Features and reviews
Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image.
Connect: a grisly offering from Takashi Miike that feels like the work of a modern-day media Frankenstein
The first South Korean TV series by the Japanese jack-of-all-genres is replete with tawdry themes and perverse ideas, suturing together elements from several dark predecessors to bring life to this unholy creation.
By Anton Bitel
RRR: a delirious epic of Tollywood mythmaking
By Samuel Wigley
The Silent Twins: this true-life tale is visually rich, musical, and not a little disturbing
By Michael Brooke
How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish: this feminist Iranian essay film pulls no punches
By Carmen Gray
Alcarràs: a family of farmers face change in this sun-dappled Catalan portrait
By Will Webb
How To with John Wilson: a profoundly funny documentary
By Ben Nicholson
Sr.: a loving portrait of Robert Downey, père
By Hannah McGill
2001: A Space Odyssey reviewed in 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey reviewed in 1968Hidden Letters: a sobering documentary about a long-secret women’s language
By Ian Wang
Goodbye, Don Glees!: a bittersweet anime that leans heavily into schmaltz
By Kambole Campbell
Tori and Lokita: the Dardennes’ latest is a tragic tale of African child refugees in Belgium
By Ginette Vincendeau
Hold Me Tight: Mathieu Amalric’s elliptical portrait of loss
By Josh Slater-Williams
Glass Onion: this Knives Out sequel is a well-paced screwball mystery
By Ben Walters
Last Flight Home: how to film a good death
By Hannah McGill
The Menu: a tense tale of slow-cooked revenge
By Anton Bitel
FIFA Uncovered: a brief history of crime
By Ben Nicholson
Clara Sola: a sensuous portrait of stifled womanhood
By Caspar Salmon
Avatar: The Way of Water: a dismal watery sequel
By Andrew Osmond
The English: this weighty revisionist Western takes no prisoners
By Kate Stables
A Man of Reason: a superior Korean thrillride
By Andrew Simpson
My Father’s Dragon: a storybook animation that strikes the balance between charming and chilling
By Michael Leader
Mammals: Jez Butterworth and James Corden join forces in this oddly unreal comedy
By Guy Lodge
A Bunch of Amateurs: an affectionate ode to cinephilia
By Philip Concannon
Return to Dust: human fortitude is the spectacle
By Sara Merican
SAS Rogue Heroes: wartime daredevilry somehow made tedious
By Caspar Salmon
Medieval: this blood-soaked Bohemian biopic spares no expense
By Michael Brooke
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: as heartbreaking as it is chilling
By Elena Lazic
Cette Maison: a reflexive, imaginative reckoning with the death of a loved one
By Sophia Satchell Baeza
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?: a masterpiece of Georgian movie magic
By Tom Charity