Giant – exploration of Roald Dahl and antisemitism that speaks to our times

Sophisticated play melds fact with fiction in its dramatisation of a scandalous moment in the author’s life

Hellboy: The Crooked Man review – sputtering mess even a metric ton of makeup can’t conceal

A boring nemesis in a top hat bops around cackling while a wan Hellboy is enlisted to save a local man’s sweetheart in this inexplicable successor

Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – the lessons of pain

The author of Cleanness considers the physicality of suffering through the experiences of a poet hospitalised during Covid

The Outrun review – Saoirse Ronan is mesmerising in sobering addiction drama

Heart-wrenching story adapted from Amy Liptrot’s memoir is as tough as its Orkney landscapes

Killer Heat review – overcooked Jo Nesbø adaptation is deathly dull

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley star in a very boring murder mystery streaming on Amazon

The Degenerates by Raeden Richardson review – ambitious debut pulses with life and language

A young woman grapples with the limits of storytelling and language to do justice to the lives of those on society’s fringes

1984 review – Keith Allen’s sadistic superior emanates controlled rage

Allen gives a capable performance in an arresting production that gives a chilling sense of state control – but the central romance fails to fizz

Taken As Red by Anushka Asthana review: the story behind Keir Starmer’s path to power

A richly sourced account of Tory dysfunction and Labour’s transformation into an election-winning machine

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez review – gothic horror with a twist

This Argentinian short story collection is at its best when it breaks from convention

Lucky Loser review – how Donald Trump squandered his wealth

A forensic accounting of the former president’s business empire reveals a reputation built on myth

A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry review – life’s rich pageant

The Buffalo Stance singer’s joyous memoir of growing up in a bohemian family between Sweden, New York and London

Money by David McWilliams review – the story of cold hard cash

An economist explains how money shaped civilisation from 18,000BC to the present day via King Midas and Darwin

Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans review – a deeply pleasurable postwar tale

This family saga set in a country house at the end of the second world war is a warm, funny exploration of domestic life and social change

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – his finest novel yet

Gay life in England across the decades, from the 1960s to the pandemic, is captured with glowing intensity through an actor’s memories

Dragonkeeper review – kids’ animation in which a girl must save China’s last fire breathers

This adaptation of Carole Wilkinson’s children’s fantasy novel is let down by fairly average animation, oddly bland characters and some ill-fitting Bill Nighy-ness