Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Review: Peak Potter
★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is Alfonso Cuarón's moody, inventive third chapter, the film that turned a family franchise into real cinema.
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★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is Alfonso Cuarón's moody, inventive third chapter, the film that turned a family franchise into real cinema.
★★★★☆
Hello, Love, Goodbye is Cathy Garcia-Sampana's Hong Kong romance about two Filipino migrant workers, lifted above formula by Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards.
★★★★½
Hero is Zhang Yimou's ravishing wuxia epic about a nameless warrior and the King of Qin, told in colour-coded versions that turn swordplay into visual poetry.
★★★★☆
His Three Daughters is Azazel Jacobs's intimate chamber drama in which Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne play sisters keeping vigil for their father.
★★★½☆
Hit Man is Richard Linklater's sly screwball comedy about a professor posing as a contract killer, a star vehicle for Glen Powell with a wobbly final act.
★★★★☆
Holy Cow is Louise Courvoisier's warm, earthy debut about a Jura teenager who tries to make prize-winning cheese after his father's death. It is funny and tender.
★★★★☆
House of Hummingbird is Kim Bora's patient coming-of-age drama about a 14-year-old girl in 1994 Seoul, observed with rare precision and tenderness.
★★½☆☆
Housefull is Sajid Khan's loud Hindi farce about a self-declared jinx and his tangled romances, with a strong cast working hard for too few real laughs.
★★★★★
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is Pat Boonnitipat's Thai family drama about a grandson chasing an inheritance, and a quietly devastating one.
★★★★☆
Howl's Moving Castle is Hayao Miyazaki's ravishing anti-war fantasy about a cursed young hatter and a vain wizard, gorgeous even when its plot comes loose.
★★★☆☆
Hunger is a sleek Thai kitchen drama about a young street-food cook drawn into Bangkok's elite catering world. Striking to look at, heavy-handed in its message.
★★★★½
I Saw the Devil is Kim Jee-woon's savage Korean revenge thriller, a brilliantly made duel between an agent and a serial killer that dares you to keep watching.
★★★★★
I'm Still Here is Walter Salles's true story of a Rio family torn apart by Brazil's dictatorship, a restrained masterpiece led by a superb Fernanda Torres.
★★★★☆
Imperfect is Ernest Prakasa's Indonesian comedy-drama about a young woman judged for her looks, a funny, heartfelt crowd-pleaser with a sincere message.
★★★★☆
Impetigore is Joko Anwar's Indonesian folk horror about a young woman who returns to her birth village to claim an inheritance, beautiful, cruel and gripping.
★★★½☆
Import/Export is Ulrich Seidl's harsh, fascinating drama of two workers crossing Europe in opposite directions, compassionate and punishing in equal measure.
★★★½☆
In the Heart of the Sea is Ron Howard's whaling epic about the Essex disaster that inspired Moby-Dick, thrilling at sea but shallow in its characters.
★★★½☆
In the Land of Brothers is a quiet, affecting drama about an Afghan refugee family trying to build a life in Iran over decades, restrained almost to a fault.
★★★★½
In the Mood for Love is Wong Kar-wai's exquisite 1960s Hong Kong romance of two neighbours drawn together by betrayal, and one of cinema's great love stories.
★★★½☆
In Time is Andrew Niccol's sci-fi thriller about a future where time is money, a terrific premise that settles for a slick, fairly ordinary chase movie.
★★★½☆
Incantation is Kevin Ko's Taiwanese found-footage horror about a mother, her daughter and a broken religious taboo, rough in places but genuinely unnerving.
★★★★½
Inception is Christopher Nolan's dream-heist blockbuster, an ingenious, spectacular puzzle that still sets the standard for smart summer entertainment.
★★★½☆
Inside a Funeral Hall is Lee Ho-hyun's small Korean ensemble drama about a family gathered for a funeral, a contained, wry look at grief, money and pretence.
★★★★½
Instructions Not Included is Eugenio Derbez's warm Mexican comedy-drama about a playboy who becomes an accidental father, broad, big-hearted and moving.