Film

Yorgos Lanthimos’s conspiracy comedy Bugonia is deranged

Emma Stone is terrific as a kidnapped big pharma boss in a story that is both savage and uncomfortably timely

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Hedda and more

Jeremy Allen White captures some of Springsteen’s electrifying energy in an otherwise inert, uninventive biopic

Kelly Reichardt rewrites the heist movie

The Mastermind is not interested in the blood-pumping tension of the crime, but its brooding aftermath

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Frankenstein, Roofman, Ballad of a Small Player and more

Guillermo del Toro’s take on the gothic classic is a thrillingly immersive, sensual experience – if a little self-indulgent in the storytelling

How daddy issues took over this year’s Oscars race

In many of this awards season’s biggest films, emotionally repressed fathers make a big show of how they feel

After the Hunt isn’t as clever as it thinks it is

Luca Guadagnino’s provocative cancel culture film, starring an impressively icy Julia Roberts, already feels dated

The women who made David Lynch

The film-maker was drawn to the image of the damsel in distress – but the women in his work always retain their power

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Tron: Ares, Good Boy, A Want in Her, The Perfect Neighbor

Jared Leto is in full messianic prat mode as an AI super-soldier in the synthetic spectacle Tron: Ares

I Swear is a touching, transformative tale of Tourette syndrome

Kirk Jones’s biopic of activist John Davidson balances melancholy and comedy while opening our eyes to neurodiverse life

Films of the week: The Smashing Machine, Urchin and more

Dwayne Johnson delivers an unexpectedly bruised performance in the solo directorial debut from Benny Safdie

A House of Dynamite is terrifyingly plausible

Rebecca Ferguson excels in Kathryn Bigelow’s muscular political thriller about an imminent nuclear attack on the US

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Dead of Winter, Brides, Homebound and more

Emma Thompson stars as a recent widow in a chilly winter noir that gets bogged down in flashbacks and clumsy storytelling

Anarchy in the USA

One Battle After Another is one of the most exciting cinematic events of the year

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Lost Bus, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Solo and more

Paul Greengrass’s ripped-from-real-life thriller about a California wildfire is sickeningly tense

Steve is a nerve-shredding portrait of troubled souls

Cillian Murphy is devastating as the frazzled head of a reform school for boys in Tim Mielants’ gripping, exhausting drama

Robert Redford, the magnetic maverick who reshaped Hollywood

The pioneering actor, who has died at the age of 89, was unwaveringly committed to indie movies

Viral success of KPop Demon Hunters poses problem for Netflix

The surprise record-breaking blockbuster has a serious supply and demand issue

The Long Walk, Downton Abbey and more

The Long Walk, about a brutal annual endurance test in which 50 young men plod across the country, is a dour slog