Olivier Assayas’ Paris-set comedy is a charming look at the world of professional writing, but struggles to fully escape cliché, writes Georgina Davidson

Despite its length, Francois Ozon’s Catholic abuse scandal-based drama By the Grace of God is a beautifully crafted and fascinating portrayal of the effects of trauma, writes Carl Fitzgerald

Carl Fitzgerald reviews the painfully unscary poorly made and cartoonishly misjudged urban legend phone-horror movie

Writer Carl Fitzgerald reviews the underwhelming, undercooked sequel to Zombieland

Jasmine Bennett discusses whether or not The Goldfinch is as much of a masterpiece as its namesake

Adrian Panek’s Werewolf is a grim, but ultimately powerful and moving exploration of humanity under the most dehumanising of circumstances, writes Carl Fitzgerald

Writer Carl Fitzgerald reviews the awesomely gory film Satanic Panic at Grimmfest 2019

Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers is a revealing, hilarious and brutally honest depiction of stripping from a uniquely female perspective, writes Izzy Sharp

Jason Cabell’s directorial debut, Running with the Devil, is gifted with a dream concpet and an all-star cast, but still leaves a lot to be desired, writes Carl Fitzgerald

Writer Will Johnston reviews The Farewell, the much-anticipated A24 film starring Awkwafina

Despite having a stellar cast, Killers Anonymous only just avoids being consigned to cinematic oblivion

Tim Burton and Disney team up to bring another animated classic to life in live action, with mixed results of solid moments and missed opportunities

The new film from Ali Abassi is expertly crafted and a detailed deep dive into complex questions of the modern world, fronted by fantastic performances

A round of short films courtesy of the Manchester Film Festival provide a heartfelt and hilarious look into extraordinary people and events in modern life

Twenty years onward, Hideo Nakada’s iconic existential video horror remains just as powerful, substantive and terrifying as ever

Nadine Labako has delivered an Oscar nominated gem of a film which holds all power to account with a deeply emotional story, writes Carl Fitzgerald

A sluggish and derivative possession-horror that’s only amusing so as to think of better films it steals from which you could be watching instead.

Stephen Merchant’s dramedy about a Norwich born WWE superstar succeeds through its wholesome heart and a fantastic lead performance from Florence Pugh

The Runaways tells the story of three siblings from Whitby, on the run with two donkeys.

Cold Pursuit is a revenge thriller that proves nothing more than a particularly dull entry in a string of bad genre flicks