Wendy Ide

Carla Simón’s fictionalised account of the free but doomed life of her parents is her most ambitious and most emotionally exposed film to date

This terrific two-hander starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel is a meaty study of character and the creative process

Ben Wheatley and Bob Odenkirk join forces on this gory, wildly excessive shoot-’em-up set in a cosy Minnesota community

Excessive screen time leads to an existential crisis in the fifth Toy Story film – not only for Woody and co but for childhood itself

The Oscar-winning Oppenheimer director has created a monumental piece of cinema whose richly rewarding storytelling is worthy of Homer

The journalist and TV personality, who took the US president to court over sexual abuse claims, makes a fascinating subject in an otherwise conventional documentary

A serene Glenn Close stars in this muted, moving story of a family emerging from grief on a wild Finnish island

Vicky Krieps is superb as a woman who walks out on her family to pursue her own sexual and artistic freedom

This crisp biopic captures a complex character in the making as it charts one frenzied, formative year in the life of the American celebrity chef

Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder get down and dirty in Jane Schoenbrun’s queer horror homage confronting fandom, identity and guilty pleasures