Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland follows a dour young priest charged with a mission to build a church on a remote stretch of Iceland's coast. 

Contemplating grief and the unknown, Wes Anderson’s cosmic tale Asteroid City is his most engaging in years.

This award-winning Spanish film is not at all romantic or sentimental, but still beautiful.

Jim Broadbent sparkles as Harold, a retiree whose life is upended when he receives a letter from an old friend.

Whiplash camera moves and masterful control of pace make for an engrossing – if stressful – procedural based on real events.

Maryam Touzani’s exquisitely woven Arabic language drama tells a love triangle story with a difference.

Mia Hansen-Løve’s fresh, moving film offers a ray of hope in its story around dementia.

This crime thriller starring Liam Neeson should be hard-boiled, but feels half-cooked.

Bill Nighy portrays a terminally ill civil servant in a poignant remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru.

Fans of British cinema will find Sam Mendes’ film, starring Olivia Colman, a poignant trip down memory lane.

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2022, Lukas Dhont’s Close depicts a friendship broken by new peer groups and emerging social pressures.

Based on Tim Winton's novel, Robert Connolly's film is "a call to arms to save the oceans".