Drama films
Wayfinder review – pandemic dream quest through Britain’s mythic landscape
Larry Achiampong’s titular character journeys across an empty UK, sifting through fragments of empire and Black experience in search of a country and community
Peter Bradshaw
27, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
The Black Phone review – Ethan Hawke shines in a supernatural chiller
Director Scott Derrickson brings depth and dramatic detail to conventional horror themes
Wendy Ide
26, Jun, 2022 @11:30 AM
The Big Hit review – impressive French prison comedy-drama
Based on the true story of a drama teacher who worked in a high-security jail, this film crackles with charm and nervous energy
Wendy Ide
26, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM
Moon, 66 Questions review – oblique view of a family reunion is a cinematic pleasure
Greek director Jacqueline Lentzou’s elliptical tale of an estranged father and daughter is a supremely confident debut
Wendy Ide
26, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
The Big Hit review – feelgood prison comedy as convicts do Beckett
A curmudgeonly actor helps prisoners put on a production of Waiting for Godot in Emmanuel Courcol’s predictable drama
Leslie Felperin
24, Jun, 2022 @7:27 AM
Wings of Desire review – Wim Wenders’ elegiac hymn to a broken cold-war Berlin
Shot when the city seemed forever divided by the wall, this intensely romantic story of an angel who longs for human love is unlike any other
Peter Bradshaw
22, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM
Theo and the Metamorphosis review – provocative drama of nudity and hating
An initially intriguing slice of secluded life descends into hollow indulgence, the kind of film that gives arthouse cinema a bad name
Phuong Le
20, Jun, 2022 @3:00 PM
Moon, 66 Questions review – elusive but rewarding study of family tension
Jacqueline Lentzou’s highly anticipated debut feature follows a daughter struggling to reconnect with her ailing father
Peter Bradshaw
20, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
Everything Went Fine review – François Ozon’s nimble study of assisted dying
The French director focuses on domestic dynamics rather than the moral issues in this naturalistic drama about a family crisis
Wendy Ide
19, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande review – Emma Thompson excels in stagey sex comedy
The endlessly versatile actor plays a reserved widow who hires a sex worker in this enjoyably subversive but not quite believable romp
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
19, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM
Cha Cha Real Smooth review – a wry romcom that’s shamelessly manipulative
In his second film, whiz-kid Cooper Raiff gives himself another starring role as an adorable bar mitzvah host who meets Dakota Johnson’s older woman
Wendy Ide
18, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM
Jerry and Marge Go Large review – Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening go small
A broad, fact-based comedy about a couple who game the lottery has flashes of vicarious fun but relies too heavily on sitcom beats
Benjamin Lee
17, Jun, 2022 @3:27 PM
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