The follow-up to the timeless, razor-sharp original feels like a cheap knock-off

The Observer’s chief film critic contemplates the impact of an era-defining generation of talent

David Lowery’s enigmatic, supernaturally-tinged drama about a toxic artistic relationship achieves moments of dark magic thanks to a standout Michaela Coel

This surface-level, box-ticking film serves up the sanitised Michael Jackson story. It’s bad

The unbeatable Josh O’Connor is superb as a taciturn cowboy reeling from the loss of his ranch in this wistful, gently profound drama

Jude Law excels as Putin in Olivier Assayas’s thriller, but Paul Dano’s woefully mannered turn undermines the film

François Ozon’s adaption of the Albert Camus novella is sensual, sumptuous and pulsating with tension

Jim Jarmusch’s droll, understated triptych asks why those who are closest to us are also the most unknowable

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is magnetic as a bomb disposal expert in David Mackenzie’s slick, deviously twisty heist flick

Robert Pattinson and Zendaya excel as a perfect couple torn apart by a game of truth in Kristoffer Borgli’s taboo-shattering film

Michael Angelo Covino’s curiously dated rom-non-monogamy-com lacks the crucial ingredient: chemistry

An idealistic young official is ensnared in tyrannical Soviet-era bureaucracy in Ukrainian director Sergei Loznita’s superb, slow-burning drama

Gus Van Sant’s taut, no-frills account of the real-life abduction of a mortgage executive is laced with caustic humour

This insistently feelgood, thunderously dumb sci-fi adventure tries too hard to be loved

Films about racism, authoritarianism and corruption dominated the Academy Awards. But on stage, the industry largely kept its politics in check

Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason defies genre expectations in a delicate, playfully experimental portrait of a marriage breakdown

Buzz is swirling around Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, but the lead-in has been anything but straight-forward. Wendy Ide shares who she thinks will win big at this year’s Oscars

The actor draws a blank as the heir to a fortune in the toothless How to Make a Killing

Pixar’s inventive eco-adventure is savagely funny - and a true delight

Is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on Frankenstein a work of misguided hubris or deranged genius?