Search Results for "cannes"

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2024

The impossible love affair of press and propaganda: three French journalists are invited to interview the leader of the Khmer Rouge, only to find out that their mission isn't feasible at all - in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

About Dry Grasses (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nataliia Serebriakova - 05-06-2024

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest cinematic marathon puts viewers right into the heart of Anatolian winter, facing a Chekhovian existential crisis - in cinemas Friday, July 26th [Read More...]

The Other Way Around (Volvereis)

Jonas Trueba

Nataliia Serebriakova - 03-06-2024

A Spanish couple decides to throw a divorce celebration party, and the preparations are well underway... from the Directors' Fortnight section of the Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Anywhere the Wind Blows

Jay Liu

Eoghan Lyng - 03-06-2024

Stylised and punchy short film packs a great deal into a compact runtime, equating sex with violence - from the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in Cannes [Read More...]

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad Rasoulof

Victor Fragas - 28-05-2024

At the height of the The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a civil servant gets promoted to role that will challenge his morals, and compromise the integrity of his family - Mohammad Rasoulof's heartstopping new drama premiered at the 77th edition of the Festival de Cannes, but sadly our editor's favourite failed to win the Palme d'Or [Read More...]

The Substance

Coralie Fargeat

Victor Fraga - 27-05-2024

Coralie Fargeat's deliciously bonkers body horror is a grotesque, groovy and hilarious riff on sexism, ageism, and the absurd beauty standards forced upon women - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]

All We Imagine As Light

Payal Kapadia

Tudor Giurgiu
Cristian Pascariu
Tudor D. Popescu

Joshua Polanski - 27-05-2024

Dirty gem from India bludgeons the beauty standards of both Bollywood and Hollywood, while refreshingly allowing women to find pleasure in sex - showing in the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Nasty: More Than Just Tennis

Eoghan Lyng - 26-05-2024

Biography of bullish Romanian tennis player Ilie Năstase looks back at his sport achievements as well as at his less praiseworthy "conquests" - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]

The Most Precious of Cargoes (La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises)

Michel Hazanavicius

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2024

Holocaust animation about a baby thrown out of a train window offers a slimmer of hope to audiences, in this unusual addition to the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Flow

Gints Zolbalodis

Eoghan Lyng - 25-05-2024

A boat full of cats, dogs and birds struggle to survive, in a world drowning under floods - Latvian animation premieres in the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Niki

Céline Sallette

Eoghan Lyng - 25-05-2024

From period blood to incest, Charlotte Le Bon packs a lot into her magnificent portrait of iconic French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle - live from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf)

Gilles Lellouche

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2024

A long prison stint separates two desperately infatuated young lovers, but time does not heal their wounds - very familiar love story is in the Official Competition of the 77th Festival de Cannes Cannes [Read More...]

September Says

Ariane Labed

Eoghan Lyng - 24-05-2024

In this stylistic but underwhelming adaptation of Daisy Johnson's Sisters, the truth comes flooding in after a family moves back to Ireland - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Story of Souleymane (L’Histoire de Souleymane)

Boris Lojkine

Eoghan Lyng - 24-05-2024

Asylum seeker does some deep soul-searching as he prepares for an immigration interview, in a gritty French drama dotted with little gestures of kindness - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Anora

Sean Baker

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2024

New York pole dancer marries the spoiled child of a Russian millionaire, in Sean Baker's high-octane class struggle comedy (a movie with a crucial touch of empathy, and many parallels with Tangerine) - Palme d'Or winner at the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Grand Tour

Miguel Gomes

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2024

Miguel Gomes's new film has the aesthetic ambitions and also some topical similarities with his masterpiece Taboo, yet the soporific travelogue of Asia slips into artistic banality - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Viet and Nam

Truong Minh Quý

Eoghan Lyng - 23-05-2024

In this spectral piece of slow cinema, two gay men reconcile their dirty and underground job with love - LGBT+ drama infused with positivity shows in the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]

