They Fight review – boxing drama is an emotional gutpunch Anchored by an indelible André Holland performance, the film finds tenderness and warmth amid its gritty Washington DC backdrop
Deep Water review – plane-crash survivors play existential roulette with bitey fish Renny Harlin’s disaster movie brings aquatic mayhem along with suspense and schadenfreude as aircraft passengers battle to survive hungry sharks
The Last First Time review – queer coming-of-age drama gives itself up to pleasure A Mexican student’s post-exams night out becomes a heady voyage of self-discovery in this slight but joyful coming-of-age drama
Bad Reputation review – powerful look at sex workers’ fight for dignity on the Uruguayan streets Everyday life takes precedence over sensationalism in a galvanising portrait of union founder Karina Núñez and her community
Our Hero, Balthazar review – a darkly comic satire of incel culture and gun violence A poser activist and an online troll strike up a homoerotic friendship in Safdie brothers collaborator Oscar Boyson’s scabrous story
A Year in London review – fashion student hits it off with her professor in frothy lesbian romcom An Italian on an exchange to the glamorous UK capital gets involved with a sophisticated older woman in a tale of soap opera silliness
Evil Dead Burn review – wildly gory horror tears a grieving family to pieces The latest new chapter in Sam Raimi’s classic franchise goes harder than ever before but there’s something missing
Saccharine review – eating disorder body horror offers plenty to chew over Australian director Natalie Erika James demonstrates the power of movies as vessels for cultural commentary in this intoxicatingly creepy production
Moana review – Dwayne Johnson’s demigod on autopilot in dull live-action remake Johnson reprises his role from the original animation and has fine rapport with his young co-star Catherine Laga’aia, but the whole enterprise feels cynical and pointless
A Grand Day Out/The Wrong Trousers review – rereleased Nick Park classics are a complete treat The first two Wallace and Gromit films see the pair blasting off for the moon in search of cheese, and trying to foil a heist by Feathers McGraw
The Girls review – poignant coming-of-age romance is an understated gem of Sri Lankan cinema Sumitra Peries’ poignant 1978 film about teenage sisters and thwarted romance is laden with passions that can’t be spoken aloud
The Last One for the Road review – ageing-boozer tragicomedy offers drunken antics on the road to Venice Two optimistic drinkers bumble around with a lovelorn student in tow in a depressing yet funny, faintly baffling tragicomedy
Life Support review – quietly devastating medics’ eye view of the war in Gaza In the absence of foreign media, doctors are valuable witnesses to the Israel-Hamas conflict in Daniele Rugo’s documentary
Call of My Life review – bright and breezy Nigerian call-centre romcom is just right for summer Uzoamaka Power’s broken-hearted, lovable worker falls for a charming customer in this delightful, deftly written tale
The Guest review – Trine Dyrholm pulls out all the stops as a bipolar mother in dysfunctional family drama Writer-director Mads Mengel’s film about a seaside christening disrupted by a previously shunned relative is shot in the spirit of Dogme 95