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<p>Mariam Afshari, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi and Vahid Mobasseri in ‘It Was Just an Accident’</p>

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident should frighten us all

This Palme d’Or-winning drama arrives in the same week its director was handed a prison sentence

<p>Adam Sandler and George Clooney in ‘Jay Kelly’</p>

George Clooney is perfect as an ageing star in the wistful Jay Kelly

<p>Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s ‘Marty Supreme’</p>

Marty Supreme confirms Timothée Chalamet as one of our greatest actors

<p>Josh O’Connor and Daniel Craig in the third instalment of the Knives Out series</p>

Rian Johnson’s cool, clever Knives Out series is yet to stumble

<p>Mia Goth and Jacob Elordi in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’</p>

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is all show and little substance

Jacob Elordi is a very sympathetic monster in this visually stunning but thematically lacking film, which co-stars Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is all show and little substance

Jacob Elordi is a very sympathetic monster in this visually stunning but thematically lacking film, which co-stars Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth

<p>Mia Goth and Jacob Elordi in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’</p>

<p>Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Bugonia’</p>

A bald Emma Stone dazzles in Bugonia, a timely comic satire

<p>‘The Bear’ actor Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the film about the genesis of 1982 album ‘Nebraska’</p>

The rote Springsteen biopic doesn’t do justice to its inspiration

<p>Josh O’Connor in Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’</p>

Josh O’Connor starrer The Mastermind builds to a wonder of a punchline

<p>Idris Elba in Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’</p>

A House of Dynamite is a riveting, ingenious Netflix hit in the making

<p>Idris Elba in Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’</p>

A House of Dynamite is a riveting, ingenious Netflix hit in the making

<p>Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in ‘Roofman’</p>

Roofman is a romantic and emotional take on a bonkers true story

<p>Andrew Garfield and Julia Roberts in ‘After the Hunt’</p>

Julia Roberts is brilliant, but After the Hunt is ultimately shallow

<p>America Ferrera and Matthew McConaughey in ‘The Lost Bus’</p>

The Lost Bus is a real-life horror story warped by Hollywood

This depiction of the 2018 Camp Fire disaster in Butte County, northern California, wants to be a realistic docu-drama, but it gives its star far too much fictional drama than is needed

The Lost Bus is a real-life horror story warped by Hollywood

This depiction of the 2018 Camp Fire disaster in Butte County, northern California, wants to be a realistic docu-drama, but it gives its star far too much fictional drama than is needed

<p>America Ferrera and Matthew McConaughey in ‘The Lost Bus’</p>

<p>Emma Thompson as Barb in the action thriller ‘Dead of Winter’</p>

Emma Thompson turns action hero in Dead of Winter – and it works

<p>Leonardo DiCaprio in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’</p>

One Battle After Another is a ferocious masterpiece

<p>Lily James as Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd in ‘Swiped’</p>

Swiped is a girlboss Social Network that’s half movie, half Bumble ad

<p>Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’</p>

Margot Robbie’s new film is a twee, Manic Pixie Dream Girl throwback

<p>Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’</p>

Margot Robbie’s new film is a twee, Manic Pixie Dream Girl throwback

<p>Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer in ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’</p>

Spinal Tap 2 is startlingly unfunny

<p>Cillian Murphy in ‘Steve’</p>

Cillian Murphy drama Steve exposes the perils of novel adaptations

<p>Eva Victor in ‘Sorry, Baby’</p>

A star is born in Eva Victor’s remarkable debut Sorry, Baby

Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges co-star in a film that relies on its star’s finely tuned performance to tell a story of trauma

A star is born in Eva Victor’s remarkable debut Sorry, Baby

Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges co-star in a film that relies on its star’s finely tuned performance to tell a story of trauma

<p>Eva Victor in ‘Sorry, Baby’</p>

<p>Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’</p>

Joaquin Phoenix starrer Eddington brilliantly skewers modern America

<p>Annalise Basso and Tom Hiddleston in ‘The Life of Chuck’</p>

The Life of Chuck is a treacly mess – with a dancing Tom Hiddleston

<p>Alison Brie and Dave Franco in ‘Together’</p>

Together’s married stars make this an icky horror treat with substance

<p>Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in ‘Materialists’</p>

Materialists can’t decide if it’s a romcom, a farce, or a dark drama

<p>Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in ‘Materialists’</p>

Materialists can’t decide if it’s a romcom, a farce, or a dark drama

<p>Julia Garner in Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’</p>

Highly anticipated horror movie Weapons has misled its audience

<p>Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the Disney sequel ‘Freakier Friday’</p>

Lindsay Lohan deserves better than the empty, unfunny Freakier Friday

<p>Mélissa Boros in Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’</p>

Cannes 2025

The French horror film so tedious it prompted walkouts at Cannes

French auteur Julia Ducornau’s follow-up to the sensational ‘Titane’ is a confused mess

Cannes 2025

The French horror film so tedious it prompted walkouts at Cannes

French auteur Julia Ducornau’s follow-up to the sensational ‘Titane’ is a confused mess

<p>Mélissa Boros in Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’</p>

<p>Mia Threapleton and Benicio Del Toro in Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’</p>

The Phoenician Scheme is one of Wes Anderson’s best films in years

<p>Drivetime: Rosamund Pike in ‘Hallow Road’</p>

Rosamund Pike stuns in the sickeningly effective thriller Hallow Road

<p>Real, tangible spectacle: Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’</p>

Mission: Impossible 8 is a massive Tom Cruise ego trip – I adored it

<p>Nicolas Cage in ‘The Surfer’</p>

The Surfer allows Nicolas Cage to go wild – then leaves him hanging

<p>Nicolas Cage in ‘The Surfer’</p>

The Surfer allows Nicolas Cage to go wild – then leaves him hanging

<p>Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-chan and Bowen Yang in ‘The Wedding Banquet’</p>

The Wedding Banquet is a sillier take on Ang Lee’s Nineties romcom

<p>Gunslinger: Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’</p>

Watching Alec Baldwin’s fateful western Rust is a miserable experience