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3/5
Parallel Tales (2026) Peter Bradshaw It’s intriguing and acted with conviction, and those sound effects are food for thought: the fake overdubs essential for creating reality.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Empire of Lies (2026) Cath Clarke t starts with a promising premise for a low-budget psychological thriller, and there are solid performances from its two actors, but the film never quite generates enough genuine emotion or moments of intrigue to keep it interesting.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Agon (2025) Peter Bradshaw It is ice-cold and detached, almost without dialogue in the conventionally dramatic sense, other than the subdued exchanges which we, as audience, overhear rather than listen to. It accumulates its own kind of desolate force.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough's Greatest Adventure (2026) Jack Seale You might worry that a retrospective film about Life on Earth could be an hour of solemn awe and hushed reverence. What you actually get from Making Life on Earth... is a relentlessly entertaining cavalcade of top-drawer anecdotes
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
Fatherland (2026) Peter Bradshaw Here is an impossibly elegant, poised historical vignette whose brevity and control can hardly contain its characters’ personal and historical pain.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Is God Is (2026) Andrew Lawrence Is God Is may borrow from an old narrative formula, but it reframes it into something sharper and more searching. It shows that stories rooted in Black trauma don’t have to be pulled down by it.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Space Jam (1996) Peter Bradshaw This deeply peculiar high concept is more or less kept upright by the sterling work of Wayne Knight, playing Jordan’s nerdy beta-assistant, and a laid-back cameo from Bill Murray, channelling some of his Caddyshack energy.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
The Christophers (2025) Peter Bradshaw Terrifically exhilarating and funny, as bracing as a large vodka and tonic before lunch: fast, literate and funny with a key plot progression elliptically and unsentimentally managed.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
A Woman's Life (2026) Peter Bradshaw There is something a little feeble about the final fade-out to all this, but Drucker keeps it ticking over.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
LifeHack (2025) Mike McCahill It is efficiently executed, though its relentless cursor-nudging will probably make older viewers want to unplug and retreat into an 18th-century novel.
Posted May 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Moonwalker (1988) Derek Malcolm I've never seen a film that tells you less about its star while pretending to tell you everything.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Killer Whale (2026) Catherine Bray There are a couple of decent plot twists and reveals, but not enough to stop you from checking out until the next bit with the whale comes up.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Normal (2025) Peter Bradshaw It’s entertaining and bizarre chaos, anchored by Odenkirk’s hangdog air of gloomy resignation to the violent mess which he has to clean up.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Nagi Notes (2026) Peter Bradshaw Japanese film-maker Kôji Fukada has created a film of great lucidity and calm, a walking-pace drama.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Butterfly Jam (2026) Peter Bradshaw The film sags into sentimentality. Keoghan and Keough have moments of vehemence and eloquence, but this is a misfire.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
What About Bob? (1991) Tim Pulleine The slow, bland manner of Frank Oz's direction tends to stifle spontaneity, with the performers left to do little more than go through the motions.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Her Life Is on the Line (2025) Phil Hoad The final twist feel a bit obligatory, and Haylie Duff’s direction is a tad pedestrian. All the same, her film circles intriguingly around the podcast age’s performative emotions and authenticity fetish.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
My Father's Diaries (2024) Phuong Le Culled from this powerful personal archive, Hasanović’s poignant documentary forges a dialogue not just with history, but also across generations.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Queer as Punk (2025) Phuong Le Favouring distorted riffs, heavy drums and swaggering lyrics, the band’s powerful sound seeks to drown out the noise of prejudice and discrimination. Their courage, as well as their simple joie de vivre, thrum through Yihwen Chen’s documentary portrait.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025) Cath Clarke A touching and moving film.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Psalms of the People (2026) Cath Clarke [Rob MacNeacail] is a pleasure to watch, and surely this worthwhile film will help psalm singing survive.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Ciao UFO (2019) Leslie Felperin What’s interesting is that despite the spaceship stuff this isn’t in the slightest a sci-fi film. It’s really a straight-up multi-stranded realist drama where the city itself, evolving and changing throughout, is one of the characters.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Nobu (2024) Phil Hoad Matt Tyrnauer’s chirpy documentary charts the rise of this affable but restless pioneer, motivated since the start of his career to break out of insular Japan and shake up its cuisine.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
The Electric Kiss (2026) Peter Bradshaw The cantering momentum of this film is rather stymied by lengthy flashbacks which show us Irène herself, played by Vimala Pons; she is no mere simpering muse but a shrewdly educated lover of art whose emotional life is more unexpected than we thought.
Posted May 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Touch Me (2025) Catherine Bray The cherry on top of this admittedly weird cocktail is a strong streak of genuine sensuality -- if it’s your first encounter with tentacle sex on screen, you might be surprised how appealing Heimann and his cast have managed to make it seem.
