Autumn review – amazing landscape plays central role in Portuguese wine-family drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/27/autumn-review-amazing-landscape-plays-central-role-in-portuguese-wine-family-drama #Lifeandstyle #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Portugal #Culture #Family #Europe #Film

Mountainhead review – tech bros face off in Jesse Armstrong’s post-Succession uber-wealth satire https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/23/mountainhead-review-tech-bros-face-off-in-jesse-armstrongs-post-succession-uber-wealth-satire #JasonSchwartzman #Television&radio #JesseArmstrong #Comedyfilms #SteveCarell #Dramafilms #Succession #Culture #Comedy #Film

The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is world’s worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt’s unlikely heist movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/23/the-mastermind-review-josh-oconnor-kelly-reichardt #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Cannesfilmfestival #KellyReichardt #JoshO'Connor #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #Festivals #UScrime #Culture #USnews #Film

The Young Mother’s Home review – outstanding return to form for the Dardenne brothers https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/23/jeunes-meres-the-young-mothers-home-review-dardennes-brothers #Parentsandparenting #Cannesfilmfestival #Lifeandstyle #Dramafilms #Festivals #Worldnews #Culture #Belgium #Europe #Family #Film

A Private Life review – Jodie Foster is a sleuthing shrink in French-language Hitchcockian mystery https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/21/vie-privee-a-private-life-review-jodie-foster-daniel-auteuil-cannes #Cannesfilmfestival #FrederickWiseman #MathieuAmalric #JodieFoster #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Thrillers #Festivals #Culture #Film

Eleanor the Great review – June Squibb takes on Holocaust survivor trauma in Scarlett Johansson’s iffy directing debut https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/eleanor-the-great-review-june-squibb-scarlett-johansson-directing-debut #Cannesfilmfestival #ScarlettJohansson #Secondworldwar #Dramafilms #Holocaust #Festivals #Worldnews #Culture #Film

A Simple Accident review – Jafar Panahi takes us on a nightmare trip into a land of bribes and brutality https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/a-simple-accident-review-jafar-panahi-iran #Cannesfilmfestival #JafarPanahi #Dramafilms #Festivals #Worldnews #Culture #Film #Iran

The Secret Agent review – brilliant Brazilian drama of an academic on the run in the murderous 1970s https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/the-secret-agent-review-brilliant-brazilian-drama-of-an-academic-on-the-run-in-the-murderous-1970s #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Cannesfilmfestival #Dramafilms #Festivals #Worldnews #Americas #Culture #Brazil #Film

Dossier 137 review – tense gilets-jaunes thriller divides cop’s loyalties over police brutality https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/15/dossier-137-review-tense-gilets-jaunes-thriller-divides-cops-loyalties-over-police-brutality #Giletsjaunesprotests #Cannesfilmfestival #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #Festivals #Culture #France #Europe #Film

Joe Don Baker, tough-guy actor from Walking Tall and Bond films, dies aged 89 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/15/joe-don-baker-walking-tall-and-bond-film-actor-dies-aged-89 #Television&radio #Dramafilms #Television #JamesBond #Thrillers #Worldnews #Culture #USnews #Media #Film #BBC

Sound of Falling review – intergenerational angst haunts a German farmhouse https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/14/sound-of-falling-review-cannes-film-festival #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Germany #Culture #Europe #Film

Enzo review – Laurent Cantet’s swan song is a heartfelt tale of youth and desire https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/14/enzo-review-laurent-cantet-swan-song-robin-campillo-cannes-film-festival #Cannesfilmfestival #LaurentCantet #Dramafilms #Festivals #Culture #Film

Crash at 20: is it the worst best picture winner of all time? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/06/crash-paul-haggis-20th-anniversary #ThandiweNewton #SandraBullock #MattDillon #Dramafilms #DonCheadle #Culture #Oscars #Film

The Wedding Banquet review – muddled gay comedy remake plays it too straight https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/17/the-weding-banquet-review-remake #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Comedy #Film

Marty at 70: the underdog best-picture winner remains hard to resist https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/11/marty-movie-ernest-borgnine #ErnestBorgnine #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Oscars #Film

Director Marco Berger: ‘My films make some masculine viewers question if they could be gay’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/26/director-marco-berger-interview-queer-romcom-the-astronaut-lovers #LGBTQ+rights #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Argentina #Culture #Film

When Autumn Falls review – François Ozon’s diverting mystery of tricky family dynamics https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/20/when-autumn-falls-review-francois-ozons-diverting-mystery-of-tricky-family-dynamics #FrançoisOzon #Lifeandstyle #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Culture #Family #France #Europe #Film

The Rivals of Amziah King review – Matthew McConaughey returns with unwieldy misstep https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/11/rivals-amziah-king-review-matthew-mcconaughey #MatthewMcConaughey #Dramafilms #Festivals #Thrillers #SXSWFilm #Culture #Film #SXSW

‘Clambering about in Victorian boots was brutal’: how we made Picnic at Hanging Rock https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/17/peter-weir-how-we-made-picnic-at-hanging-rock #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Australianews #Dramafilms #PeterWeir #Worldnews #Culture #Film

Das Licht (The Light) review – mystical satirical romp channels German anxiety over refugees https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/14/das-licht-the-light-review-tom-tykwer-german #Berlinfilmfestival #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Refugees #Germany #Culture #Comedy #Film