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‘Thunderbolts*’ review: Marvel ‘still has compelling tales to tell’
Florence Pugh takes centre stage for this mighty tussle in a post-Avengers world
‘Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie’: Doc smokes out the history of US stoner duo
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong reunite to tell their own story
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‘The Brightest Sun’ review: Hidetoshi Nishijima plays detective for director Tetsuya Nakashima
Pleasingly complex murder mystery opened the Hong Kong International Film Festival
‘The Vanishing Point’ review: How Iran’s 1979 revolution unleashed generational trauma in one family
Their memories become an act of resistance in Visions du Reel ‘Burning Lights’ winner
‘The Last Shore’ review: The aftermath of the tragic death of a Gambian migrant
Jean-Francois Ravagnan’s debut traces the impact of Pateh Sabally’s 2017 death in Venice
‘Sinners’ review: Ryan Coogler, Michael B Jordan draw blood in period vampire thriller
Hailee Steinfeld and Jack O’Connell co-star in horror rampage with a pointedly political bite
‘Iron Winter’ review: Young Mongolian herdsmen drive into an extreme climate event
Australian co-pro tracks a lethal winter migration
‘To The West, In Zapata’ review: Life on the extremes in pandemic-era Cuba
David Bim’s hypnotic black-and-white documentary debuts at Visions du Reel
‘Flophouse America’ review: Poverty, addiction and one-room living wreak havoc on a child’s life
Close-quarters doc is a study of a family on the margins
‘The Amateur’ review: Rami Malek is an unlikely spy in underpowered revenge thriller
Laurence Fishburne co-stars in the latest adaptation of Robert Littell’s novel
‘Shifting Baselines’ review: Behind the scenes at Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starbase
Boca Chica, Texas lives with the thrills and unquantifiable spills of the space race
‘We Girls’ review: Feng Xiaogang and Zhao Liying unite for teary ex-con drama
Lan Xiya also stars in high-profile China holiday release
‘The Big Chief’ review: Close-up on controversial Red Army spy Leopold Trepper
‘1970’ director Tomasz Wolski deploys archive footage to document wartime double agent
‘Blame’ review: Three Covid-19 scientists fall victim to truth-twisting narratives
Christian Frei’s alarming documentary opens Visions du Reel
‘Always’ review: CPH: DOX winner is a poetic meditation on growing up in rural China
Denming Chen’s striking second feature takes the top prize at Danish doc fest
‘Warfare’ review: Alex Garland co-directs tense Iraq combat drama
Garland and co-director Ray Mendoza recreate a 2006 Navy SEAL mission in real-time with stars Cosmo Jarvis and Will Poulter
‘The Woman In The Yard’ review: Danielle Deadwyler stars in Blumhouse horror
Jaume Collett-Serra directs the latest chiller from the genre powerhouse
‘A Working Man’ review: Jason Statham trades blows for producer Sylvester Stallone
Stallone also takes co-writer credit on Black Bear’s workmanlike actioner
‘The Redemption’ review: Daniel Guzman, Luis Tosar star in Madrid-set social drama
Guzman directs and stars in worthy piece about a man trying to save his grandmother from eviction
‘The Golden Spurtle’ review: Nourishing doc on a Scottish porridge-making championship
Constantine Costi’s delightful portrait of a highland tradition bows in CPH:DOX
‘Lowland Kids’ review: America’s first climate refugees prepare to leave their Louisiana home
Darren Aronofsky produces this ’extremely accomplished’ CPH:DOX debut
‘The Helsinki Effect’ review: Timely doc revisits pivotal East/West summit
CPH:DOX title is a lively exploration of the 1975 Helsinki conference that aimed to end the Cold War
‘Sanatorium’ review: Striking portrait of Odesa’s Soviet-era health facility
Documentary from Irish director Gar O’Rourke debuts at CPH:DOX
‘Forever We Are Young’ review: Illuminating portrait of the superfans behind K-Pop phenomenon BTS
Grace Lee and Patty Ahn’s documentary focuses on the band’s dedicated ARMY fanbase
‘Animality’ review: Ai Weiwei explores our often shocking relationship with animals
The filmmaker’s unflinching work bows at CPH:DOX
‘Everest Dark’ review: A Sherpa’s last summit to bring back the dead
Doc follows a retired guide’s attempts to atone to the mountain goddess
‘Slanted’ review: SXSW winner is a teen body horror based on ethnicity
Amy Wang’s comedic debut won SXSW’s Narrative Grand Jury Prize
‘Snow White’ review: Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot fail to lift listless Disney remake
Marc Webb’s live action film is a cynical update of the 1937 animated classic
‘The Alto Knights’ review: Robert De Niro does double duty for Barry Levinson
The actor plays two real-life New York mobsters in this lacklustre gangster drama
‘Child Of Dust’ review: Doc follows Amerasian as he reunites with GI father
Half a century after the Vietnam War, Sang Ngo Thanh finds his dad - and moves to the US
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ review: A 50-year fight for freedom gains momentum
Peltier remains under house arrest as doc wins three awards at Thessaloniki
‘Hallow Road’ review: Babak Anvari drives dangerously with Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys
Close-quarters SXSW chiller is also a portrait of a marriage
‘Ash’ review: Flying Lotus sci-fi stars Aaron Paul and Eiza Gonzalez
The musician’s second feature is both visually and aurally distinctive
‘The Goals Of August’ review: Doc follows football tournament in a sleepy Greek village
The annual event unites the mountain villages of northern Greece
‘Ne Zha 2’ review: Energetic Chinese sequel is the highest grossing animated film of all time
Jiaozi’s box office hit is ”made for the big screen”
‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ review: Rousing follow-up to Oscar winner ‘My Octopus Teacher’
Pippa Ehrlich focuses on the rehabilitation of one South African Pangolin
‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story’ review: Minnelli in close-up
Bruce David Klein’s documentary features interviews and a wealth of archive footage
‘Holland’ review: Nicole Kidman is a desperate housewife in Mimi Cave’s suburban thriller
Matthew Macfadyen and Gael Garcia Bernal co-star in Prime mystery
‘Make It To Munich’ review: Rousing doc follows injured teen footballer getting back in the saddle
Inspiring comeback story closes Glasgow Film Festival
‘The Accountant 2’ review: Ben Affleck and returns with a wonkily winning formula
Gavin O’Connor follows up his 2016 action hit
‘Another Simple Favor’ review: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return for uninspired sequel
Paul Feig’s follow-up to his 2018 frenemy thriller opens SXSW
‘Death Of A Unicorn’ review: Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star in mythical monster movie
Alex Scharfman’s uneven debut also stars Richard E Grant and Will Poulter
‘Snow Leopard Sisters’ review: Indigenous conservationists fight for change in the high Himalayas
Nepal-set documentary bows at SXSW
‘Mr Burton’ review: Toby Jones stars in Richard Burton origins story
Drama explores the Welsh actor’s journey from the valleys to stardom
‘Monk In Pieces’ review: Kaleidoscopic portrait of US musician Meredith Monk
Documentary plays Thessaloniki following its Berlin premiere
