Abode review – Irish quintet of linked short films burrows deep into stereotypes

The humour falls flat, the twists are weak, the plotlines are absurd and it’s soaked in booze and gambling. The only thing that saves this film are the actors’ performances

Apnas review – slick British-Asian crime drama mixes family tensions with familiar thrills

A Manchester-set tale of money laundering and divided loyalties pairs slick visuals with well-worn genre beats, an engaging if uneven stab at a sweeping gangster epic

The Land of Sometimes review – starry voices lend a hand in patchy fantasy adventure

Ewan McGregor and Helena Bonham Carter lead an impressive cast in this magical tale – but its focus on two unlikable young protagonists proves wearing

The Last Supper review – not much meat on the bones at Jesus’s famous final meal

Undemanding retelling of Jesus’s choice miracles, breaking bread at dinner and the subsequent crucifixion and resurrection ticks basic boxes but offers no depth

Wild Swimmers review – rickety low-budget horror finds something to worry about in the water

In Ric Rawlins’ West Country vampire film, a student journalist investigates mysteries below the surface of River Avon

Dead Lover review – go-for-broke grotesquerie promises fragrant filth in full Stink-O-Vision

Grace Glowicki’s microbudget Canadian horror follows a lovelorn gravedigger who salvages the corpse of her deceased sweetheart

Daggers Inn review – so-bad-it’s-almost-good fright-flick could achieve cult status

A spooky character investigates her sister’s killing in a sinister village in a film that reaches The Room’s levels of amateurishness

Past Life review – hypnotist opens psychic portal in pulpy British mystery on trail of a serial killer

Jeremy Piven is a celebrity hypnotist leading a client into dangerous waters in this Manchester-set affair also starring Pixie Lott and Aneurin Barnard

Don’t Be Prey review – invigorating tale of swimming entrepreneur aiming to avoid being shark food

Mark Sowerby battles bad feelings by tackling brutal channel crossings – the Oceans Seven – around the world

Empreintes review – Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging

Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple’s Arena spills off the stage while Morau’s equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers

Naima review – triumphant note of hope fuels engrossing insight into the immigrant experience

Documentary about a Venezuelan migrant’s struggles in Switzerland is a timeworn tale of marginalisation and financial precarity

Bouchra review – Prada-wearing coyote is anti-identitarian alter ego in film that maps queer experience

Art and reality merge in Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s debut feature, which depicts its subjects as sweetly anthropomorphic animals

Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer

The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star

The Straight Story review – David Lynch’s 1999 midwest heartwarmer is an outlier well worth the trip

The true story of Alvin Straight driving 200 miles on a rider-mower to visit his ailing brother has a directness and empathy

Zulu Dawn review – fine ensemble cast show arrogance that led to British imperial disaster

Peter O’Toole, Burt Lancaster and Denholm Elliott are all present and correct for watchable return to colonial clash in South Africa