Venice Film Festival4 Sep 2024Folie à Deux is 'a dreary slog'Joaquin Phoenix returns as the infamous supervillain with Lady Gaga as his sidekick in a musical sequel that is "disappointing" and "not much fun".4 Sep 2024Culture3 Sep 2024Queer: Craig is ‘heartbreaking’ in explicit dramaLuca Guadagnino's latest film sees the James Bond star on exceptional form as a dissolute writer into casual sex and strong liquor. He's easily the best thing about it.3 Sep 2024Culture2 Sep 2024The Room Next Door: Moore and Swinton 'dazzle'The legendary Spanish director has taken his signature style to the US for this "sweetly heartfelt reflection on ageing and dying" featuring two knockout performances.2 Sep 2024Culture1 Sep 2024Wolfs: Clooney and Pitt reunite in crime caperOcean's Eleven stars Clooney and Pitt reunite as underworld fixers who have more in common than they'd like to admit – the result is a laidback bromantic comedy which lacks spark.1 Sep 2024Culture31 Aug 2024The Order is a 'superbly acted' neo-Nazi cop dramaJude Law plays an FBI agent on the trail of Nicholas Hoult's criminal in another "intense" film about murderers from Macbeth and Nitram director, Justin Kurzel.31 Aug 2024Culture30 Aug 2024Babygirl: Nicole Kidman wows in steamy dramaIn Babygirl, which stars Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson, director Halina Reijn portrays a torrid office affair in all its "messy complexity" – it's "moving" and "darkly funny".30 Aug 2024Culture29 Aug 2024Maria film review: 'Too adoring and reverential'Pablo Larraín's fact-based drama, starring Angelina Jolie as opera diva Maria Callas, is witty and beautiful, but "this Callas is an icon rather than a human being".29 Aug 2024Culture28 Aug 2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 'surpasses the original'Arriving 36 years on, this follow-up to the director's classic supernatural comedy is a gleefully zany farce packed with knock-out punchlines and great practical effects.28 Aug 2024Culture6 Sep 2023A fascinating exposé of global bigotryThe Selma director is back with a drama centring on writer Isabel Wilkerson and her research into systemic injustice. It's fiercely focused and full of heart, writes Steph Green.6 Sep 2023Culture