Norah

Tawfik Alzaidi

Eoghan Lyng - 23-05-2024

Saudi woman risks her reputation and engagement in order to save an art piece, at at time female nationals operated at whim of their husbands and creative expression was seriously frowned upon - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Motel Destino

Karim Ainouz

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2024

Fugitive finds shelter inside one of Brazil's pervasive sex hotels, in Karim Ainouz's colourful but tepid psychosexual thriller - from the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Village Next to Paradise

Mo Harawe

Eoghan Lyng - 22-05-2024

A gravedigger, a seamstress and a child fight for their survival inside a ruthless society, in this achingly sorrowful and spellbinding drama from Somalia - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Dog on Trial (Le Proces du Chien)

Laetitia Dosch

Eoghan Lyng - 22-05-2024

PAWplexing in its resolve, Laetitia Dosch's biting new comedy about a woman fighting for the pooch's right to live stems from true events - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Marcello Mio

Christophe Honoré

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2024

Chiara Mastroianni in incorporates her late, famous father into her life (moustache, fedora hat et al) - in Christophe Honore's sweet but unremarkable piece of autofiction premieres in the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Parthenope

Paolo Sorrentino

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2024

Paolo Sorrentino's new drama is an ambitious tribute to his native Naples and to gorgeous nymphets: a pompous, verbose and superficial comment on "beauty" - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Kingdom (Le Royaume)

Julien Colonna

Eoghan Lyng - 21-05-2024

A teenager bonds with her father, but his criminal past catches up with them - uneven mobster flick from France shows premieres at the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Raoul Peck

Victor M Fraga - 21-05-2024

Raoul Peck retraces the footsteps of the "recorder of the Apartheid", first in his native South Africa and then in "soulless" New York - solemn and potent documentary premieres at the 77th edition of Cannes [Read More...]

Santosh

Sandhya Suri

Eoghan Lyng - 21-05-2024

Widow takes up her husband's job in the Indian police, becoming one of the few female faces in this hardened, testosterone-fuelled environment - live from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Shrouds

David Cronenberg

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2024

David Cronenberg revisits familiar themes such as body mutilation and morbid sexual attraction in his new sci-fi horror, a very personal movie with significant religious elements - from the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

My Sunshine

Hiroshi Okuyama

Eoghan Lyng - 20-05-2024

Hiroshi Okuyama fills audiences with joy, in a film about people skating, dancing and enjoying the little moments of life alongside like-minded strangers - live from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Limonov – The Ballad

Kirill Serebrennikov

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2024

Biopic of misanthropic Russian writer is dissonant with the self-righteous, futile and unpleasant subject portrayed; plus it barely feels Russian - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Black Dog (Gou Zhen)

Hu Guan

Eoghan Lyng - 20-05-2024

Returning to his home town, ex-convict Lang distrusts everyone he meets until he encounters an animal as lost as he is - cinemas on Friday, August 30th [Read More...]

Lula

Oliver Stone

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2024

Oliver Stone and Rob Wilson's biopic of "the most popular politician on Earth" traces the trajectory of the three-time Brazilian president as he overcomes personal and political obstacles of all sorts - live from Cannes [Read More...]

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Boku No Ohisama)

Rungano Nyoni

Eoghan Lyng - 19-05-2024

In this dazzlingly inventive African drama, three women are reunited under grief and love - Rungano Nyoni showcases her latest creation in the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

The Damned

Roberto Minervini

Eoghan Lyng - 19-05-2024

Curious and unexperienced soldiers traverse the Old West, in this slow American Civil War drama - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Caught by the Tides (Feng Liu Yi Dai)

Jia Zhangke

0224

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2024

Jia Zhangke's latest portrait of the China is profound, laborious and meditative, dotted with snippets of joy, and perhaps his most difficult film to date - from the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Emilia Perez

Jacques Audiard

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2024

Fiery trans gangster musical is fuelled by explosive Mexican soap opera devices; the outcome is guaranteed to blow you away - winner of the Jury and Best Actress prizes the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Something Old Something New Something Borrowed (Algo Viejo, Algo Nuevo, Algo Prestado)

