The Parenting review – supernatural caper is a so-so comedy and a lousy horror
A gay couple are trapped in a haunted Airbnb with their parents in an initially amusing but progressively exasperating genre mishmash
Friendship review – Tim Robinson spirals in a darkly hilarious comedy
The star of I Think You Should Leave brings a similar brand of comedy to this strange and genuinely funny film about a friendship breakup
Sister Midnight review – Mumbai-set comic horror finds the terror in arranged marriage
Radhika Apte is terrific as a woman preparing to settle down with a shiftless husband she barely knows when her world goes awry
Novocaine review – throwaway one-joke action comedy brings the pain
Jack Quaid is a charming lead as a man who can’t feel pain but this high-concept caper brings low-level enjoyment
Oh My Goodness! review – bike-racing nuns go for the prize in freewheeling clerical comedy
Silly French comedy pits one convent against another in a contest that could fund a trip to Rome but won’t raise many laughs
All Happy Families review – childhood home is renovation project in likable indie drama
An entire family gather to renovate their creaking childhood home in this easygoing, truthful portrait
American Dreamer review – Peter Dinklage is charmer in oddball tale of eccentric inheritance
Hardluck lecturer Dinklage stands to receive a mansion from rich widow Shirley MacLaine in underpowered comedy
‘Keeps me optimistic’: why You’ve Got Mail is my feelgood movie
The next entry in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort picks is an ode to Nora Ephron’s winsome romantic comedy
Death of a Unicorn review – goofy eat-the-rich satire isn’t fun enough
Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Richard E Grant lead a wasted cast in this silly and exasperating mishmash of comedy and gore
Another Simple Favor review – supremely silly sequel serves more absurd twists
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favorite
Plankton: The Movie review – Netflix’s Spongebob spin-off movie is for fans only
There is some fun to be had here for younger audiences especially, but this is essentially a few episodes stitched together without much added
Picture This review – Bridgerton star can’t save tinny romcom
Simone Ashley tries her best in Amazon’s gimmicky romantic comedy but it’s too flimsy and forgettable to demand our attention
Grey Matter review – feelgood Alzheimer’s film is well-meaning life-lesson comedy
Stephanie Beacham is reduced to comic foil in this cliche-ridden tale of the bond that forms between an ailing woman and her grumpy granddaughter
Post your questions for François Ozon
The French auteur behind 8 Women, In the House and most recently When Autumn Falls is joining us to answer your questions, from how does he coax such amazing performances from actors to his visual influences
The Summer With Carmen review – sexy story of two men and a cute dog
With more than a nod to Charlie Kaufman this fun metafiction centred around Athens’ queer scene has plenty of sun, sea and acres of male flesh