The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd review – Amanda Seyfried compels in wrenching prison drama

Tim Blake Nelson writes and directs a challenging, and unsettling, look at empathy and forgiveness that strikes a haunting note

Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga

The actor gives one of her best performances to date in a smoothly made globe-trotting drama of a woman’s life after the loss of her husband

Onwards and Sideways review – Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney lift solid Parkinson’s drama

Toronto film festival: Shakespeare in Love director John Madden’s feelgood – and bad – comedy-drama is powered by excellent performances and authenticity

Babies review – Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen embrace childlessness in breezy comedy

To be a parent or not to be a parent is the question propelling this often insightful yet largely run-of-the-mill riff on a Judd Apatow movie

I Play Rocky review – crowd-pleasing Stallone biopic is heavy on fan service, light on real emotion

There’s a knockout central performance from Anthony Ippolito in this otherwise rather lightweight making-of comedy drama

Closing Night review – fiery women face off in Almodóvar-lite melodrama

Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts and Dianne Wiest are all impressive in actor-turned-director Cody Fern’s debut but they’re left stranded

Trash Mountain review – Caleb Hearon’s coming home indie is a funny if familiar journey

A city-dwelling gay guy has to go home to rural Missouri after his father dies in this Sundance-by-numbers comedy drama that has its moments

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom review – Aardman’s spooky-season caper sparkles with fun

There’s trouble afoot when Shaun’s pumpkin-supersizing serum ends up in a balding farmer’s hair growth bottle in this third cinematic adventure

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother review – Mahershala Ali is a grieving hitman in soulful thriller

The two-time Oscar-winner is an unusual killer in a compelling mix of pulpy action and family drama

Misty Green review – Chris Rock’s jumbled LA drama saved by fiery Rosalind Eleazar

There’s a stunning lead performance from the breakout British actor but the film surrounding her can’t quite match what she’s bringing

Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize

May el-Toukhy becomes eighth female director to take Golden Lion as Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and Guardian-produced exposé of Israel’s Gaza killings also awarded

Bold and bravura choices as Venice celebrates A Woman Unknown, Possible Love and NAZA

After facing heavy criticism over its lack of female directors, the film festival may have redeemed itself with its winners’ list

Film producer Jeremy Thomas was a cross between a kindly Cambridge don and the movie world’s cool uncle

The man behind The Last Emperor had the confidence of an old-fashioned studio boss along with the soul of a cineaste

Everybody Wants to Fuck Me review – Taron Egerton is hounded in sharp-toothed dating nightmare

It’s Get Out meets the Shitty Media Men list in this entertaining mix of dark comedy and thriller with a brilliant alternating turn from Taron Egerton

Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77

An outstanding figure in the UK film industry, Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David Cronenberg