Head South review – post-punk coming-of-age tale strikes a personal note
A teenager in 70s New Zealand dreams of starting a band in Jonathan Ogilvie’s nostalgic comedy
All of Us Strangers review – Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott tremendous in a beautiful fantasy-romance
Scott, Mescal and Claire Foy shine in a drama about a screenwriter who visits his childhood home to find his parents, who were killed in a car crash, still living there
Handling the Undead review – sad, slow-burn zombie drama is less gore, more grief
Sundance film festival: The Worst Person in the World’s Renate Reinsve leads a dour film about families dealing with the reappearance of deceased loved ones
Thelma review – June Squibb is a delight in sweet action-comedy
The Oscar nominee plays her first lead, at 94, in a tender and well-observed story of a grandmother refusing to accept the limitations of age
Will & Harper review – Will Ferrell’s charming trans road trip documentary
The actor goes on a cross-country trip with an old friend who has transitioned in a crowd-pleasing winner that will prove illuminating for many
A Different Man review – Sebastian Stan transforms in miserable study of cruelty
A wannabe actor undergoes dramatic facial reconstruction surgery in a torturously empty psychodrama
Winner review – snappy, I, Tonya-esque take on Reality Winner
The second film in less than a year on the NSA whistleblower takes a brisk, jazzy look at her life before and after her headline-making leaks
Rob Peace review – Chiwetel Ejiofor’s moving fact-based tragedy
A magnificent lead performance from newcomer Jay Will helps to lift a rousing yet often uneven drama based on the life and death of a Yale student
‘Think about the unthinkable’: could the US handle an even worse January 6?
The new documentary War Game follows lawmakers and military officials role-playing the response to a political coup
Berlin film festival announces eclectic lineup including Rooney Mara, Stephen Fry and Gael García Bernal
Films include a sci-fi about a man who rents out his dead wife’s body and a documentary about a hippo owned by Pablo Escobar
Documentary uncovers the difficult battle to unionize at Amazon
Union, premiering at this year’s Sundance film festival, shows the workers trying to organize for better treatment and the company’s attempts to fight them
Love Lies Bleeding review – gore, sex and 80s needle-drops can’t save forgettable thriller
Kristen Stewart plays a gym manager falling for a bodybuilder in an overly familiar crime saga that relies too heavily on shock value
The American Society of Magical Negroes review – hit-and-miss satire
A provocative comedy, imagining a Harry Potter-esque academy poking fun at a well-worn stereotype, has its moments
‘Maybe we should let me go’: Christopher Reeve documentary brings tears to Sundance
A standing ovation met a powerful new film looking at life for the Superman star before and after his paralysing accident
My Old Ass review – charmingly shaggy high-concept comedy
Before she heads to college, a teenager meets her older self, played by Aubrey Plaza, in a sweet-natured and slickly made crowd-pleaser