Folktales review – taking on tyranny of social media as teens learn to live like hunter-gatherers
In this documentary, high schoolers camp out in subzero temperatures, making their own fires and driving sledges in the wild
Dreamers review – deep sense of empathy powers emotionally vivid refugees’ drama
A traumatised Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Britain meets a kindred spirit in Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s evocative tale
Marty Supreme review – Timothée Chalamet a smash in spectacular screwball ping-pong nightmare
Following every dizzying spin of Chalamet’s table tennis hustler, Josh Safdie’s whip-crack comedy serves sensational shots – and a smart return by Gwyneth Paltrow
Son of the Soil review – bone-crunching Lagos revenge thriller with bruising swagger
Razaaq Adoti writes and stars in this scrappy gangland action romp, mixing Nollywood energy with bloody set pieces and a dash of 80s-style grit
I Only Rest in the Storm review – beguiling postcolonial blues in Guinea-Bissau
A disaffected Portuguese NGO worker dallies with a drag queen as he wrestles with white man’s privilege in Pedro Pinho’s intelligent drama
Onlookers review – snapshots of a south-east Asian country shaped by tourism
Through static compositions and observational detail, the documentary explores how Laos’s visitors and residents inhabit the same spaces in very different ways
Paddington: The Musical review – they’ve looked after this bear quite splendiferously
State-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and melt your heart
Troll 2 review – mythical Scandi-kaiju runs amok in mayhem-filled mockbuster
An enraged behemoth breaks free from a government black site bent on revenge, but there is not much here aside from some monster action
Sirāt review – rave in the desert leads to exasperating quest in the sands of Morocco
Oliver Laxe’s Cannes prize winner about a father’s search for his missing daughter starts impressively then descends into Pythonesque perdition
Christy review – Sydney Sweeney pummels a boxing pioneer’s story into lifeless cliche
Underpowered David Michôd film fails to land the story of the groundbreaking 90s female boxing champion and the horrendous abuse she faced at home
Jingle Bell Heist review – Netflix comedy is slight cut above standard festive filler
A game cast and some decent twists help to elevate this passably entertaining London-set Christmas offering about a department store robbery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review – Josh O’Connor excels in another deadpan delight
Daniel Craig is joined by a sparkling array of talent including O’Connor, Glenn Close and Josh Brolin in this latest murder mystery with a religious undercurrent
Zootropolis 2 review – just-about-passable family comedy sequel might as well be AI generated
Follow-up to 2016 animation about talking animals living in a utopia is a soulless film-by-numbers affair filled with corporately approved jokes
Rhino review – Tom Hardy channels David Attenborough in mission to save Kenya’s rhinos
The actor is a slightly distracting narrator in this documentary about a local ranger’s efforts to protect a group of rhinos from poachers – and from killing each other
Dracula review – Luc Besson’s romantic reimagining of Gothic classic is ridiculous but watchable
While we don’t necessarily need another film version of Bram Stoker’s story, Besson’s has ambition and panache, and Caleb Landry Jones and Christoph Waltz are perfectly cast