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Matt Johnson of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: ‘If you’re not embarrassed by your old work, you haven’t grown’
This summer’s funniest movie marks a return to the characters and world that established Johnson and his collaborator Jay McCarrol as cult favourites
Four new films to see this week: Toy Story 5, Nino, Familiar Touch and Lesbian Space Princess
Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Théodore Pellerin and Kathleen Chalfant feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 19th, 2026
Jodie Foster interview: ‘I turned 60 and suddenly woke up not caring about all the things I cared about at 45’
The actor and director on her first French-speaking lead role, her drive to give other people opportunities, and the role that most resonates with her
Lesbian Space Princess review: This scrappy, funny animation is a small miracle of invention
Musical comedy imagines a universe where queerness is the chaotic and colourful norm
Familiar Touch review: An intimate and dignified portrait of dementia
Sarah Friedland’s surefooted debut acknowledges loss without overshadowing its protagonist
‘Mark Fisher talked a lot about collective action. We wanted our film-making to reflect those values’
The author of the influential Capitalist Realism died in 2017, aged 48. A new film explores his ideas and legacy
Four new films to see this week: Disclosure Day, Pink Narcissus, Time and Water, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
Emily Blunt, Eve Hewson, Bobby Kendall, Andri Snær Magnason and Peter Mullan feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 12th, 2026
Time and Water review: An arresting documentary about Iceland’s disappearing glaciers
Sara Dosa resists catastrophising, allowing cracking ice to shoulder the film’s emotional heft
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford review: Peter Mullan tremendous in ambitious if uneven satire
Sean Dunn’s debut feature brings to mind Game of Thrones after-effects in North
Four new films to see this week: Savage House, Masters of the Universe, Afternoons of Solitude, Erupcja
Richard E Grant, Claire Foy, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrés Roca Rey and Charli XCX feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 5th, 2026
Afternoons of Solitude review: The bull seems to sense it’s about to die in the ring
With no narration or commentary, this bullfighting documentary is a powerful condemnation
Erupcja review: Charli XCX has real screen clout in this appealing romantic drama
The pop star brings quiet charisma to Pete Ohs's slight but affecting tale of rekindled feelings
‘I told Keith Jarrett, If you don’t play I’m going to be f**ked. And you will be f**ked, too’
In 1975 Vera Brandes set up the jazz pianist’s legendary Köln Concert. It’s now the subject of an award-winning film
Four new films to see this week: Power Ballad, Tuner, Backrooms and Fairyland
Paul Rudd, Dustin Hoffman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Emilia Jones feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 29th, 2026
Fairyland review: A fond, wise chronicle of parenthood through turbulent decades
The emotional force of Andrew Durham’s film is found in the two-step between parent and child as the sweep of LGBTQ+ history catches up
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