Six films to watch this week ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, ‘Collective’, ‘Lovers Rock’, ‘Billie’, ‘Mangrove’ and ‘Fireball’ — all reviewed by Danny Leigh Glenn Close and Amy Adams are miscast in the tin-eared Hillbilly ElegyRon Howard directs a botched adaptation of J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir of working-class America Collective — shocking account of a Romanian scandalAlexander Nanau’s documentary tells an astonishing story with great skill Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock beautifully evokes a night of ’80s partying The musically driven second film in the director’s Small Axe series focuses on a pair of revellers in west London Billie — a powerful documentary about the life of the singerJames Erskine’s film draws on unheard interview tapes Steve McQueen’s Mangrove — protests and fury in 1970s LondonThe film is the first of five feature-length portraits of the Windrush generation showing on BBC1 Fireball — Werner Herzog’s playful ode to crash-landed celestial bodiesThe director is our tour guide on a journey through time and space
