MARIA DUARTE recommends a truly immersive crime thriller that explores the consequences of creative paralysis

MARIA DUARTE relishes the outrageous true story of two working-class lads from Dundee who conned the music industry

MARIA DUARTE refuses to disclose the twist by which a conventional rom-com is undone by a universal US malaise

MARIA DUARTE recommends an extraordinary film that explores an absent father’s attempt to make up to his sons

MARIA DUARTE recommends a surreal and brilliant take on corporate lay-offs and their consequences

MARIA DUARTE recommends that this dramatic reconstruction of one instance of the Israeli killings in Gaza be seen as widely as possible

MARIA DUARTE recommends a British boxing biopic about the stormy relationship between Nazeem Hamed and his trainer Brendan Ingle

MARIA DUARTE picks the best and worst of a crowded year of films

MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama

MARIA DUARTE recommends an intimate portrait of Jacinda Ardern, only the second prime minister to give birth while holding office

MARIA DUARTE reviews Desperate Journey, Blue Moon, Pillion, and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

MARIA DUARTE recommends the remarkable and painful story of the lesbian who put women’s boxing on the map