KNIVES OUT
Rian Johnson takes aim at modern America in a playful, ingenious murder mystery
THE REPORT
The truth will out as Adam Driver takes on the CIA in real-life post-9/11 thriller
ZOMBI CHILD
Teen trifles clash with sacred traditions and powerful voodoo in Bertrand Bonello’s diasporic meditation
COLOUR OUT OF SPACE
A family goes berserk in a Lovecraftian horror which you’ll remember for Nicolas Cage milking an alpaca
FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC
Renting out family and friends is the new focus of Herzog’s exploratory lens
BEANPOLE
Kantemir Balagov’s second feature tackles issues of motherhood, PTSD, and the strive to bring colour into post-WWII life
GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY
Tragedy dredges up the spectres of the past in Denis Côté’s chilling community parable
MONOS
A stark portrayal of excessive violence and child militance that renders all the comforts of civilisation unimportant
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS
Questions of colonialism frame Ciro Guerra’s English-language debut
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
A renegade modern-day Huckleberry Finn tale starring Shia LeBeouf and newcomer Zack Gottsagen
JINN
Good intentions backfire in this shallow, sex-shaming film about cultural identity
SAUVAGE
Sauvage reminds the spectator of the dazzling constellation of sex and sexuality
ROMA
Critic-bait cinema at its most specious, narcissistic and self-indulgent
HAPPY AS LAZZARO
Alice Rohrwacher works with clay and her directorial alchemy delivers gold
PETERLOO
Mike Leigh goes for political point-scoring over visuality. In other words: angry in theory, polite in execution
THE GUILTY
A stunning dramatisation of psychological conflict and theological drama
CRYSTAL SWAN
Belarusian comedy touches upon the trauma of post-socialist rule
ARCTIC
Mads Mikkelsen is impeccable in anthem to the strength of Scandinavian men
SCHOOL’S OUT
Sub-par French thriller explores playground extremism
THELMA
A philosophically ambitious feast for the senses
THE SHAPE OF WATER
A commentary on the depth of connection that can exist should we be willing to take the plunge
24 FRAMES
A testament to truth twenty-four times a second
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
An unforgettable, heart-stirring romantic drama
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
Darkly comic take on the sterility at the heart of the American Dream
LAST FLAG FLYING
An effective dramedy that explores Richard Linklater’s favourite topic: time and its passing
LOVELESS
A haunting, absurdist work of art from Andrey Zvyagintsev