Nosferatu: The Real Story review – insightful probe into a vampire classic

Robin Bextor’s documentary about FW Murnau’s 1922 silent masterpiece makes some sharp points but leaves noticeable holes

Hold on to Your Butts review – Jurassic Park redone with DIY dinos

This recreation of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic is frenetic fun, with the dinosaurs brought to life using physical comedy – and traffic cones

Queer review – seedily terrific Daniel Craig carries Luca Guadagnino’s artificial-looking drama

The Call Me by Your Name director’s overlong William Burroughs adaptation boasts some fine performances, but any gritty realism feels totally manicured

The best children’s and YA books of 2024

From a boy on a snowy midnight adventure to a gothic family caper via a young offender inspired by poetry, our critics pick their favourite titles of the year

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead audiobook review – a dark chapter in America’s past

A pair of boys try to survive the horrors of a US reform school during the segregated 60s in this Pulitzer-winning novel

Eurotrash by Christian Kracht review – blackly comic autofiction

A writer takes his elderly mother on a road trip through the Swiss Alps in an attempt to break with his privileged family’s dysfunctional past

A Dream of White Horses by Paul Scraton review – images of exile

A photographer sets out to make a ‘personal geography’ of his native Germany in this poetic tale of loss and belonging

Myself and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell review – hidden gems

A collection of articles, talks, letters and unpublished writing fills important gaps in the great naturalist’s life story

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland review – Santa’s down the rabbit hole in charming animation

Voiced by Gerard Butler and Emilia Clarke, this is cosy-as-crumpets family fare, although padding out the book into an 80-minute film is a stretch

The Borrowers review – Arrietty and co’s awfully wordy adventure

With a cumbersome script and no sense of danger or atmosphere, this production loses its way

Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year by Alex James review – Blur reunited

The britpop bassist tears himself away from cheese just long enough to play with his old bandmates in this joyfully chaotic memoir

Well Done, Mummy Penguin review – Antarctic antics warm the heart

This is a sprightly adaptation of Chris Haughton’s popular book, adding circus skills, projections and BSL

Seven Deadly Sins by Guy Leschziner review – the biology of human frailty

A look at wrath, gluttony and the rest from a medical perspective offers valuable insights – but is disease a good guide to normal functioning?

Season of the Swamp by Yuri Herrera review – the birth of a revolutionary

This frustrating novella by a star of global fiction imagines the formative years of Mexico’s first Indigenous president, exiled to New Orleans in the 1850s