Stop! That! Train! review: RuPaul disaster-movie comedy is flimsy but far from a drag
The material works best when it leans into deadpan and visual incongruity
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: Jane Schoenbrun’s maximalism fascinates and frustrates
This may be the film-maker’s narratively least satisfying film, but their imagination remains exhilarating
Four new films to see this week: The End of Oak Street, Lady, The Mahabharata and Tony
Anne Hathaway, Sian Clifford, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Dominic Sessa feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of August 14th, 2026
Tony review: Dominic Sessa captures the contradictions of Anthony Bourdain in fond biopic
Actor brilliantly essays the future celebrity chef in Matt Johnson’s film, set during a formative summer in the early 1970s
The Mahabharata review: A far deeper epic than The Odyssey
Storytelling and imagination trumps CGI and spectacle in this five-hour, 32-minute version of the 1989 film
Director Oscar Boyson: ‘An indie film can be a lot more fun than a big Marvel movie’
The provocative satire Our Hero, Balthazar is the debut feature of a filmmaker who has ‘a fear of boring the audience’
Four new films to see this week: The Summer Book, Have You Never Heard of Bill Fuller?, Nimrods: A Green Day Comedy and Queens of the Dead
Glenn Close, Emily Matthews, Mason Thames and Katy O’Brian feature in quartet of movies released in the week of August 7th, 2026
Queens of the Dead review: The undead have never looked this fabulous
Tina Romero’s modestly budgeted zombie film is pitched closer to camp comedy than horror
Nimrods: A Green Day Comedy review – likeable coming-of-age tale with band as support act
When is a Green Day film not a Green Day film? When it mostly follows three Missouri teenagers
‘The dream quickly became a nightmare’: Mo Gilligan on the mental impact of 28 days of fried chicken
The British comedian was a fan of fried chicken until he made his gruesome documentary, Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy
Ish review: Two real-life best friends lead impressive coming-of-age feature debut
Imran Perretta’s film about two British Muslim boys in Luton has emotional weight and a specific sense of place
What Happened to Dorothy Bell? review: A reason to keep faith in found-footage horror
Debut feature uses home videos, CCTV, police recordings and Zoom calls to create a compelling ghost story
Wham! 10 Days in China: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley deliver a seismic culture shock
Mike Christie’s film poignantly captures just how alien Wham! were in the country in 1985
A Useful Ghost review: Audacious debut blends supernatural comedy with the thorniest satire
Cannes critics’ prize winner glides between fantasy, romance, horror and farce with the ease of a high-concept 1980s box-office smash
Saccharine review: Nobody says Ozempic, but it’s clear what inspired this stomach-churning body horror
Relic director Natalie Erika James burrows deep into the intestines of body dysmorphia and beauty fascism