Much Ado About Nothing, unlike the name suggests, actually packages up quite a few happenings before recounting them in a kaleidoscopic stage that seems to have a dozen or two aces tucked up its sleeve.

A grim look at international relations through the lens of a hostile Nicaragua, Claire Denis’ latest ‘romantic thriller’ Stars at Noon is unfortunately lacking in both romance and thrills.

Offering a slice of pulpy, moralistic sci-fi that feels like a throwback to before 2D animation had died, Strange World is good, lighthearted fun, gesturing gently at the hard-headed nature of father-son relationships.

Combining bitter comedy with the sensibilities of an A24 horror film, The Menu marks a cool addition to the genre and establishes itself as one of the most exciting blockbusters of this year.

Playing like an emotional middle ground between Badlands and the Twilight saga, Luca Guadagnino's new Timothee Chalamet-starrer Bones and All is a romantic cannibal road movie, presenting a tale of both the impossibility and inevitability of love; how even in the bleakest of circumstances, when we least expect, or even want it, romance can blossom like a weed in the desert.

Herzog has created a film that magnifies the sensitive balance of nature, simultaneously terrifying and touching, the parallels of science and art, the juxtaposition of the volcano’s fascinating beauty yet ultimate destructive force, and the deaths and the lives of Katia and Maurice Krafft.

Millies Lies Low is an effective tragicomic story of the way we create truth to find our own, as well as the lengths we will go to and things we will have to lose to get to it.

Halloween may have come and gone, but I have one last spooky movie to talk about - director/special effects extraordinaire Damien Leone's 138-minute splatterfest epic Terrifier 2, a film that came with reports of people fainting and vomiting due to its incredibly vile and gratuitous violence.

At The Seagull, I felt welcome. 

In an earnest love note to the LGBTQIA+, Bros ushers in an ambitious standard for bigscreen queerdom with some grounded perspectives, sweetspot cultural references and an all queer cast and crew.

At its most essential, the film is a story of a young Jewish boy who befriends a Black boy, and the confusing strata of privilege and injustices that come to define his place in late-20th-Century America.

The real achievement of this ripping action flick, bless its existence, is its characters and themes: there’s a full meal here, and all of it is delicious.

Perhaps the real Going To Paris was the friends that Mrs. Harris made along the way.

Everything in Between is a meditation on death and our lack of control over it.

Who are we, the audience, to deny the wishes of such a charismatic hunk of a star, with such incredible eyebrow posture? Grab your tickets folks, 'cos the Dwayne train is about to leave the station.

Barbarian is a wild ride full of twists and turns, sure to light a fire under the butt of hardened horror fans and would-be screenwriters alike.

While the plot is largely predictable, following the tropes and clichés of dozens of films before it, Cudi’s presence firmly sells this product as something of his own.

A policeman’s life is not for me. The frustration and tedium bleed through in The Night of the 12th and I’m convinced it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

Halloween Ends concludes this trilogy on a high note, with much more confident direction than the previous film, and the bold cinematography of a 70’s slasher but with that same modern sheen, smooth camera movement, and stark, moody lighting.

What does it mean to be a patriot? Would you betray your country in favour of the human race?