The latest venture from writer-director Jim Jarmusch is a joyous ramble that finds delight in the simple act of observing.
Alice Through the Looking Glass
For all its lavish production design, the latest Disney adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s ALICE stories is plagued with both bustle and boredom.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Stephen Frears’ take on the story of a New York socialite’s unlikely singing career cheerfully toes the line between mocking the notion of bad art and becoming it.
The Last Witch Hunter
Vin Diesel’s passion project fantasia is an unfortunately straight-faced film, complete with an underused cast and a dull script.
Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg’s impressive BRIDGE OF SPIES sees him re-team with Tom Hanks for a Cold War thriller coloured by anxious American idealism.
Speed Sisters
The debut feature of Amber Fares delivers a passable look at the first all female Palestinian drag-racing team, a group known as the Speed Sisters.
The Visit: An Alien Encounter
Michael Madsen’s documentary about the possibility of alien contact is unfortunately straight-faced and lacking imagination.
The Walk
Robert Zemeckis’ THE WALK is a thrilling spectacle and yet another one of his delightful odes to eccentric dreamers.
American Ultra
Nima Nourizadeh’s second feature (and first collaboration with Max Landis) is an underwhelming and miscalculated stoner comedy stifled by a second-rate action movie plot.
Body
Małgorzata Szumowska’s BODY explores the interplay between the spiritual and the corporeal, though it comes undone in its final half-hour.