The Breakfast Club at 40: the teen movie blueprint for better or worse
John Hughes set the formula for many films and TV shows in his wake with his uneven 1985 high school-set comedy
Das Licht (The Light) review – mystical satirical romp channels German anxiety over refugees
Veteran director Tom Tykwer sends a magical Syrian cleaner into a bohemian yet unhappy family, bringing with her a flashing-light treatment for depression
Sidelined: The QB and Me review – hot cheerleader meets star quarterback movie is streaming-age bubblegum
Slickly made high-school movie is packed with slow-motion corridor walks and flawless cheer-squad routines – but it’s hard to get caught up in a plot with so few surprises
‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap
Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio
Heart Eyes review – junky Valentine’s slasher is hard to fall for
An awkward cross between insipid romantic comedy and schlocky sleepover horror fails on both counts
Love Hurts review – Everything Everywhere all over again
Ke Huy Quan’s first live-action film since his Oscar win recycles its predecessor’s hit formula into a gloatingly gory mob romcom co-starring Ariana DeBose
Kinda Pregnant review – Amy Schumer’s Netflix comedy is kinda disappointing
The comedian plays a woman pretending to be pregnant in a dated and mostly unfunny attempt to bring back the broad studio comedy
Shanghai Blues review – delirious screwball comedy from Hong Kong’s Spielberg
Tsui Hark’s classic tale of love and mistaken identity, with plentiful helpings of farce and wackiness, has been restored for its 40th anniversary
‘A thing of pure beauty’: why Pink Flamingos is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers choosing their favourite comfort movies is the charmingly filthy John Waters classic
You’re Cordially Invited review – Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell carry fun comedy
A pair of duelling weddings leads to war in this surprisingly funny, if a little overstuffed, Amazon comedy
Opus review – John Malkovich plays an evil pop star in a silly horror dud
The cult of celebrity is targeted in a progressively nonsensical and poorly made debut starring Ayo Edebiri
Detective Chinatown 1900 review – blockbusting Chinese franchise goes back in time
Prequel focuses on xenophobia in turn-of-the-century San Francisco with surprising wit and silliness
Before Sunrise review – Richard Linklater’s brief encounter defies romantic convention
Undistracted by smartphones in 1995, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy talk away one night in Vienna without resolution but with huge charm
Saturday Night review – unbearably self-indulgent sketch of an iconic comedy show
The story of the first episode of Saturday Night Live is an exhaustingly frantic, dull dramedy that even the show’s biggest superfan would struggle to watch
The Tasting review – French midlife romcom takes its leads guzzling fine wines
Easygoing tale has Hortense meet Jacques while buying a bottle at his shop, but the real star is the picturesque setting of Troyes