bundy content? -
The actor, who has died at 98, gave expression to the intense cultural complexities raised as independence met modernity – with respect, depth and subtlety -
Ahead of the Cannes premiere of her documentary about a cow, the Oscar-winning director reflects on how a childhood spent in the Kent edgelands informed her life, work and worldview
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Her debut film Girlfriends is required watching if you want to work with Lena Dunham. What made it so groundbreaking? And why did she not make more? As the cult classic returns, Weill looks back
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From Jane Austen’s Persuasion to sci-fi comedies and action thrillers, Nikki Amuka-Bird is driven by strong characters. The actor talks about mourning her mum, colour-blind casting and being inspired by Helen McCrory -
She has four films at Cannes film festival, but instead of strutting the Riviera red carpet the actor is isolating in Paris. She talks creativity, sex scenes and the joy of Bond stunts
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The film-maker’s first movie, about a Black lesbian teenager, has made it to the Criterion Collection, a catalogue of canonical films. She discusses her characters and the pleasure of this success -
Their Adam Driver musical sent Cannes into raptures and Edgar Wright has made an all-star documentary about them. The Mael brothers explain why they’ll always be hopelessly in love with pop -
Her career has snaked from delivering pizzas to modelling, but Penn’s latest job – starring in a Cannes drama alongside her dad, Sean – was the most daunting yet
Regulars
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week The Truffle Hunters review – delicious documentary of men and their dogs
4 out of 5 stars.This touching film about the truffle hunters of Piedmont offers a glimpse into a timeless way of life – and the deep companionship at its core -
From Strangers on a Train to Match Point, the two-way, sunstruck intensity of the game is made for cinema -
If industry reports are to be believed, the next instalment may boldly go small-scale and intimate – but then lower budgets and bigger ideas are what the fans want -
Aside from a conveyor belt of romcoms, the popular platform has struggled to find any big new names. Can it learn anything from old-fashioned cinema?
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s tragic parable of society’s addiction to oil, fuelled by a zealous Daniel Day-Lewis, is a burning indictment of male aggression and an apocalyptic warning -
The director explains why he won’t quibble with his film being named best of the century – but what makes it really great is Daniel Day-Lewis -
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000 -
From Mike Leigh to Richard Linklater, Joanna Hogg and Michael Winterbottom, here are some of the century’s greatest films, chosen by some of the directors whose own films feature in our top 100
You may have missed
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Poisoned bait, clandestine missions, top secret locations … we meet the directors of a film about the extraordinary Italians who forage for a delicacy that’s worth thousands -
Shocking documentary The Phantom, the story of Carlos DeLuna, an innocent man accused of murder, shines a light on the many problems with the death penalty -
From Mumbai noir to plantation Macbeth, Kerala’s more dynamic and independent-driven industry is responding urgently to the pandemic
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Funny Bones director Peter Chelsom had given up on Hollywood and went to Italy to make a low-budget thriller. To his – and everyone else’s – surprise, it’s a worldwide hit -
As the high-octane action series returns with its ninth instalment, F9, how many rip-offs stalled after just one outing? -
Writer-director Jeremy Hersh and his newcomer star Jasmine Batchelor hope their new film, The Surrogate, will provoke awkward questions
Film genres
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2 out of 5 stars.
Action Rogue Hostage review – action thriller as cheesy as a supermarket dairy aisle
2 out of 5 stars.Tyrese Gibson stars as the ex-Marine hero of this fun, dumb and violent thriller, set in a large, well-stocked retail outlet -
2 out of 5 stars.
Animation Space Jam: A New Legacy review – humourless hoop dreams
2 out of 5 stars.Basketball great LeBron James gets the Tune Squad back together to save his son from an evil algorithm in this lame sequel to the 1996 film -
4 out of 5 stars.
Director Justin Kurzel shies away from depicting the Port Arthur massacre itself but outstanding performances mean it’s still a highly unsettling story -
2 out of 5 stars.
Drama Every Breath You Take review – Casey Affleck fires blanks in trashy psychodrama
2 out of 5 stars.The Oscar-winner gives a sluggish performance as a grief-stricken psychiatrist in this shallow psychological thriller
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