The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends a deliciously dark thriller that explores the complex loyalties within a marriage

The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE review Cottontail, Memoir of a Snail, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and Captain America: Brave New World

MARIA DUARTE recommends a tense thriller that uses Palestinian characters to explore the predicament of migrants in Europe

The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews September 5, The Fire Inside, Bring Them Down, and Love Hurts

The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE is enthralled by a complex thriller, but advises caution in accepting its depiction of reality

The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Companion, Saturday Night, The Tasting, and The Colours Within

The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE is dazzled by an extraordinary performance in a classic Mike Leigh film

The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an edge-of-your-seat film exposing uncomfortable truths

Hallucinogenic homosexuality, a quantum thriller, airport shenanigans and feminist Tolkein: MARIA DUARTE reviews Queer, The Universal Theory, Carry On and Lord of the Rings: The War of The Rohirrim

Horror for young mothers and Western presidents, a one-legged wrestler and weaponised art; the Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Nightbitch, Rumours, Unstoppable and Porcelain War

The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE is moved by a real-life story of rescue at sea that upturns easy assumptions about political motivations in times of war

Papal tiffs, Reality TV torture, volleyball feminism and a monster in the closet; The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Conclave, The Contestant, Power Alley and Your Monster