Rory Doherty

Soft disappointments were evenly balanced by satisfying discoveries at Venice this year. Here’s what to keep an eye out for in coming months.

Darren Aronofsky’s latest crime caper may be rooted in the ’90s, but it sharply reflects the scuzzy mirror of a 2017 cult classic.

Reporting from Cannes, we assess Eddington – which pits Joaquin Phoenix against Pedro Pascal.

“It’s a film about the environment we’re living in right now, which is one in which we’re all siloed off from each other.”

Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson have always mined normality in their comedy – here ‘funny and relatable’ meets ‘reluctantly, shamefully recognisable’.

In its attempts to dodge Supermanic expectations, Superman reboot says both too much and not enough about its hopeful and optimistic main character.

It’s good to see Cage relishing his part – we know very well he’s perfect as someone losing grip with reality.

Owes its prize-winning success to how shrewdly Baker taps into the emotional extremes of labour and love.

Del Toro, Cera, Ahmed, Threapleton, Ayoade, Friend, and Wright – we chat with seven stars of Wes Anderson’s latest.

This year’s highlights – from the Palme d’Or winner to other recommended watchlist adds…

Alpha pointedly denies us the liberation of transformation central to the body horror genre.

Reporting from Cannes, we see how Wes Anderson’s latest illuminates how his House Style works.

Ben Affleck returns as the titular butt-kicking bean-counter – with Jon Bernthal along for the ride as his brother.

He’s been a mechanic. A farmer. A beekeeper. A diver, a driver, a… transporter?

Daniel Craig stars in William S. Burroughs adaptation, a voyage into discomfort and euphoria.

The most exciting film of the year so far, Soderbergh’s espionage film makes us feel like a spy *and* feel spied on.

In upscaling his vision to Hollywood blockbuster proportions, the trail-blazing Korean director sacrifices edge and poignancy.

There’s a freedom to Stephen King adaptation The Monkey that it gleefully and sadistically exploits.

Lengthy, weighty and visually enormous, The Brutalist is a big swing for the fences.

No real couple could dream of being as convoluted and dramatic as the plot of a British rom-com.

From Bridget Jones to Mike Leigh, Hamlet to Hamnet (?), 2025 could blow 2024’s mighty UK offering out of the water.