Riz Ahmed is compulsively watchable in a pleasingly slippery New-York set thriller about a whistleblower
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
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