Not so much a whodunnit as a whollbethefallguy, Rian Johnson’s modern remix of the classic country-house detective mystery is a hoot, not least when Daniel Craig’s flamboyant detective is on screen, says Wendy Ide.
A big film in a small package: Claude Barras’s children’s animation, written by Girlhood’s Céline Sciamma, broaches downbeat themes with charm, heart and smarts, says Wendy Ide.
The latest from Chile’s beady-eyed Pablo Larraín is a ludic thriller about exiled poet and enemy of the junta Pablo Neruda that plays cat and mouse games with fact and fiction, says Wendy Ide.
The US-Italian documentarist’s immersive, poetic, hyperrealist portraits from America’s underbelly offer his characters a frank stage to show themselves. He tells Wendy Ide how he creates an empowering safe zone.