Six films to watch this week

Zendaya shines in ‘Challengers’, a sensual story of tennis and love; Liam Neeson is a weary hitman in ‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners’; ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ is a moving and meditative delight; Paola Cortellesi’s ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ cleverly channels Italian neorealism; LaKeith Stanfield is a false messiah in ‘The Book of Clarence’; Johnny Depp plays the king to Maïwenn’s mistress in ‘Jeanne du Barry’ — reviews by Danny Leigh and Jonathan Romney

Challengers film review — Zendaya breaks hearts and serves in giddily carnal tennis drama
Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist are rivals in love and on court in Luca Guadagnino’s smart, sensual nail-biter
In the Land of Saints and Sinners film review — Liam Neeson stars as a hitman seeking to escape violence
Ireland in the 1970s is the setting for Robert Lorenz’s neo-Western
That They May Face the Rising Sun film review — moving adaptation of John McGahern’s final novel
Irish director Pat Collins’s meditative film measures life’s disappointments against the enduring presence of nature
There’s Still Tomorrow film review — clever and entertaining movie about an abusive marriage
Paola Cortellesi channels Italian neorealist cinema in a film that pulls off some risky tricks
The Book of Clarence film review — raucous stoner comedy comes to biblical Jerusalem
LaKeith Stanfield stars in a false messiah farce that is not quite a second coming of ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’
Jeanne du Barry film review — Maïwenn stars and Johnny Depp murmurs in vague Versailles drama
Story of the courtesan and lover of Louis XV is heavily wigged and perfumed but the heroine remains an enigma