All articles by Nikki Baughan
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Reviews‘The Boy With The Light Blue Eyes’ review: Greek debut is beguiling, lyrical coming-of-age fable
Thanasis Neofotistos’s story of a teenage boy living in a Greek mountain village premieres at SXSW London
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Reviews‘Scary Movie’ review: The Wayans brothers return for dull, dated sixth instalment of horror parody franchise
Stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall are also back in the first ’Scary Movie’ feature since 2013
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Reviews‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’ review: A spirited Haley Bennett helps lift weighty adaptation
Tina Gharavi’s take on Woolf’s 1919 novel opens SXSW London before a theatrical release
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Reviews‘Backrooms’ review: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve lose themselves in creepy, slow-burn horror
Kane Parsons’ debut feature is based on his own YouTube shorts
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Reviews‘The Birthday Party’ review: Hafsia Herzi and Monica Bellucci head conventional home invasion thriller from Lea Mysius
French Cannes Competition title is an adaptation of the novel by Laurent Mauvignier
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Reviews‘Maverick: The Epic Adventures Of David Lean’ review: Enthusiastic, star-studded romp through the life and work of the legendary director
Director Barnaby Thompson assembles famous fans including Denis Villeneuve, Alfonso Cuaron and Autumn Durald Arkapaw
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Reviews‘Madame’ review: Brooding French debut mines uneasy relationship between wealth and freedom
Helene Rosselet-Ruiz’s Cannes Special Screening features strong performances and confident craft
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Reviews‘The Station’ review: Moving Yemen-set drama explores the importance of community in the face of war
Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq’s debut bows in Cannes Critics’ Week
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Reviews‘The End Of It’ review: Striking future-set study of mortality hangs on a layered performance from Rebecca Hall
Maria Martinez Bayona’s Cannes Premiere title also stars Gael Garcia Bernal, Noomi Rapace and Beanie Feldstein.
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Reviews‘Victorian Psycho’ review: Maika Monroe is gloriously gonzo in fun, feminist 19th-century horror
Jason Isaacs, Ruth Wilson and Thomasin McKenzie also star in Zachary Wigon’s intense Cannes Un Certain Regard title
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Reviews‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ review: Clio Barnard’s Birmingham friendship drama builds on its strong performances
The ‘Ali & Ava’ director’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title stars Joe Cole, Lola Petticrew and an excellent UK cast
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Reviews‘Colony’ review: ‘Train To Busan’ director Yeon Sang-ho returns with fun, forgettable zombie horror
The Seoul-set Cannes Midnight title stars Koo Kyo-hwan, Gianna Jun and Kim Shin-rock
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Reviews‘Shana’ review: Impressive French debut makes the most of a propulsive performance from newcomer Eva Huault
There are shades of ’Anora’ in Lina Pinell’s feature debut, which premieres in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
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Reviews‘Species’ review: Astute, extreme French body horror explores the pressures of modern life
Marion Le Corroller’s unflinching debut bows in Cannes Midnight
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Reviews‘A Woman’s Life’ review: A dynamic Lea Drucker fuels Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s restrained mid-life drama
Bourgeois-Tacquet’s follow up to ‘Anais In Love’ debuts in Cannes Competition
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Reviews‘Obsession’ review: Curry Barker puts an incisive, schlocky spin on the wish fulfillment horror
Michael Johnston and Inde Navarette impress in romance-gone-wrong
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Reviews‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ review: Glossy fashion world sequel is cut from same cloth as 2006 original
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci return for glamorous, predictable feature
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Reviews‘The Sheep Detectives’ review: Hugh Jackman leads an all-star cast in offbeat murder mystery
Emma Thompson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bryan Cranston also star in family-friendly feature
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Reviews‘Mother Mary’ review: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel impress in David Lowery’s finely-crafted psychodrama
The film boasts original songs written by Jack Antonoff, Charlie xcx and FKA Twigs
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Reviews‘Underland’ review: Darren Aronofsky produces lyrical exploration of the world beneath our feet
For his debut documentary, filmmaker Robert Petit takes inspiration from the book by UK writer Robert Macfarlane