Hernán Rosselli

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

The daughter of powerful sports betting lord investigates her father mysterious demise, in this at times inscrutable docufiction from Argentina - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Girl with the Needle (Pigen Med Nalen)

Magnus von Horn

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

A seamstress faces the terrifying consequences of becoming pregnant by her boss, while an underground adoption agent seeks to relocate babies - Danish fantasy horror with a shocking twist shows in the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Armand

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2024

A deeply scarred Renate Reinsve delivers an impressive performance, in this ambitious however meandering classroom drama - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Shameless

Konstantin Bojanov

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2024

In this bold queer drama from India, two sex workers must reconcile their love for one another with their personal faiths and circumstances - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Kinds of Kindness

Yorgos Lanthimos

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

Yorgos Lanthimos's eerie-silly display of altruism feels like a David Lynch film remade by Peter Greenaway - in cinemas on Friday, June 28th/ also showing in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]

Oh Canada

Paul Schrader

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

Not even Richard Gere, Jacob Elodi and Uma Thurman rescue Paul Schrader's unreliable memory drama from utter boredom - from the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival [Read More...]

Holy Cow (Vingt Dieux)

Louise Couvoisier

Eoghan Lyng - 17-05-2024

A bereaved son must make some hard-earned cash, and sees cheese as his answer - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Three Kilometres to the End of the World (Trei Kilometri Pana la Capatul Lumii)

Emanuel Parvu

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Solemn and austere drama explores the dark machinations of homophobia in rural Romania, with a familiar yet jarring story bursting with subtleties - in the Officil Competition of the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola

Eoghan Lyng - 17-05-2024

Legendary American director Francis Ford Coppola has compiled a story that works as well onscreen as it would as a literary text - from the Official Competition of the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Bird

Andrea Arnold

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Andrea Arnold's ultra-British blend of social realism and magical realism is uneven yet fascinating to watch - in the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

An Unfinished Film

Ye Lou

20924

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Foreign-produced Chinese docufiction follows the footsteps of a filmmaker as he attempts to revive an old project, only for Covid to put a spanner in his works again - live from Cannes [Read More...]

When the Light Breaks

Rúnar Runarsson

Eoghan Lyng - 16-05-2024

In his cinematic dissertation of grief, Rúnar Rúnarsson focuses his attention on two young women shedding tears for the same person each in their own way - humbling Icelandic drama shows at Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

George Miller

Eoghan Lyng - 16-05-2024

Pivoting the focus away from Max to Furiosa, George Miller presents a colourful, kaleidoscopic action spectacle - live from the 77th edition of Cannes; in cinemas on Friday, May 24th [Read More...]

Wild Diamond (Diamant Brut)

Agathe Riedinger

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2024

Nineteen-year-old "influencer" uses her cosmetically-enhanced body as a weapon for social ascension, in this palpable and visceral French drama - first-time feature is in the Official Competition at Cannes [Read More...]

Red Road

Andrea Arnold

2006

Eoghan Lyng - 15-05-2024

Andrea Arnold's debut holds up due to its depiction of intrusive surveillance, complete with a randy and vengeful woman behind the controls - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte)

Quentin Dupieux

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2024

Quentin Dupieux’s new creation succeeds as a high-octane exercise on metalanguage, yet it fails as a comedy - from the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Simon of the Mountain (Simón de la Montaña)

Luis Federico

John McDonald - 15-05-2024

Argentinean debut feature explores the severity of mental illness, deep diving into taboo relationships and questions of morality - live from Cannes [Read More...]

