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3 out of 5 stars.

Firebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama
3 out of 5 stars.

The ailing king’s misogyny is compellingly disturbing but Alicia Vikander is underused as his final wife

Published: 4:08 AM
4 out of 5 stars.

Eureka review – booze, bird souls and Viggo Mortensen in barmy yet rich experimental enigma
4 out of 5 stars.

Published: 3:50 AM
4 out of 5 stars.

Anatomy of a Fall review – Sandra Hüller compels as an author accused of her husband’s murder
4 out of 5 stars.

Published: 3:27 AM

4 out of 5 stars.

The Zone of Interest review – Jonathan Glazer adapts Martin Amis’s chilling Holocaust drama
4 out of 5 stars.

Focusing on the everyday domesticity of the Auschwitz commandant’s family might only reflect the horror indirectly, but the film pulls the banality of evil into pin-sharp focus

Published: 4:46 AM
3 out of 5 stars.

The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett’s boozy nun indulges possible second coming in woozy wartime saga
3 out of 5 stars.

Blanchett in imperious zealot mode is hard to resist, but Warwick Thornton’s story of orphans and evangelists in the 40s outback never quite fulfils its promise

Published: 3:12 AM

2 out of 5 stars.

Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Beau Is Afraid review – Ari Aster sends Joaquin Phoenix on an odyssey to nowhere
2 out of 5 stars.

This three-plus-hour tale of Oedipal misery sees Phoenix on uncharacteristically boring form, and ultimately collapses into silliness

Published: 7:35 PM
2 out of 5 stars.

Homecoming review – Catherine Corsini’s tragic family drama misses an inner life
2 out of 5 stars.

Despite plenty of incidental action, Corsini’s film about a woman’s painful return to Corsica leaves too many questions unanswered

Published: 8:05 AM
4 out of 5 stars.

Monster review – Hirokazu Kore-eda’s hydra of modern morals and manners
4 out of 5 stars.

Japanese director Kore-eda offers a deliberately dense but ultimately hopeful examination of how to negotiate family dysfunction with intelligence and humanity

Published: 5:05 AM
4 out of 5 stars.

Strange Way of Life review – Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke sizzle in Almodóvar’s queer cowboy yarn
4 out of 5 stars.

The director gets back in the saddle at Cannes with this dusty lusty tale of long-lost lovers bound by a bloody fate

Published: 2:04 AM

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