To the Bone confirms there are (almost) no good movies about anorexia
The Netflix drama, which stars Lily Collins, leans on some outdated tropes. But only a handful of novels and films have evoked the reality of the illness, or explained why so many women turn their unhappiness on themselves
May 2017
The ten best things to do this week
The 10 best things to do this week: Barber Shop Chronicles and Sundance
The role of the hairdresser in African culture is the subject of a new play, while the best new independent cinema is screened in London
March 2017
After the Moonlight fades: what's next for LGBT cinema
The shock Oscar win of the low-budget drama about a black gay man’s life has set in motion a year that might finally provide a substantive view of sexuality
February 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
You be the judge: how to watch the Oscar hopefuls
Our guide to where to find this year’s Oscar films on UK streaming services
The Force review – admirably layered police documentary falls short at climax
Outstanding access and an unobtrusive approach almost make up for some unexplored leads and an anti-climactic ending
City of Ghosts review: could be the definitive Syria documentary
Cartel Land director Matthew Heineman’s film on citizen journalist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently reveals the reality of life in Isis territory
Flying Lotus reacts to walkouts at Kuso's Sundance screening: 'I tried to warn folks'
Musician’s first feature-length film prompted some to leave screening due to its graphic content, with one site calling it the ‘grossest movie ever made’
Newness review: swipe left on this shallow dating drama
Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa are a dull millennial couple addicted to Tinder in this visually slick yet emotionally vapid take on modern relationships
Strong Island review – an authentic, painful journey into injustice
Yance Ford’s extraordinary documentary on the murder of his brother is part journalistic examination, part devastating essay on grief for black US families
Nobody Speak review – Hulk Hogan v Gawker doc enjoyable but not revelatory
Brian Knappenberger’s film skewers its targets with aplomb, but there’s a frustrating sense of the converted being preached to
Last Men in Aleppo review – gruelling portrait of a city without hope
Feras Fayyad’s heartbreaking documentary offers powerful insights into the courageous rescue work of the White Helmet volunteers
Casting JonBenét review – magnificent provocation to the very notion of truth
Kitty Green’s avant garde documentary allows people auditioning to play JonBenét Ramsey and her family to expound their conspiracy theories about the unsolved murder of the child beauty pageant star
First look review
Wilson review – Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern in mostly charmless adaptation
First look review
Beach Rats review – Brooklyn bro faces his sexuality in quietly powerful drama
First look review
The Polka King review – Jack Black shines in a weirdly enjoyable film
Jack Black: Donald Trump is like Charlie Sheen on crack
Criticising Trump’s obsession with ‘winning’, the actor asked ‘where are we when the president and Charlie Sheen are on the same exact page?’
Call Me By Your Name review: A Bigger Splash director makes waves with superb gay romance
Luca Guadagnino’s masterful coming-of-age tale of an Italian fling between visiting academic Armie Hammer and professor’s son Timothée Chalamet is a major addition to the queer canon
A Ghost Story review: Casey Affleck channels Swayze in haunting love story
The hereafter is a slow, subtle affair in David Lowery’s evocative followup to Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, in which bedsheet-clad Affleck watches over bereaved partner Rooney Mara
