Drama films
Wrong Turn review – skull-crushing Appalachian horror
The seventh entry in the franchise, with its weird cultists, takes a few original steps off the well-beaten hillbilly horror path
Peter Bradshaw
24, Feb, 2021 @5:00 PM
Gatecrash review – opaque auto-accident drama
A car crash provokes a torrent of toxic masculinity, but this strange film is neither surreal nor psychologically insightful enough
Leslie Felperin
24, Feb, 2021 @1:00 PM
Emperor review – adventure trumps accuracy in civil war biopic
The true story of an escaped slave turned insurgent is told in very broad strokes in this action-packed thriller
Phil Hoad
23, Feb, 2021 @4:00 PM
Shadowland review – hopelessly inept Highlands horror
The antics of an evil creature on the loose in an abandoned military base are stymied by impenetrable storytelling
Leslie Felperin
23, Feb, 2021 @12:00 PM
Erēmīta (Anthologies) review – lockdown experiments of varying accomplishment
Alexis Zabé’s mini-doc about a Venice Beach homeless community is the pick of this studiously serious grab-bag of shorts shot in lockdown
Cath Clarke
22, Feb, 2021 @2:00 PM
Hear me out: why S1m0ne isn't a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers defending unloved films is a reappraisal of Andrew Niccol’s flop satire starring Al Pacino as a director who creates a virtual actor
Kathryn Bromwich
22, Feb, 2021 @7:27 AM
Bad Tales review – horribly compelling urban fairytale
A sultry Roman backwater provides the oppressive setting for this story of three disaffected families from the D’Innocenzo brothers
Wendy Ide
20, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM
Rocks romps home at British independent film awards
Teen drama wins big as His House takes awards for actress and director while Anthony Hopkins is honoured for The Father
Andrew Pulver
19, Feb, 2021 @1:03 PM
Blush review – midlife crisis drama leaves you discontent and unfulfilled
Wendi McLendon-Covey’s bored wife Cathy endures a series of seriocomic crises but they never really lead anywhere
Peter Bradshaw
18, Feb, 2021 @1:00 PM
How Nomadland shines a light on an ignored America
Chloé Zhao’s stunning Oscar frontrunner unusually centers a single woman over 60 to illuminate an America that rarely garners mainstream attention
Adrian Horton
17, Feb, 2021 @3:17 PM
Archenemy review – wacky fight for justice in parallel universes
Joe Manganiello plays Max Fist, a super powerful fighter for good from another world, in a colourful sci-fi-adjacent film
Leslie Felperin
17, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM
What Lies Below review – a dire coming-of-age horror with a fishy twist
A perplexing erotic storyline isn’t the worst thing about this sci-fi mystery, which is marred by wooden acting and poor judgement
Cath Clarke
16, Feb, 2021 @5:00 PM
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