Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh review – uniquely funny writer holds court
The author discusses his writing, the movies it created and his own youth, but not all the interviewees in this documentary are quite so gripping
Little Amélie review – tender and poignant study of the fragility of early childhood
Based on a 2000 novella, this sweet animation follows a young girl who wakes from a vegetative state on the verge of feral, but begins to bond with others after an intervention by her grandmother
The President’s Cake review – toughly revealing story of kid on a baking mission for Saddam Hussein’s birthday
Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to make a birthday cake for the Iraqi president, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients
Whistle review – a smart, sympathetic spin on the cursed-artefact horror
Chiller about a skull-shaped Aztec whistle blends Final Destination-style deaths with a tender portrait of anxious adolescence
The Swedish Connection review – uplifting real-life tale of Stockholm bureaucrat who outwits the Nazis
A genial, lightly comic portrait of Gösta Engzell, the unlikely civil servant who outmanoeuvred Nazi bureaucracy with paperwork
Jimmy and Stiggs review – skull-numbingly silly alien-invasion splatterpunk yarn
Joe Begos’s gross-out aims for sensory assault but delivers only visual noise, numbing gore and a weary joke stretched far beyond endurance
Wuthering Heights review – too hot, too greedy adaptation guarantees bad dreams in the night
Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë is an emotionally hollow, bodice-ripping misfire that misuses Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi but makes the most of Martin Clunes
Goat review – noisy, lightning-speed basketball animation does it for the kids
A diminutive young buck aspires to compete with rhinos and horses in ‘roarball’, but this by-numbers tale is not the greatest of any time
The Testament of Ann Lee with Daniel Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried review – yelps, bells and bruised beauty
Live on stage the Oscar-winning composer’s score is disorientating, ecstatic and strange. Its star, Amanda Seyfried’s pure voice is the anchor in a brief but absorbing set
Stitch Head review – animated adaptation of hit Frankenstinian tale hangs loosely together
Asa Butterfield leads a cast of freaks looking for acceptance and love in a harsh and uncaring world in this rather melancholy version of Guy Bass’s kid-lit series
What We Hide review – opioid-crisis thriller sees sisters pick up the pieces and hide their mother’s dead body
Both the leads are good value in Dan Kay’s movie in which Jessie and Spider hide conceal a corpse to avoid being separated in the care system
Larry (They/Them) review – trans photographer’s colourful creative journey into everyday life
Documentary following Laurence Philomène captures the vibrant palette of their work – and the shadows cast over it by prejudice
The Strangers: Chapter 3 review – pointless remake trilogy ends with a sputter
Renny Harlin’s thankless trio of movies, taking a simple story and extending it for no creative reason, is at least finally over
Hamlet review – Riz Ahmed’s tortured prince drives chilling modern take through London’s streets
Timothy Spall and Art Malik co-star in Aneil Karia’s intelligent and stark retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy, set in the world of shady family business
Relationship Goals review – Kelly Rowland and Method Man flirt through breezy romcom
The Valentine’s Day offerings begin with Amazon’s fast-paced, millennial-coded film that’s a fun enough watch even if its messaging is a little suspect