Posted May 11, 2026  Edit critic review
True Stories (1986) Derek Malcolm The whole thing has a unity about it, and a thought behind it, that pushes us anyway from our more obvious expectations.
Posted May 11, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) Benjamin Lee Held together by Molina’s typically commanding voiceover, Remarkably Bright Creatures is a simple, heart-first drama of broken people trying to put themselves back together.
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) (2026) Owen Myers Cameron and Eilish aren’t focused on exploring why her particular mix of ballsiness and introspection has resonated so deeply with millions. That would have made for a fascinating [documentary]... instead of this splashy style experiment.
Posted May 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026) Peter Bradshaw It’s cheerful and watchable, if a relentlessly on-brand fan promo, corporately policed and controlled, using vintage archive photos and video rather than closeup talking-head footage of the band now.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Jimpa (2025) Peter Bradshaw Sophie Hyde has directed an earnestly intended but very indulgent film... it blandly congratulates itself on its sensitivity and cathartic honesty, but is without the spark of her 2019 quarterlifecrisis comedy Animals.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Neglected (2025) Leslie Felperin For all its cack-handedness, there’s some effort here to grapple with issues around institutional and personal guilt and the wrongs done to young people that might turn them into smirking, giggling serial killers.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Devils (1971) Philip French There is much to irritate in the film, but it's bold, individual and a landmark in British cinema, with outstanding performances from Oliver Reed as Grandier and Vanessa Redgrave as the possessed Mother Superior.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Mortal Kombat II (2026) Benjamin Lee Treated like a premium format blockbuster does not do a film like Mortal Kombat II any favours, its junkiness less charming and more distracting, a street fighter suddenly forced to go pay-per-view.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Sex Robots Are Coming (2017) Euan Ferguson I was all ready to dislike The Sex Robots Are Coming, but gently surprised at a non-prurient and intelligent take on advances in the girl-doll market, and simply jaw-dropped at the size of that market.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Swapped (2026) Benjamin Lee Unlike the greatest Pixar films that the director, Nathan Greno, and his three writers are trying to emulate, any sharper messaging gets quickly cast aside for a fairly rote buddy comedy quest narrative.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Rise of the Conqueror (2026) Phil Hoad With this less-than-inspiring script, Mortensen feels a shade too relaxed in the role; you’d believe in him to manage your securities portfolio, less so to found a dynasty.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Breakwater (2025) Phuong Le Considering Morgan’s distinctive eye for compositions and location shooting, this remains an assured first feature.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Self Driver (2024) Peter Bradshaw Though flawed and in need of some script development, adds up to a pertinent satirical comment on the gig economy and the Waymo-isation of the service industry.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Kokuho (2025) Peter Bradshaw The action is elegantly interspersed with kabuki performances.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Highlander (1986) Peter Bradshaw Those who can indulge it will find it uniquely quirky, funny and eccentrically ambitious.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Hokum (2026) Peter Bradshaw It is an amusing and gruesome premise, which writer-director Damian McCarthy stretches out into a convoluted, bizarre extended narrative involving two separate hospital stays for Ohm.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century (2026) Frances Ryan There are flashes of another, better show.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
I've Seen All I Need to See (2025) Cath Clarke It’s film in which actors shot in closeup deliver lines looking pensive, with an air of meaning and depth, while not actually saying anything meaningful.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Wolfram (2025) Luke Buckmaster Thornton, a rare director who is also his own cinematographer, knows how to conjure the thick, arid stink of a meat pie western. He delivers a film of rough-hewn, harsh beauty, as if it’s been dropped in the dust and stomped on.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Wild Foxes (2025) Peter Bradshaw There are a lot of ideas and images swirling around this film; they don’t all gel... But the acting, physical presence and energy of Camille and his crew deliver a real punch.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (2026) Phil Hoad With less daffy humour than previous film Scarlet Bond, the initially so-so animation picks up to a more sublime level by the climax.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
ADA - My Mother the Architect (2024) Peter Bradshaw Architect turned film-maker Yael Melamede presents us with this insightful, though perhaps faintly indulgent, portrait of her mother, Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC (2026) Peter Bradshaw Although no amount of revisionist gallantry can conceal how terrible Yoko Ono’s vocals are, this has a historical fascination as they were Lennon’s only full-length concert performances after the Beatles’ split.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) Peter Bradshaw This is good-natured, buoyant entertainment. It’s wearing well.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Top Gun (1986) Derek Malcolm This is, above all else, an advertisement for the current American Dream, as set out by President Reagan and orchestrated by a Hollywood that's at least still capable of icily efficient dream-fodder.
Posted Apr 28, 2026  Edit critic review
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