Movie Reviews

A gang of small-town drug dealing gym rats are set upon by a murderous stranger in this satisfying Welsh genre piece.

The ambiguous and sometimes tragic nature of motherhood is the subject of writer/director Daisy-May Hudson’s forceful debut, Lollipop.

Through its visionary cinematography and costume design, Federico Fellini’s 1963 film masterfully blurs the lines between memory, reality and fantasy.

Dreamworks’ first foray into the world of live-action remakes is fairly unremarkable despite occasional sparks of magic.

In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, this year's Emerging Critics cohort offer their responses to the film programme.

Daisy-May Hudson’s impressive fiction debut lays bare the bureaucratic cycles a young woman has to face as she attempts to regain custody of her children.

John Maclean aims for Sergio Leone and Akira Kurosawa, but this 18th century samurai western leaves only a superficial impression.

This summer we’re inviting you to indulge in a slice of the sweet life with Disaronno.

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Dangerous Animals and Ballerina, we speak to activist, photographer and filmmaker Misan Harriman about Shoot The People, a documentary about his work. David speaks to Steven Leckart - the director of Stans, about the fervent fandom of Eminem, and finally, for film club we revisit a video nasty with one hell of a shark scene in Zombie Flesh Eaters.

Kei Pritsker and Michael T Workman chronicle the student movement for Palestine through the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University.

Aylin Tezel writes, directs and stars alongside Chris Fulton in this meet-cute romantic drama set between London and the Isle of Skye.

Predators and prey share the same terrain in this psychologically twisted shark thriller from genre filmmaker Sean Byrne.

On Truth & Movies this week, the LWLies team will be talking us through the biggest and best titles from the Cannes Film Festival this year.

The lure of the Scottish wilderness was too much to resist as Ben Rivers returns there for his latest feature.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens can't save this awful excuse for an exorcism thriller.

Katell Quillévéré’s poetic French period drama is powered by an understated chemistry between Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste.

Comedian collaborators Tim Key and Tom Basden co-write and co-star in James Griffiths’ pleasant bromance flick.

Bi Gan's third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema.

An art theft spells disaster for Josh O'Connor in Kelly Reichardt's excellent Vietnam-era heist dramedy.

We speak to the mastermind behind The Phoenician Scheme about family, fathers-in-law, and the great, grand plan of all things Wes Anderson.

As her debut receives a UK premiere as part of the BFI's Black Debutants season, Miami filmmaker Monica Sorelle reflects on the making of Mountains.

Sebastián Lelio's musical take on Chile's MeToo movement is a misjudged gum-smacking mess.

The second instalment of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s lesbian genre film trilogy manages to just about snag a passing grade.

Belgium’s Dardenne brothers return with a typically emotive film about a group of very young women dealing with the dramas of childbirth.

Love and humour gives way to bitterness and rancour in this slick and involving portrait of an Iranian family in turmoil from Saeed Roustaee.

On Truth & Movies this week the LWLies team will be talking us through the latest from the Cannes Film Festival and we spoke to Benicio Del Toro and Michael Cera about The Phoenician Scheme.

A young J-pop singer must choose between love and stardom in Koji Fukada's gentle romantic drama.

This semiautobiographical drama from Golden Bear-winner Carla Simón makes for a heartfelt exploration on the joys and pains of extended family.

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis deliver a spirited western ballad about a young woman seeking freedom and her daring lover.

A brilliant young academic struggles to come to terms with the aftermath of a sexual assault in Eva Victor's moving dramedy.

Renate Reinsve plays an actress struggling with the sudden return of her estranged father in Joachim Trier's latest drama.

Two musicians set out to record the folk songs of rural America in Oliver Hermanus' restrained but affecting drama.

Russian exile filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov selects Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death“ as the subject of the first film made in his new home, Germany.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi delivers a Palme-ready thriller exploring the high price of revenge on a potentially evil man.

June Squibb plays a spirited nonagenarian who moves back to New York from Florida in Scarlett Johansson's underwhelmed directorial debut.

