This may be the film-maker’s narratively least satisfying film, but their imagination remains exhilarating

Anne Hathaway, Sian Clifford, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Dominic Sessa feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of August 14th, 2026

Actor brilliantly essays the future celebrity chef in Matt Johnson’s film, set during a formative summer in the early 1970s

Storytelling and imagination trumps CGI and spectacle in this five-hour, 32-minute version of the 1989 film

The provocative satire Our Hero, Balthazar is the debut feature of a filmmaker who has ‘a fear of boring the audience’

Glenn Close, Emily Matthews, Mason Thames and Katy O’Brian feature in quartet of movies released in the week of August 7th, 2026

Tina Romero’s modestly budgeted zombie film is pitched closer to camp comedy than horror

When is a Green Day film not a Green Day film? When it mostly follows three Missouri teenagers

The British comedian was a fan of fried chicken until he made his gruesome documentary, Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy

Imran Perretta’s film about two British Muslim boys in Luton has emotional weight and a specific sense of place

Debut feature uses home videos, CCTV, police recordings and Zoom calls to create a compelling ghost story

Mike Christie’s film poignantly captures just how alien Wham! were in the country in 1985

Cannes critics’ prize winner glides between fantasy, romance, horror and farce with the ease of a high-concept 1980s box-office smash

Relic director Natalie Erika James burrows deep into the intestines of body dysmorphia and beauty fascism

The Ireland behind the movies, including Stanley Kubrick’s country estates and Steven Spielberg’s Wexford beach