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Oh, Hi! review – promising romantic comedy takes awkward turn into farce

A couple’s weekend away turns into chaos when they find out they’re not on the same page, a clever concept that soon loses steam

Kiss of the Spider Woman review – Jennifer Lopez dazzles in unsteady musical

The star gives her all in Bill Condon’s uneven adaptation of the Broadway revision of a prison-set fantasy

To Catch a Predator: exploring the uneasy legacy of the controversial TV series

It turned undercover sting operations on alleged pedophiles into compelling reality television. A new film at the Sundance film festival asks: at what cost?

‘Uncomfortable truths’: controversial film challenges authorship of famous photo

The Stringer, which premiered at Sundance, alleges that an incorrect credit was given for iconic ‘Napalm Girl’ picture

The Thing With Feathers review – Benedict Cumberbatch’s grief horror falls apart

A unaffecting adaptation of Max Porter’s acclaimed novella is perched awkwardly between fantasy and reality, failing to convince on either level

Sukkwan Island review – a survival drama takes an ill-advised left-turn

Anatomy Of A Fall’s Swann Arlaud plays a father who gets caught in a dangerous situation with his son in a well-made yet frustrating misfire

Rabbit Trap review – Dev Patel gets lost in the woods in messy folk horror

Strong performances and an eerie atmosphere can’t save an increasingly baffling 70s-set curio

All That’s Left of You review – deeply moving epic of Palestinian intergenerational trauma

Cherien Dabis’s drama, spanning nearly 75 years in one Palestinian family, is a heart-wrenching, if sometimes blunt, portrait of displacement

Mr Nobody Against Putin review – a teacher fights back in a powerful documentary

A primary school teacher in Russia pushes back on cruel nationalist propaganda in a fascinating and daring look at everyday encroachment

‘There just aren’t words to explain’: Jeff Buckley documentary brings tears to Sundance

A new film looking at the life and tragic death of the singer has premiered to an emotional response at this year’s Utah-based film festival

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is a knockout in anxious dark comedy

The often under-utilised actor gives a monumental performance as a mother on the edge in an exhausting spiral of a movie

Omaha review – John Magaro leads lean but affecting family drama

The Past Lives and September 5 actor leads a beautifully made, if slightly too withholding, road-trip drama

Jimpa review – Olivia Colman soars in otherwise muddled queer family drama

Australian director Sophie Hyde’s earnest, semi-autobiographical film moves before it starts to meander

‘Everything is trying to kill you’: harrowing Ukraine film gets standing ovation at Sundance

Oscar-winning film-maker behind 20 Days in Mariupol returns to festival with bruising, on-the-ground look at ongoing conflict

Twinless review – dark, inventive comedy takes an unexpected path

James Sweeney’s tightrope-mastering mix of genres and tones is an incredibly effective feat, veering from funny to creepy to devastatingly sad

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