This is, at its core, a film about shattered illusions, but for most of its running time it’s surprisingly light.
Three creatives team up to write a screenplay chronicling a string of murders in their town, but one of the three may be closer to the story than the others realise.
This is probably [Tsutsumi's] strangest film to date, its full-on, rapid fire style combining with a wild and not always coherent plot to exhaust most viewers in the first 15 minutes.
When angry goldfish begin to commit murders, detectives begin to unravel a surprising case of premeditation.
This is a film whose acutely insensitive dialogue shows very little mercy toward any of its characters, but whose actors work hard to claw back a little sympathy amid the misunderstanding and petty cruelties.
A woman goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her last complicated relationship implode. She rents a country house to an old-fashioned widower, who struggles to hide his psychopathic tendencies.
A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bungled encounters as Gunther seems to always be one step ahead.
David is stubborn in ways that still retain sympathy, even from Nikki, thanks in no small part to Crawford's portrayal, which has a naturalistic looseness that springs taut just at the right moments.
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
The nagging thought during the 90 minutes is how far two these one-time Hollywood’s A-listers have fallen.
American and Serb soldiers who fought on opposite sides in the Bosnia War clash once again in a tense, action-packed game of cat and mouse set in the gorgeous yet inaccessible Appalachian Mountains.
You need to feel some sympathy for someone, not be so irritated by the constant screaming and panicking that you can’t wait for the killer to arrive and finish them off.
A YouTuber named Ben Lyk is put in a safe house with his namesakes after they start getting bumped off one by one.
Kill Bill is, ultimately, a throwaway film, a popcorn classic, fun but forgettable - yet it knows this, and goes about its business with a rare energy.
The work of a consummate fanboy, who continues to show little sign of being willing to engage with the world beyond the movie screen, or otherwise mature as a filmmaker.
Tarantino's revenge saga dips into Spaghetti Western and movie-buff weirdness
Kill List manages to blend its study of friendship, masculinity, violence and family with a hitman road movie wrapped inside a horror mystery. This is quite some achievement.
The story goes to some difficult places and is by no means all about laughs, but its comedic elements will likely appeal most strongly to those with lived experience.
Jimmy wakes up in a bathtub filled with his own blood, his wrists slit and his life rapidly nearing completion. This would be a textbook failed suicide attempt, but he's pretty sure he didn't do it.
Unashamedly quirky but burtsting with the love of film, this is the sort of one-off doc that’s as much about the engaging playfulness of its construction as it is the content.
Playing with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily.
She clicks with Philippe, and there’s a wonderful openness about the film as she finds joy in being able to talk about everything with no fear anymore.
The actor and painter reflects on Vertigo and her life.
For anyone who has experienced the obsessive attentions of a teacher, this makes for uncomfortable viewing.
When a kindergarten teacher discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
The psychological drama, which Pearson handles with impressive assurance, is the strongest part of the film.
A woman suffering from amnesia pieces together the events that led to her father's suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered by him.
The entire cast, especially Stone, who has admitted that Lanthimos is a muse, enter into the grand guignol spirit of the proceedings with gusto.
A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
In contrast to the stylised visual repertoire, The Golden Circle’s storyline is led by dolefully shallow plot twists and resolutions.
When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsman organisation must unite with secret US allies to prevent further destruction.
The use of a bike that is simultaneously broken and enhanced is a perfect encapsulation of the idea of things being caught between two states in the film.
Five street kids set out on a journey to the promised land.
There’s a huge amount of ambition in Renata Pinheiro’s film.
The son of a taxi company owner converts written-off cars into futuristic vehicles that are conscious and speak, but will capitalism destroy his dream?
Marantz obviously shares Shalev's viewpoint on the subject but even if you don't, the personal nature of this pacy film is a large part of what makes it so enjoyable.
A young scientist becomes fascination by the psychoative properties of the khat plant and discovered it was a legal drug to make. This hybrid film considers what happens next
If this hits the spot for you, you’ll probably be in stitches throughout, caught in a repetitive cycle of laughter – but if it doesn’t, you’ll be a bit lost.
The high priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery.
This film puts its cards on the table from the start, but plays them with a light touch.
Sent to the small town of Marville to disarm a bomb left behind by retreating German troops, an English soldier finds it has been taken over by the abandoned inmates of the local asylum.
Servillo has spent much of the latter part of his career playing narcissistic characters, and he’s perfectly cast here.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the great comic actor Eduardo Scarpetta was the king of the box office but when he decided to stage a tragedy, trouble ensued...
Overall, King Of New York is distinguished from similarly themed films by its willingness to embrace the gangster genre's exploitative nature; it's as shallow as a puddle but it's riveting viewing all the same.
A drug lord aiming for redemption sparks a mob war.
Skelly, whose only previous experience is in television, acquits herself well in the central role, imbuing it with a potent physicality.
A teenager longs to escape her seaside town and finds solace in her imagination. When her disillusionment calcifies into an obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes entangled with a dangerous local gang.
