There are very few filmmakers who understand people quite like Mike Leigh. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to create characters who feel so authentic, so recognisably human, that watching his films can feel less like watching a piece of fiction and more like being granted access...

There are very few films that leave you questioning how on earth they were ever made, let alone released, and Ken Russell’s The Devils is undoubtedly one of them. More than half a century after its original release, this furious, visually astonishing and deeply unsettling work remains as provocative as...

Martin McDonagh returns with Wild Horse Nine, a film that feels very familiar in its DNA, yet still manages to deliver something genuinely thoughtful and thoroughly enjoyable. Tonally, it’s very similar to In Bruges, blending dark comedy, brilliantly written dialogue and existential reflection into a story that is as interested...

Takashi Yamazaki has taken almost everything that worked so brilliantly in Godzilla Minus One and turned it up several notches. There’s a clear sense that, following the extraordinary success of its predecessor, Godzilla Minus Zero had to be bigger, bolder and more spectacular. Thankfully, Yamazaki largely delivers on that ambition,...