Smart dolls
In "Ex Machina," Alex Garland plays on artificial intelligence, hacking, porn, sex and paranoia.
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Yann Demange provides a powerful, at times surreal vision of Belfast at the height of The Troubles.
While We’re Young
Noah Baumbach hits some true notes in a New York comedy about generational confusion..
The old writer speaks
Frank Langella's rendition of an aging and vulnerable New York writer is acting of rare beauty.
Klieg lights
Kristen Wiig is extraordinary in a stunning black comedy about madness, media and money.
Red Army
This remarkable look at the Soviet hockey dynasty of the 1970s and 80s is also a passion play.
Slow West
New Zealander John MacLean constructs a brooding Western from a host of quirky parts.
Leviathan
Andrey Zvyagintsev's deeply moving account of a Russian life in tatters is high on fatalism.
American Sniper
American sniper Chris Kyle is portrayed as a simple and direct man, to Clint Eastwood's credit.
Time Lapse
Bradley King's supernatural thriller has a good idea but its characters soon find themselves boxed in.
Broken codes
"The Imitation Game," while rousing, does Alan Turing, and history, no favors.