Film reviews

<p>Pamela Anderson in Gia Coppola’s ‘The Last Showgirl’</p>

Pamela Anderson is a dramatic revelation in The Last Showgirl

In her first serious film role, the ‘Baywatch’ star plays a dancer left adrift as her nightly Vegas show draws to a close – and there’s a shocking vulnerability to her performance

<p>Fernanda Torres in Walter Salles’s ‘I’m Still Here’</p>

Fernanda Torres is masterful in the Oscar-nominated I’m Still Here

<p>Theo James in Osgood Perkins’s ‘The Monkey’</p>

The Monkey, from the director of Longlegs, needed Nicolas Cage

<p>Margaret Qualley and Ethan Hawke in Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’</p>

Blue Moon boasts Ethan Hawke as a bisexual drunk – but it’s not enough

<p>Oscar frontrunner: Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’</p>

Oscar frontrunner The Brutalist is a colossal cinematic achievement

Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, Brady Corbet’s film – starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones – explores around the existential terrors of America, and clocks in at a gargantuan 215 minutes

Oscar frontrunner The Brutalist is a colossal cinematic achievement

Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, Brady Corbet’s film – starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones – explores around the existential terrors of America, and clocks in at a gargantuan 215 minutes

<p>Oscar frontrunner: Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’</p>

<p>Behind Liu: a ghost haunts Rebekah and her family in Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Presence’</p>

Steven Soderbergh’s Presence radically subverts haunted house cliches

<p>Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’</p>

Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan biopic plays too safe

<p>Uncanny valley: Robin Wright and Tom Hanks in ‘Here’ </p>

Tom Hanks’s new film Here is a stilted, manipulative disaster

<p>Nom nom nom: Christopher Abbott in ‘Wolf Man’ </p>

The new Wolf Man is far too tame to be frightening

<p>Nom nom nom: Christopher Abbott in ‘Wolf Man’ </p>

The new Wolf Man is far too tame to be frightening

<p>Committed: Harris Dickinson and Nicole Kidman in ‘Babygirl’ </p>

Babygirl is unabashedly, giddily sexy – with a fearless Nicole Kidman

<p>Angelina Jolie in the Maria Callas film ‘Maria’</p>

Angelina Jolie’s performance as Maria Callas is career-defining

<p>It’s not a knockout: Aaron Taylor-Johnson in ‘Kraven the Hunter’</p>

Kraven the Hunter is an abysmal farewell to Sony’s Spider-Man universe

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (shoeless and feral) and Russell Crowe (tiny scarf) scrape the barrel of comic book adaptations in this strange, sloppy and long-delayed mess

Kraven the Hunter is an abysmal farewell to Sony’s Spider-Man universe

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (shoeless and feral) and Russell Crowe (tiny scarf) scrape the barrel of comic book adaptations in this strange, sloppy and long-delayed mess

<p>It’s not a knockout: Aaron Taylor-Johnson in ‘Kraven the Hunter’</p>

<p>I am (also) no man: Gaia Wise’s Héra in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’</p>

The animated Lord of the Rings is a rushed money-grab

<p>Dog’s dinner: Amy Adams in ‘Nightbitch’ </p>

Amy Adams deserves better than the dog’s dinner that is Nightbitch

<p>Depp trouble: Lily-Rose Depp in Robert Eggers’s ‘Nosferatu'</p>

Nosferatu is the most profoundly frightening horror film in years

<p>Lost at sea: Auliʻi Cravalho voices the titular seafarer in ‘Moana 2’</p>

Moana 2 needed better songs (which may be good news for parents)

<p>Lost at sea: Auliʻi Cravalho voices the titular seafarer in ‘Moana 2’</p>

Moana 2 needed better songs (which may be good news for parents)

<p>Papal person: Ralph Fiennes in ‘Conclave’ </p>

Ralph Fiennes’s Oscar-tipped Conclave needed more than shock and awe

<p>Divya Prabha in ‘All We Imagine as Light’ </p>

All We Imagine as Light’s beautiful loneliness will speak to your soul

<p>Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in ‘The Room Next Door’ </p>