Arab and Tarzan Nasser's thriller transports us to 2007, where two friends running a drug dealing business out of a falafel cart soon come into conflict with a corrupt police officer.

Jodie Foster stars as a psychiatrist trying to solve a potential murder in Rebecca Zlotowski's underwhelming drama.

Denzel Washington stars in Spike Lee's updated version of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, about a music mogul who is targeted by a vengeful kidnapper.

Pack your bags for a madcap, cross-country adventure with our issue dedicated to Wes Anderson’s latest, The Phoenician Scheme.

A slick screen icon becomes a political pawn in this brash movie industry satire-cum-political spy thriller from Tarik Saleh.

Two couples find themselves caught up in a love quadrangle after one of them separate in Michael Angelo Covino's romantic comedy.

Launching in July, Collective Film Festival London will offer a variety of inclusive, international film screenings alongside multidisciplinary, DIY workshops.

Returning to Cannes after winning the Palme d'Or for Titane, Julia Ducournau shifts gears with a unique drama inspired by the AIDS crisis.

Hlynur Pálmason's close-to-home new dramedy documents a year in the life of a family following the parents' separation.

A reckless act of youthful troublemaking sends two best friends on a downward spiral in Hubert Charuel's drama.

There are hidden gems ripe for discovery in the youngest and smallest Cannes sidebar.

An undercover agent discovers he can't escape his troubled past in Kleber Mendonça Filho's gripping new drama about the height of Brazil's military dictatorship.

A charming arms dealer heads on the road to redemption in this pristine shot of pure pleasure from filmmaker Wes Anderson.

Akinola Davies Jr announces himself as the real deal with this mightily impressive and affecting debut.

Lynne Ramsay finds a kindred spirit in Jennifer Lawrence, joining forces for a blistering portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Richard Linklater's homage to the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless brings precious little new to the story of the New Wave.

A meek young traffic warden embarks on a sexual odyssey with a taciturn biker in Harry Lighton's loose adaptation of Adam Mars-Jones' Box Hill.

An 11-year-old girl attempts to find a way to cope with her father's death in Chie Hayakawa's second feature.

German director Christian Petzold delivers once again with this deviously-structured psychodrama starring his current muse, Paula Beer.

Harris Dickinson's fierce directorial debut is a poignant tale of a down-on-his-luck drifter, featuring a star-making performance from Frank Dillane.

Everyone and everything has a target painted on their ass in Ari Aster’s gaudy portrait of American decline.

A young Muslim woman struggles to reconcile her blossoming sexuality with her identity and family expectations in Hafsia Herzi's adaptation of Fatima Daas' novel.

Kristen Stewart makes her directorial debut with a rousing adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir.

A young girl living in a sleepy Chilean mining town reckons with prejudice that emerges when a mysterious illness sweeps the residents in Diego Céspedes' modern western.

A 12-year-old boy at a water polo summer camp experiences the vitriol of his peers in Charlie Polinger's arresting feature debut.

This robust if hardly revelatory police procedural coasts on an detailed and charismatic lead performance from Léa Drucker.

A phenomenal and unique portrait of a group of thrill-seeking ravers entering into a spiritual abyss in this extraordinary new film by Oliver Laxe.

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Final Destination Bloodlines and spoke its directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein about the latest entry in the horror franchise and then the LWLies team will be talking us through the latest from the Cannes Film Festival.

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys navigate parental fears in Babak Anvari’s gripping yet shaky psychological thriller.

Death comes a-calling once more in this long-overdue sixth instalment into the most morbid horror franchise around.

Amalia Ulman flexes her satirical writing chops, but her latest would have benefitted from more Chloë Sevigny and Simon Rex.

Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa returns with this dark tale of Stalinist oppression that is very relevant for these current times.

We delve into the juicy screen offerings that are coming to the capital this June, from premieres to industry panels and more.

Laura Wandel's second feature unravels the complexity of a mother-son relationship within the confines of a paediatric ward.

Ethan and the team take another crack at foiling a self-learning AI monster that’s hellbent on a global apocalypse.