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‘Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie’: Doc smokes out the history of US stoner duo

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong reunite to tell their own story

‘The Brightest Sun’ review: Hidetoshi Nishijima plays detective for director Tetsuya Nakashima

Pleasingly complex murder mystery opened the Hong Kong International Film Festival

‘The Vanishing Point’ review: How Iran’s 1979 revolution unleashed generational trauma in one family

Their memories become an act of resistance in Visions du Reel ‘Burning Lights’ winner

‘The Last Shore’ review: The aftermath of the tragic death of a Gambian migrant

Jean-Francois Ravagnan’s debut traces the impact of Pateh Sabally’s 2017 death in Venice

‘Sinners’ review: Ryan Coogler, Michael B Jordan draw blood in period vampire thriller

Hailee Steinfeld and Jack O’Connell co-star in horror rampage with a pointedly political bite

‘Iron Winter’ review: Young Mongolian herdsmen drive into an extreme climate event

Australian co-pro tracks a lethal winter migration

‘To The West, In Zapata’ review: Life on the extremes in pandemic-era Cuba

David Bim’s hypnotic black-and-white documentary debuts at Visions du Reel

‘Flophouse America’ review: Poverty, addiction and one-room living wreak havoc on a child’s life

Close-quarters doc is a study of a family on the margins

‘The Amateur’ review: Rami Malek is an unlikely spy in underpowered revenge thriller

Laurence Fishburne co-stars in the latest adaptation of Robert Littell’s novel

‘Shifting Baselines’ review: Behind the scenes at Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starbase

Boca Chica, Texas lives with the thrills and unquantifiable spills of the space race

‘We Girls’ review: Feng Xiaogang and Zhao Liying unite for teary ex-con drama

Lan Xiya also stars in high-profile China holiday release

‘The Big Chief’ review: Close-up on controversial Red Army spy Leopold Trepper

‘1970’ director Tomasz Wolski deploys archive footage to document wartime double agent

‘Blame’ review: Three Covid-19 scientists fall victim to truth-twisting narratives

Christian Frei’s alarming documentary opens Visions du Reel

‘Always’ review: CPH: DOX winner is a poetic meditation on growing up in rural China

Denming Chen’s striking second feature takes the top prize at Danish doc fest

‘Warfare’ review: Alex Garland co-directs tense Iraq combat drama

Garland and co-director Ray Mendoza recreate a 2006 Navy SEAL mission in real-time with stars Cosmo Jarvis and Will Poulter

‘The Woman In The Yard’ review: Danielle Deadwyler stars in Blumhouse horror

Jaume Collett-Serra directs the latest chiller from the genre powerhouse

‘A Working Man’ review: Jason Statham trades blows for producer Sylvester Stallone

Stallone also takes co-writer credit on Black Bear’s workmanlike actioner

‘The Redemption’ review: Daniel Guzman, Luis Tosar star in Madrid-set social drama

Guzman directs and stars in worthy piece about a man trying to save his grandmother from eviction

‘The Golden Spurtle’ review: Nourishing doc on a Scottish porridge-making championship

Constantine Costi’s delightful portrait of a highland tradition bows in CPH:DOX

‘Lowland Kids’ review: America’s first climate refugees prepare to leave their Louisiana home

Darren Aronofsky produces this ’extremely accomplished’ CPH:DOX debut

‘The Helsinki Effect’ review: Timely doc revisits pivotal East/West summit

CPH:DOX title is a lively exploration of the 1975 Helsinki conference that aimed to end the Cold War

‘Sanatorium’ review: Striking portrait of Odesa’s Soviet-era health facility

Documentary from Irish director Gar O’Rourke debuts at CPH:DOX

‘Forever We Are Young’ review: Illuminating portrait of the superfans behind K-Pop phenomenon BTS

Grace Lee and Patty Ahn’s documentary focuses on the band’s dedicated ARMY fanbase

‘Animality’ review: Ai Weiwei explores our often shocking relationship with animals

The filmmaker’s unflinching work bows at CPH:DOX

‘Everest Dark’ review: A Sherpa’s last summit to bring back the dead

Doc follows a retired guide’s attempts to atone to the mountain goddess

‘Slanted’ review: SXSW winner is a teen body horror based on ethnicity

Amy Wang’s comedic debut won SXSW’s Narrative Grand Jury Prize

‘Snow White’ review: Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot fail to lift listless Disney remake

Marc Webb’s live action film is a cynical update of the 1937 animated classic

‘The Alto Knights’ review: Robert De Niro does double duty for Barry Levinson

The actor plays two real-life New York mobsters in this lacklustre gangster drama

‘Child Of Dust’ review: Doc follows Amerasian as he reunites with GI father

Half a century after the Vietnam War, Sang Ngo Thanh finds his dad - and moves to the US

‘Free Leonard Peltier’ review: A 50-year fight for freedom gains momentum

Peltier remains under house arrest as doc wins three awards at Thessaloniki

‘Hallow Road’ review: Babak Anvari drives dangerously with Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys

Close-quarters SXSW chiller is also a portrait of a marriage

‘Ash’ review: Flying Lotus sci-fi stars Aaron Paul and Eiza Gonzalez

The musician’s second feature is both visually and aurally distinctive

‘The Goals Of August’ review: Doc follows football tournament in a sleepy Greek village

The annual event unites the mountain villages of northern Greece

‘Ne Zha 2’ review: Energetic Chinese sequel is the highest grossing animated film of all time

Jiaozi’s box office hit is ”made for the big screen”

‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ review: Rousing follow-up to Oscar winner ‘My Octopus Teacher’

Pippa Ehrlich focuses on the rehabilitation of one South African Pangolin

‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story’ review: Minnelli in close-up

Bruce David Klein’s documentary features interviews and a wealth of archive footage

‘Holland’ review: Nicole Kidman is a desperate housewife in Mimi Cave’s suburban thriller

Matthew Macfadyen and Gael Garcia Bernal co-star in Prime mystery

‘Make It To Munich’ review: Rousing doc follows injured teen footballer getting back in the saddle

Inspiring comeback story closes Glasgow Film Festival

‘The Accountant 2’ review: Ben Affleck and returns with a wonkily winning formula

Gavin O’Connor follows up his 2016 action hit

‘Another Simple Favor’ review: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return for uninspired sequel

Paul Feig’s follow-up to his 2018 frenemy thriller opens SXSW

‘Death Of A Unicorn’ review: Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star in mythical monster movie

Alex Scharfman’s uneven debut also stars Richard E Grant and Will Poulter

‘Snow Leopard Sisters’ review: Indigenous conservationists fight for change in the high Himalayas

Nepal-set documentary bows at SXSW

‘Mr Burton’ review: Toby Jones stars in Richard Burton origins story

Drama explores the Welsh actor’s journey from the valleys to stardom

‘Monk In Pieces’ review: Kaleidoscopic portrait of US musician Meredith Monk

Documentary plays Thessaloniki following its Berlin premiere

‘Black Bag’ review: Fassbender, Blanchett spy up a storm for Steven Soderbergh

The American director turns his attention to British secret services

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