Bradley Cooper’s thrill-seeking Leonard Bernstein
In Maestro, Cooper emphasises the composer’s ambition and hedonism. But Carey Mulligan is the film’s roaring heart.
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In Maestro, Cooper emphasises the composer’s ambition and hedonism. But Carey Mulligan is the film’s roaring heart.
ByIn this ruthlessly efficient and entertaining epic, starring Joaquin Phoenix, facts are beside the point.
ByTodd Haynes’s sophisticated melodrama pits Julianne Moore against Natalie Portman in a bitingly funny duel.
ByA protean Tilda Swinton completely inhabits the roles of both mother and daughter.
ByEmerald Fennell’s story of an Oxford student who infiltrates the aristocracy values style over depth.
ByThis provocative, insightful film blows up a particular adolescent experience to better see its nuances.
ByJustine Triet’s superb work of psychological suspense elevates the genre.
ByThis film about the great Irish playwright will mystify those not familiar with his life and work – and irritate…
BySusanna Fogel’s take on the viral New Yorker story reveals the dangers of lazy adaptation.
ByThis late, great Western is a powerful study of greed, betrayal and evil.
ByIn Matt Johnson’s film about the vanished electronic device, we all know what’s to come: the iPhone.
ByIn the 87-year-old director’s new film The Old Oak, wishful liberal thinking comes at the cost of plausibility.
ByCraig Gillespie’s tale of the GameStop “short squeeze” shows how little amateur investors have learned.
ByIn his third reinvention of Hercule Poirot, Branagh lends him new substance, a new moustache – and a new story.
ByThis debut film of lost love is full of material that is clearly important to her. Why should it matter…
ByThe Harrison Ford franchise that began with spectacle and wit has ended with a dull, predictable, CGI-laden dud.
ByMartin Scorsese’s film may be about the Band, but when Joni plays you feel the confidence burning off her like…
ByThe director’s art-house film concerns a catastrophic ménage-a-trois.
ByIn Charlotte Regan’s playful but twee debut, a fiercely independent 12-year-old is reunited with her absent young dad.
ByOlivier Peyon’s new film, adapted from a bestselling gay romance, knows how an early relationship can determine a life.
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