First look review
Early reviews from film festivals and advance previews
A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin lead pat buddy dramedy
The pair play to expected types in an endearing yet often forced film about cousins visiting Poland to pay respects to their grandmother
I Saw the TV Glow review – devastating tale of identity, fandom and obsession
Jane Schoenbrun’s stunning second feature is both a horror-inflected story of teens fixated on a Buffy-esque TV show and a haunting trans allegory
The Outrun review – Saoirse Ronan is remarkable in a sensitive recovery drama
The Oscar nominee gives one of her greatest performances as a young woman grappling with addiction in a moving and delicate adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir
Power review – damning documentary traces the history of US policing
Yance Ford’s followup to Oscar nominated documentary Strong Island is a visually elegant, if a little dry, look at a problematic instituion
Love Me review – Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun explore love in oddball sci-fi
Freaky Tales review – Pedro Pascal-led 80s anthology isn’t freaky enough
Ghostlight review – charming tale of DIY Shakespeare theater
Triangle of Sadness star Dolly De Leon steals scenes in an endearing story of a real family wrapped up in a lo-fi staging of Romeo and Juliet
Janet 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
Foe review – Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan can’t lift dull Black Mirror knock-off
The stars try to save a familiar slab of sci-fi pondering involving a robotic replacement for a husband, but it’s not enough
The Royal Hotel review – feminist thriller starts strong but can’t stay the course
Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick are both impressive in an uneasy Australia-set film toying with genre expectations but tension dissipates in the finale
Fingernails review – Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed’s chemistry can’t save paper-thin love story
Christos Nikou’s English-language debut aims to be a sadistically comical treatment of relationship insecurity, but ends up saying little
The End We Start From review – Jodie Comer compels in solid survival drama
Wildcat review – Ethan Hawke directs daughter in mediocre literary biopic
The Critic review – a devious Ian McKellen anchors uneven thriller
A delicious performance as a catty gay theatre critic in 1930s London almost saves this Patrick Marber-scripted drama
Next Goal Wins review – Taika Waititi’s football comedy is strikingly unfunny
A miscast Michael Fassbender plays a coach trying to save a team of underdogs in a lacklustre fact-based string-puller
The 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
Dear Jassi review – Hollywood maximalist makes first Indian movie
Daddio review – Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn take a bumpy ride
American Fiction review – incisive literary satire takes no prisoners
Dream Scenario review – Nicolas Cage finds unusual fame in smart black comedy
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