Film
Miles Ahead
Don Cheadle and Ewan McGregor excel in this energetic look at the life of a peerless jazz legend, writes Robert Gallacher
The care taker
Robert Gallacher on the beauty of Audiard’s timely human drama
If not now
Lilly Markaki chooses ten films which inspire viewers to take action
Lost picture show
An ambitious project to refashion abandoned film from the 1950s is totally beguiling, writes Alistair Braidwood
Natural disaster
Peter Greenaway’s story about a venerated Soviet director is visually pleasing but hilariously bad, writes David Melville
Time out
Richard Gere’s drama about homelessness makes compelling viewing, writes Robert Gallacher
Natural woman
A new documentary about Janis Joplin unearths the fragile character with a mesmerising vocal talent, writes Alistair Braidwood
Down the rabbit hole
Happy Birthday to Fantasia which first graced cinema screens in 1940. Nathanael Smith on a genuinely bravura classic
The Gift
Isao Takahata’s stunning fable The Tale of Princess Kaguya is unlike any other major studio animation, writes Nathanael Smith
World turned upside down
The story of an unconventional primary teacher’s multi-dimensional peace game challenges assumptions about human capacity for co-operation, writes Patrick Small