Venice Film Festival

The new film by Irish director Martin McDonagh stars John Malkovich as a 1970s agent wrestling with his conscience and in danger of spilling secrets. It's a spy yarn with real bite.

Danny Boyle's high-energy drama about Murdoch's early years in UK newspapers has opened at the Venice Film Festival – and its flattering portrayal of the man himself is causing debate.

At the Venice Film Festival, no film has been more talked about than Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab, which recounts the story of a six-year-old girl killed in Gaza.

The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow builds "excruciating tension" in a film about a nuclear missile headed for the US.

The wrestler-turned-Hollywood superstar gets vulnerable in this bruising indie drama about mixed martial arts fighting. He's "touching" and could well be nominated for awards.

Featuring a much-anticipated performance by Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, this new drama looks to explore how the Russian president came to power – and presents him as mild-mannered.

Saltburn star Jacob Elordi is unrecognisable as Frankenstein's creation in the new Netflix adaptation.