Film

After the Hunt isn’t as clever as it thinks it is

Luca Guadagnino’s provocative cancel culture film, starring an impressively icy Julia Roberts, already feels dated

The women who made David Lynch

The film-maker was drawn to the image of the damsel in distress – but the women in his work always retain their power

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Tron: Ares, Good Boy, A Want in Her, The Perfect Neighbor

Jared Leto is in full messianic prat mode as an AI super-soldier in the synthetic spectacle Tron: Ares

I Swear is a touching, transformative tale of Tourette syndrome

Kirk Jones’s biopic of activist John Davidson balances melancholy and comedy while opening our eyes to neurodiverse life

Films of the week: The Smashing Machine, Urchin and more

Dwayne Johnson delivers an unexpectedly bruised performance in the solo directorial debut from Benny Safdie

A House of Dynamite is terrifyingly plausible

Rebecca Ferguson excels in Kathryn Bigelow’s muscular political thriller about an imminent nuclear attack on the US

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Dead of Winter, Brides, Homebound and more

Emma Thompson stars as a recent widow in a chilly winter noir that gets bogged down in flashbacks and clumsy storytelling

Anarchy in the USA

One Battle After Another is one of the most exciting cinematic events of the year

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Lost Bus, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Solo and more

Paul Greengrass’s ripped-from-real-life thriller about a California wildfire is sickeningly tense

Steve is a nerve-shredding portrait of troubled souls

Cillian Murphy is devastating as the frazzled head of a reform school for boys in Tim Mielants’ gripping, exhausting drama

Robert Redford, the magnetic maverick who reshaped Hollywood

The pioneering actor, who has died at the age of 89, was unwaveringly committed to indie movies

Viral success of KPop Demon Hunters poses problem for Netflix

The surprise record-breaking blockbuster has a serious supply and demand issue

The Long Walk, Downton Abbey and more

The Long Walk, about a brutal annual endurance test in which 50 young men plod across the country, is a dour slog

Spinal Tap loses its satirical edge

This meagre and unfunny sequel to the original rock mockumentary has none of the first film’s on-the-nose savagery

On Swift Horses, Christy and The Courageous

Jacob Elordi recalls mid-century matinee idols in Daniel Minahan’s full-hearted weepy

Glitz, glamour and Gaza at Venice film festival

The glittering stars of Anglo-American cinema preside over a European festival that favours the red-carpet factor. But it’s an Arabic drama that’s got everyone talking

A detective surveys the wreckage of a single-vehicle collision

In the latest solo project from one half of the director duo, a detective surveys the wreckage of a single-vehicle collision. It’s an apt metaphor for this scattered, aimless movie

Caught Stealing, The Thursday Murder Club and more

Darren Aronofsky’s bloody crime comedy is a lazily derivative throwback to the era of Quentin Tarantino wannabes