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The Last One for the Road: a leisurely Beckettian bender through northeastern Italy

The Italian director Francesco Sossai’s boozy road movie avoids grand epiphanies, instead painting a leisurely textured portrait of desolate spaces, and day to day living.

By Philip Concannon

The Last One for the Road: a leisurely Beckettian bender through northeastern Italy

Reviews

Shoot the People: Misan Harriman documentary questions the power and purpose of protest imagery

By Leila Latif

Shoot the People: Misan Harriman documentary questions the power and purpose of protest imagery

From the Sight and Sound archive

God’s lonely man: Amy Taubin on Taxi Driver

By Amy Taubin

God’s lonely man: Amy Taubin on Taxi Driver

Reviews

Supergirl: Milly Alcock carries this movie on her cape

By Kim Newman

Supergirl: Milly Alcock carries this movie on her cape

Reviews

The Furious: familiar revenge cinema gets an exuberant martial-arts workout

By David West

The Furious: familiar revenge cinema gets an exuberant martial-arts workout

From the Sight and Sound archive

Don’t try this at home: Jackass: The Movie reviewed in 2003

By Edward Lawrenson

Don’t try this at home: Jackass: The Movie reviewed in 2003

Black Film Bulletin

“I want to make films about my community”: Akinola Davies Jr

By Nadia Denton

“I want to make films about my community”: Akinola Davies Jr

Black Film Bulletin

Excavating legacies: Euzhan Palcy interviewed by June Givanni

By Abiba Coulibaly

Excavating legacies: Euzhan Palcy interviewed by June Givanni

Black Film Bulletin

The monster and the mirror: Black resistance humour in cinema

By Artel Great

The monster and the mirror: Black resistance humour in cinema

Reviews

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: a gloriously silly time-travel comedy about friendship and creative ambition

By Will Sloan

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: a gloriously silly time-travel comedy about friendship and creative ambition

Reviews

Toy Story 5: screen-time overtakes creative play in Pixar’s imaginative tear-jerker

By Leigh Singer

Toy Story 5: screen-time overtakes creative play in Pixar’s imaginative tear-jerker

From the Sight and Sound archive

Death becomes Visconti

By Michael Wood

Death becomes Visconti

Reviews

Dry Leaf: Alexandre Koberidze’s low-res road movie is a quietly political ode to the ordinary

By Joseph Fahim

Dry Leaf: Alexandre Koberidze’s low-res road movie is a quietly political ode to the ordinary

Festivals

Familiar Touch: a lovingly told coming-of-old-age film

By Ela Bittencourt

Familiar Touch: a lovingly told coming-of-old-age film

Reviews

Nino: a young man’s world is rocked by a cancer diagnosis in a poignant French New Wave-inspired drama

By Catherine Wheatley

Nino: a young man’s world is rocked by a cancer diagnosis in a poignant French New Wave-inspired drama

Reviews

A Private Life: Jodie Foster anchors this elegant but underpowered Parisian mystery

By Philip Concannon

A Private Life: Jodie Foster anchors this elegant but underpowered Parisian mystery

Reviews

Blue Heron: Grief is not a problem to be solved in Sophy Romvari’s bittersweet debut

By Ian Wang

Blue Heron: Grief is not a problem to be solved in Sophy Romvari’s bittersweet debut

Reviews

“The whole film is centred upon Hockney’s art”: A Bigger Splash reviewed in 1975

By Philip French

“The whole film is centred upon Hockney’s art”: A Bigger Splash reviewed in 1975

Reviews

Cactus Pears: a gentle exploration of queer identities in rural India

By Srikanth Srinivasan

Cactus Pears: a gentle exploration of queer identities in rural India

From the Sight and Sound archive

A close encounter with Steven Spielberg

By Richard Combs

A close encounter with Steven Spielberg

Reviews

Effi o Blaenau: a fierce portrait of resilience in north Wales

By Becca Voelcker

Effi o Blaenau: a fierce portrait of resilience in north Wales

News

Sight and Sound: the Summer 2026 issue

Festivals

The Dreamed Adventure: Valeska Grisebach’s haunting slow-burn western unearths dirty dealings in rural Bulgaria

By Savina Petkova

The Dreamed Adventure: Valeska Grisebach’s haunting slow-burn western unearths dirty dealings in rural Bulgaria

Reviews

Time and Water: Iceland’s vanishing glaciers haunt this moving climate essay

By Rachel Pronger

Time and Water: Iceland’s vanishing glaciers haunt this moving climate essay

Reviews

Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s tense alien conspiracy thriller is derailed by sentimental detours

By Kate Stables

Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s tense alien conspiracy thriller is derailed by sentimental detours

Festivals

Bitter Christmas: Pedro Almodóvar makes himself the butt of the joke in a slippery meta drama

By Jessica Kiang

Bitter Christmas: Pedro Almodóvar makes himself the butt of the joke in a slippery meta drama

Features

Reservoir Cops: Quentin Tarantino on The Rip

By Quentin Tarantino

Reservoir Cops: Quentin Tarantino on The Rip

Festivals

Minotaur: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s beautifully sinister Chabrol adaptation dissects Russian authoritarianism

By Jessica Kiang

Minotaur: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s beautifully sinister Chabrol adaptation dissects Russian authoritarianism

Features

The Marilyn moment: Monroe at 100

By Farran Smith Nehme

The Marilyn moment: Monroe at 100

From the Sight and Sound archive

A “lethally perfumed neo-noir”: David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr.

By Graham Fuller

A “lethally perfumed neo-noir”: David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr.