drama

Interview

Heal the Living is one of the best films of the year so far. We interview its brilliant young director

We love

Cinema 

The talented Katell Quillévéré (Love Like Poison) directs this gorgeous tale of life rejuvenated

In the Know

TV 

Brand new period drama Jamestown arrives on Sky1, following the lives of early British settlers in America

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Written and directed by Danièle Thompson, Cézanne et Moi charts the tempestuous relationship between artists Émile Zola and Paul Cézanne

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Cinema 

Lady Macbeth is a cold, composed drama with a superb performance at its centre

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Cinema 

Their Finest might be just feel-good fun, but when it makes you feel this good – and is this fun – that's something to appreciate

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Things go from small to scary in this ingenious single-space drama from Mohamed Diab, set amid unrest in Egypt in 2013

Features

Sex, hammers, and octopi – the most exciting films by the best Korean directors

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Cinema 

The Sense of an Ending is a muted but endearing adaptation of the novel by Julian Barnes

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Cinema 

Neruda is a quirky post-modern biopic about Chile's most famous poet that will irritate some and charm others

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Cinema 

One of the best films of the 2000s was 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Director Cristian Mungiu returns with Graduation, a film that's just as bleak and brilliant

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Cinema 

New Terence Davies film A Quiet Passion – an Emily Dickinson biopic starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) – is an unusual marvel

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Cinema 

Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini star in The Salesman, directed by Asghar Farhadi – Oscar-winner at the 2017 Academy Awards

Interview

Starring Kristen Stewart, Personal Shopper – Olivier Assayas' (Carlos, Clouds of Sils Maria) latest film – is all kinds of unsettling. We talk to the director himself

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Cinema 

With new Kristen Stewart film Personal Shopper, director Olivier Assayas makes compelling cinema that's hard to define

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Cinema 

Kim Jee-woon adds to the long list of great South Korean films with an espionage drama set in the 1920s

Features

We ask some spoiler-free questions about the new Isabelle Huppert movie Elle

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Cinema 

In the playful and shocking new film by Paul Verhoeven, Elle, Isabelle Huppert plays the titular heroine with disconcerting self-possession

Interview

We talk to Kelly Reichardt about new film Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper), Michelle Williams (Manchester By the Sea), and Laura Dern (The Founder)

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Cinema 

At Cannes 2016, The Student – Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov's new film – was the François Chalais Prize winner

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Cinema 

Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams and Laura Dern are beautifully complemented by Lily Gladstone in new Kelly Reichardt film Certain Women

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Cinema 

Trespass Against Us, A24's new drama, stars Michael Fassbender (300, Shame) and Brendan Gleeson as rogueish travellers

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Cinema 

There's a reason why 'The Fits explained' is a common Google search, but this waking dream (starring one Royalty Hightower) defies interpretation

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Cinema 

In the Boston Marathon bombing movie Patriots Day, Mark Wahlberg stars as police sergeant Tommy Saunders

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Cinema 

This ensemble piece by wunderkind Xavier Dolan (Mommy) stars Marion Cotillard (Allied), Lea Seydoux (Spectre) and Vincent Cassel (Black Swan)

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Cinema 

The new Michael Keaton movie about McDonald's founder Ray Kroc is true story about a beef over beef burgers

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Cinema 

Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe, Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner face racial bigotry in the 1960s while working to put a man into space

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Cinema 

Barry Jenkins' Moonlight has certainly won this year's Oscar for Best Picture (after that spot of confusion) – and is without doubt the new definitive statement on masculinity

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Cinema 

Kristen Stewart, Steve Martin, and Christ Tucker star in this surprisingly touching satire by director Ang Lee (Hulk, Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi).

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Cinema 

In the Fences movie adaptation, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis' Oscar-nominated performances power this stagey-yet-effective drama

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Cinema 

Matthew McConaughey (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) star in this true story of a greedy profiteer

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Cinema 

Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love) has penned an adaption of the Deborah Moggach novel Tulip Fever starring Judi Dench and Cara Delevingne