
ANOTHER ROUND
Thomas Vinterberg crafts a fun if surprisingly anodyne movie that celebrates moderation.

NOMADLAND
Chloe Zhao’s third feature entwines a lyrical exploration of the American West with the drilling effects of capitalism and old age.

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