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Caravaggio review – articulate and intelligent portrait of the art titan’s life and work

This new addition to the Exhibition on Screen series features an alarmingly plausible-looking actor as the great man himself

Under the Stars review – picturesque Italian setting is backdrop for AI prompt of a romcom

The tale of two strangers finding love ticks all the right boxes – including big-name support in Toni Collette and Andy Garcia – yet feels clunky and unconvincing

Unlicensed review – boxing meets dodgy City trader in tale of prizefighting redemption

Mark Hampton wrote, directed and stars in this drama, but his easy onscreen charisma can’t overcome a shaky, soap opera-style plot

The Secret Santa Project review – festive romcom tries for the Love Actually style multiple story strands

Set in a London council office, this clunky Christmas comedy interweaves a handful of storylines but musters only a brief flicker of cosy charm

Valley of the Shadow of Death review – priest’s faith is pushed to limit in self-flagellating Hong Kong fable

A homeless youth seeking forgiveness sets up an impossible moral quandary in a debut feature from Sen Lam and Antonio Tam

Tony Foster: Painting at the Edge review – going deep in the quest for extreme landscape painting

At 79, the British artist is still skirting real peril, questing across the planet to depict the unspoiled vastnesses shown to grand effect here

100 Meters review – mesmerising anime of young athletes in search of physical and spiritual high

Dazzling rotoscoped running sequences make up for a lack of narrative subtlety in Kenji Iwaisawa’s film

Brunaupark review – housing estate dwellers vs property developers in rousing but unequal battle

This heartfelt film bears witness to a defiant community, forms a vital piece of oral history and shows the resilience of those determined to stay on

In Your Dreams review – Netflix dreams up solid sub-Pixar adventure

Echoes of Inside Out and Coco in streamer’s engaging enough caper about a brother and sister journeying through their dreams

Anemone review – Daniel Day-Lewis is endlessly watchable as ex-soldier living with guilt

It is a pleasure to see Day-Lewis back on screen, and he dominates a movie of big scenes and big performances, co-written with and directed by his son

The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable

Genteel manners of first world war story about repressed passion delivered with surprising sexual candour

Train Dreams review – Joel Edgerton superb in Malickian story of trees, grief and railroads

A logger clears a path for change in this sunset-hour-tastic adaptation by Clint Bentley – clearly a director of considerable power and feeling

Going to the Dogs review – lovable canines at the heart of a sport in decline

Documentary examines British greyhound racing with affection and respect but doesn’t shy away from the opposing views of animal rights activists

The Marbles review – thoughtful outline of case for giving the Parthenon marbles back to Greece

David Wilkinson’s personal exploration of the issues open-mindedly examines both sides of a contentious political debate

Colossal Wreck review – sharp-eyed dispatch from the Kubrickian weirdness of Dubai during Cop28

Josh Appignanesi’s documentary follows the film-maker to the Kubrickian city built on oil money as it hosts the 2023 climate change summit

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