Holding Liat review – powerful study of a family torn apart by Hamas’ 7 October attacks
Brandon Kramer’s documentary complicates any simple view of the Israel-Gaza war in its portrait of one family’s agonising divisions
Sovereign review – Nick Offerman v Dennis Quaid in rage-fuelled anti-government crime drama
Based on a true story, Offerman plays a ‘sovereign citizen’ extremist pitted against Quaid’s police chief in this uncomfortably chilly drama
Deaf review – cinema as empathy machine as a deaf mother struggles with parenting issues
Angela’s apparently idyllic family life begins to fray when she becomes pregnant and the hearing world’s old prejudices are reawakened
Couture review – Angelina Jolie is the wrong fit for inert fashion drama
The Oscar winner is adrift in Alice Winocour’s uninvolving film, premiering in Toronto, about three thinly written women involved in Paris fashion week show
Lesbian Space Princess review – a fizzy animated film with loads of laughs and a lot of heart
This award-winning Australian feature mixes madcap comedy with a who’s who of queer performers to produce a magical, joyful gem
From Ground Zero: Stories From Gaza review – scenes of ordinary life in extremis
This heartbreaking collection of short films mentions neither ‘Israel’ nor ‘Hamas’, instead offering a mosaic of everyday living under nonstop attack
The Christophers review – Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel spar in smart Soderbergh original
The actors play off each other beautifully in an intimate London-set comedy drama about art, commerce and the mess in-between
To Be Frank review – Fun Lovin’ Criminal drummer offers up life lessons from many irons in fire
Documentary portrait of musician’s varied career is engaging if a little too easy in its admiration for its subject
Brave the Dark review – delinquent teen drama comes off as if James Dean met Mr Chips
Warmly drawn melodrama based on a true story follows a delinquent teen taken under the wing of his kindly drama teacher
Dust to Dreams review – a baffling short film from director Idris Elba
The actor recruits Seal for a Lagos-set 19-minute misfire that inelegantly stuffs in far too much
Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe’s Göring v Rami Malek’s psychiatrist in swish yet glib courtroom showdown
Crowe and Malek are hugely watchable but this ultimately fails to deliver an authentic version of events
Ballad of a Small Player review – Colin Farrell wins us over in flashy, slight gambler tale
Conclave director Edward Berger makes a less cohesive follow-up with an over-stylised adaptation of Lawrence Osborne’s novel sold by a killer central performance
Hamnet review – Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal excel in stately Shakespeare drama with overwhelming finale
The two stars are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker ending
Hedda review – Ibsen gets a Saltburn makeover in Amazon’s ill-advised romp
Nia DaCosta ups the nastiness of Hedda Gabler in a stylish but over-egged adaptation with lead Tessa Thompson losing the film to a standout Nina Hoss
My Bigfoot Life review – teen cryptozoologist’s Sasquatch search is an uplifting odyssey
Daniel Lee Barnett goes into the woods in search of the big shy guy, but the real story here is his family’s devotion to supporting their autistic son’s passion