The Room Next Door is Pedro Almodóvar’s weakest film in years

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore are unsurprisingly excellent, but even they seem to be struggling to navigate such a didactic script

The Room Next Door is Pedro Almodóvar’s weakest film in years

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore are unsurprisingly excellent, but even they seem to be struggling to navigate such a didactic script

<p>Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in ‘The Room Next Door’ </p>

<p>Teething problems: Venom (played by Tom Hardy) in ‘Venom: The Last Dance’</p>

Venom: The Last Dance is fun when it’s not being a Madame Web rerun

<p>Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’</p>

Trump fretted about The Apprentice – but it’s not worth the fuss

<p>The Stream</p>

Anna Kendrick’s Netflix thriller Woman of the Hour is too cautious

<p>DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures via AP</p>

Studio Ghibli homage The Wild Robot will leave you a blubbering mess

<p>DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures via AP</p>

Studio Ghibli homage The Wild Robot will leave you a blubbering mess

<p>Alice Lowe in ‘Timestalker’ </p>

Timestalker is a British time-travel comedy you absolutely must see

<p>Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan in Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ </p>

Steve McQueen’s Blitz is a monumental achievement in British cinema

<p>Gnarly: James McAvoy in ‘Speak No Evil’</p>

A beefed-up James McAvoy makes Speak No Evil a terrifying surprise

This is cleaner and less daring than the Danish original, but remains an incredibly disturbing treat all the same

A beefed-up James McAvoy makes Speak No Evil a terrifying surprise

This is cleaner and less daring than the Danish original, but remains an incredibly disturbing treat all the same

<p>Gnarly: James McAvoy in ‘Speak No Evil’</p>

<p>Sixth time’s the charm: Alicia Vikander and Jude Law as Katherine Parr and Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’</p>

Jude Law’s Henry VIII steals the show in girlboss biopic Firebrand

<p>Midsommar murders: Matt Smith in the folk horror tale ‘Starve Acre’ </p>

Matt Smith gets his own Wicker Man in the provocative Starve Acre

<p>Michael Keaton in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ </p>

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is incoherent incoherent

<p>Mo Chara in ‘Kneecap’ </p>

Kneecap is a sweary, crude and brilliantly political Irish comedy

<p>Mo Chara in ‘Kneecap’ </p>

Kneecap is a sweary, crude and brilliantly political Irish comedy

<p>Hunter Schafer in ‘Cuckoo’ </p>

Hunter Schafer is a horror heroine for the ages in the twisty Cuckoo

<p>Naomi Ackie in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut ‘Blink Twice’ </p>

Channing Tatum thriller Blink Twice falls apart on closer inspection

<p>Just don’t look: Maika Monroe in ‘Longlegs’</p>

Longlegs isn’t too terrifying, but it’s still a freaky little thing

Nicolas Cage stars as a Satanic serial killer in a movie that is nasty, precise and as subtle as a magic trick

Longlegs isn’t too terrifying, but it’s still a freaky little thing

Nicolas Cage stars as a Satanic serial killer in a movie that is nasty, precise and as subtle as a magic trick

<p>Just don’t look: Maika Monroe in ‘Longlegs’</p>

<p>Scarlett Johansson in ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ </p>

Scarlett Johansson romcom Fly Me to the Moon is problematic nonsense

Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop sequel fails to get with the times

<p>Mia Goth in ‘MaXXXine'</p>

Mia Goth stuns in MaXXXine, the cocaine-fuelled Hollywood slasher

<p>Kevin Costner in ‘Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1’ </p>

Kevin Costner’s very, very long Horizon Chapter 1 is no Yellowstone

<p>Kevin Costner in ‘Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1’ </p>

Kevin Costner’s very, very long Horizon Chapter 1 is no Yellowstone

<p>Lupita Nyong’o in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ </p>

A Quiet Place prequel is the most emotionally satisfying in the series

<p>Nicole Kidman in Netflix’s ‘A Family Affair’ </p>

Nicole Kidman’s A Family Affair is a heavily medicated The Idea of You