‘Exceptional’ Film London Jarman award nominees range from Algerian mountains to east London roads
Six-strong, ‘rich and diverse’ shortlist announced for the £10,000 prize well-known for spotting rising stars of British art
I Heart Willie review – public-domain slasher turns Mickey Mouse into slicer-and-dicer
A buff, bloodthirsty mouse-man terrorises Mexican teens in the latest horror schlock made from newly expired copyright
The Phoenician Scheme is fantasy. It is also a remarkable engagement with the real-life conflict in the Middle East
Sharp edges of bitter history keep jutting through Wes Anderson’s whimsical intrigues that turn international tragedy into light comedy
A Sip of Irish review – knocking it back around the world in the diaspora of drink
Producer-director Frank Mannion follows his cordial guide to champagne with a cheerful celebration of beloved tipples of Irish origin
The Last Journey review – Sweden’s Ant and Dec hit the road with octogenarian dad
In this moving and funny documentary, Swedish TV presenters Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson try to rekindle Filip’s father’s zest for life on a road trip to France
Al Pacino becomes first film star to meet Pope Leo XIV
The actor, who is in Italy for a film about the Maserati car moguls, had an official audience with the pope alongside the film’s producer
Red Path review – Tunisian drama tells traumatic story of Islamic State’s horrific cruelty
Based on the true story of the brutal murder of a teenage shepherd, Lotfi Achour’s sombre film honestly attempts to encompass the unbearable grief suffered by the family
My unexpected Pride icon: as a bullied teenager, I found safety in slasher films
Watching mild-mannered schoolgirls overcome serial killers such as Freddy Krueger and emerge as survivors spoke to my younger self in a way no other films could
Last Resort review – Jon Foo’s former soldier kicks try-hard butt in Die Hard knock-off
Foo has to rescue his family from some very, very bad guys in this formulaic and fun-lacking man-on-a-mission thriller
‘Always something I can watch’: why Spotlight is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers drawing attention to their mood-lifting favourites is a robustly made Oscar winner from 2015
Avant-Drag! review – queer artists light up the streets of Athens with joy and resistance
Drag is a tool of self-expression and of protest in this kaleidoscopic portrait of the city’s vibrant underground art
The Triptych of Mondongo review – one part art documentary, two parts directorial megalomania
What begins as a portrait of Argentinian art collective Mondongo snowballs into Mariano Llinás’s infuriatingly brilliant farrago of colour, conflict and existential crisis
My unexpected Pride icon: Jurassic Park’s strutting, swaggering T rex is pure camp
From Jeff Goldblum’s unbuttoned shirt to the dilophosaurus wobbling her wattles, the film is an enduring queer staple
‘People didn’t like women in space’: how Sally Ride made history and paid the price
Ride was the first US woman in space – but a National Geographic documentary looks at how she was forced to hide her queerness to succeed
Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women’
Defying threats and ostracism, they both fought fiercely for their daughters’ rights. Now a film features them discussing fatherhood, courage, gender justice and strong girls