FOUR AND A HALF STARS When a tsunami floods a young cat's home, he has to learn the power of teamwork to survive. ANIMATED DRAMA LATVIA #FLOW Starring a cat, a dog, a crane, a lemur and a capybara For animal lovers and cat people in particular, FLOW can be an anxious experience. Watching Gints Zilbalodis’s hypnotic, dialogue-free adventure feels a little like leaving home wondering whether you’ve shut all the windows: what if my cats escape? The anxiety is real, and Zilbalod

FOUR STARS Pansy is an angry woman who doesn't shy away from telling people what she thinks, no matter how rude she gets. DRAMA UK English #HARDTRUTHS Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is an extraordinarily angry woman and she’s not shy from telling people what she thinks - the first of many hard truths are levelled at her husband, her son, at strangers in the supermarket. It’s also clear to us that Pansy is suffering clinical dep

FOUR STARS When Mel transfers from Juvenile, he finds himself on course for a life in prison. DRAMA AUSTRALIA English #INSIDE Starring Vincent Miller, Guy Pearce Writer-director Charles Williams has crafted a rare gem of a film. It’s also one that presents Australian detention as it very likely is, neither inherently corrupt nor a system that’s likely to rehabilitate. It puts detainees in a holding pattern for the safety of the public where, with a little luck, a few might b

FOUR AND A HALF STARS An Iranian judge falls into a pit of political paranoia, taking his family with him. DRAMA IRAN Persian #SEEDOFTHESACREDFIG Starring Missagh Zareh, Sohelia Golestani This overwhelming film from dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rosoulof is very much greater than the sum of its parts. And those parts - family drama, political thriller, social allegory, action film, horror and western - are each amazing in their own right. In tackling his country’s opp

FOUR AND A HALF STARS A vicious gangster wants out, Rita is charged with helping her live her true life DRAMA MUSICAL FRANCE Spanish/English/subtitles #EMILIAPEREZ Starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña EMILIA PÉREZ simply shouldn’t work. It is overflowing with so many ideas and influences from latin gangster through telenovela to teary drama, comedy and beyond that it’s impossible to imagine how these disparate elements could possibly become a coherent whole. Yet they do.

FOUR STARS The pope is dead. Can the Cardinals come together and wisely choose his successor? DRAMA UK English #CONCLAVE Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci Packed with religious intrigue, CONCLAVE is a hugely entertaining ‘who’ll do it’ thriller dropped into a political satire to satisfy ‘thinking people’ and fans of the airport novel alike (more Agatha Christie, less Dan Brown). With a splash of tabloid press and Classical reference points, there’s a lot to get your teet