Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – A remarkable documentary

Film review: It may not be innovative, but this biography is still extraordinary

Herself: Delayed portrayal of housing crisis loses none of its relevance

Writer-star Clare Dunne shines in this irresistible drama

I Never Cry: A Polish-Irish comedy of difference with a revelatory lead

Piotr Domalewski’s new film works best as a showcase for the terrific Zofia Stafiej

Deerskin: Jean Dujardin excels as a man in love with his jacket

Review: Clothes maketh the man in this perplexing and darkly funny film

Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel swansong is a cut above

Florence Pugh steals the show in the latest, mercifully fun superhero outing in the MCU

Gunda: The uncomfortable truth about how a sausage is made

Viktor Kossakovsky’s film raises profound questions about our dominion over animals

Army of the Dead: Inventive pulp on a massive scale

Review: Zack Snyder has a ball proving trash can triumph in this zombie horror heist flick

Cowboys: Questions of identity in macho America

Film review: Strong performances carry this good-hearted road movie

Two Ways Home: A drama about bipolar disorder that might do some good

Review: Tanna Frederick is terrific in a film about mental illness that avoids preachiness

Wild Mountain Thyme director says Irish accents are hard to understand

John Patrick Shanley defends accents of Emily Blunt, Christopher Walken and Jamie Dornan

Rialto: A searing Dublin movie that will stay in your brain

Film review: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor’s towering performance lifts the film above the misery

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Chemical Hearts: Following the teen angst formula with flair

Review: The film deals with the trials of Gen Z, but could apply to any generation

The Traitor: There’s a gripping Mafia story buried somewhere in here

Film review: This true-life mafioso-turned-snitch tale thinks it’s a documentary

Dating Amber: Agreeable comedy about a fake romance in 1990s Ireland

Review: Perfectly aligned performances from the young leads hold the film aloft

Lucy in the Sky: Terrible title, curiously earthbound tale

Review: Natalie Portman is hidebound as an astronaut heading for a nervous breakdown

The Perfect Candidate: Mila Al Zahrani’s acting rescues a film slight on plot

Review: Haifaa al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia for a study of the pressures put upon women

Fears Xi Jinping will use coronavirus crisis to tighten his grip on China

Death of whistleblowing doctor Li Wenliang sparked uproar on Chinese social media platforms

Jumanji: The Next Level – It’s ridiculous but never stops being good fun

Review: There’s killer apes and rogue Vikings, the Dannies DeVito and Glover and there’s The Rock

Motherless Brooklyn: Edward Norton’s overlong vanity project

Review: There is a fine noir here somewhere, busting to escape the Friends of Ed Norton Cabaret

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