This Life of Mine (Ma Vie Ma Gueule)

Sophie Filliéres

Eoghan Lyng - 15-05-2024

A middle-aged woman questions her life through poetry and interactions with hospital inmates - French drama opens the Directors' Fortnight section of the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Ghost Trail (Les Fantomes)

Jonathan Millet

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2024

A Syrian refugee living in Germany travels to France in order to trace the footsteps of his former torturer, in this convoluted blend of mystery and drama - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Napoleon (Napoléon vu par Abel Gance)

Abel Gance

1927

Eoghan Lyng - 14-05-2024

A triumph of 1920s silent cinema, this newly restored cut of the dirty classic benefits from an orchestral score, but the strength lies in the complexity and ambition of the script - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Gloria!

Margherita Vicario

Victor Fraga - 21-02-2024

Five Italian women living in a Catholic institution join forces in order to confront the establishment, in this extremely cheesy and poorly acted musical - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Dahomey

Mati Diop

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2024

Mati Diop's new creation is a deeply poetic rumination on French colonialism; she once again uses the Atlantic Ocean as a dark and sombre watershed - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Occupied City

Steve McQueen

Ali Asgari
Alireza Khatami

Duda Leite - 07-02-2024

Steve McQueen’s monumental new doc takes its time mapping Amsterdam under Nazi occupation, and blending it with images captured during the Covid pandemic - on VoD on Monday, March 18th [Read More...]

Terrestrial Verses

Victor Fraga - 28-01-2024

Faceless oppressors mortify ordinary Iranians of both sexes and all walks of life - cunning tribute to individual and artistic freedom shows at the 53rd International Fillm Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

How to Have Sex

Molly Manning Walker

Victor Fraga - 27-01-2024

Party turns into soul-searching drama, in this authentic British tale of abrupt and crude teenage coming-of-age rituals - live from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Omen

Balohi

Duda Leite - 08-12-2023

Congo born and Belgium-based Baloji’s debut feature is packed with original ideas and robust visual concepts, in an dazzling ode to the struggles of the African diaspora - international co-production of six African and European nations shows at from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Mother of All Lies (Kadib Abyad)

Asmae ElMoudir

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2023

Moroccan filmmaker puts the finger in her own family wounds... and twists it (!!!) - eerie, sobering and inventive documentary shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Hopeless

Kim Chang-hoon

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2023

A young man suffering horrific domestic abuse slips into a life of crime in order to make ends meet - ultra-violent Korean drama shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

In Flames

Zarrar Kahn

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2023

Mother and daughter unite against the dark and oppressive forces of the patriarchy, in this feminist ghost story from Pakistan - in cinemas on Friday, May 24th [Read More...]

Sunday (Yakshanba)

Shokir Kholikov

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2023

An elderly couple of rural Uzbekistan are entirely satisfied with their humble existence, and struggle to accept the little signs of modern life imposed upon them - very slow and intimate drama premieres at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Inshallah A Boy

Amjad Al Rasheed

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2023

Jordanian widow feigns pregnancy in order to prevent her greedy brother-in-law from seizing her inheritance - spectacular social realist drama shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Wakhri (One of a Kind)

Iram Parveen Bilal

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2023

A school teacher becomes an instant social media celebrity after a fiery political video goes viral, with terrifying consequences - audacious Pakistani movie premieres at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Grace

Ilya Povolotsky

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2023

Moody, inscrutable road movie provides a fascinating peak into the ice-cold and barren landscape of Northern Russia, by the Barents Sea - from the 41s Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Rapture (Le Ravissement)

Iris Kaltenbäck

Victor Fraga - 27-11-2023

First-time French director crafts a nail-biting, suspenseful tale of unrequited love, stolen motherhood and female invidiousness - from the 41st Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Sweet East

Sean Price Williams

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2023

Teen embarks on a journey along the American Northeast, in this highly experimental, trippy and barely coherent movie about US stereotypes - from REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Goodbye Julia

Mohamed Kordofani

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2023

The fraught relationship between two women becomes a proxy for Sudan in the beginning of the century, a country on the verge of a break-up - clever, finely scripted drama shows at the REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere (Nuit obscure – Au Revoir Ici, n’Importe Où)

Sylvain George

Victor Fraga - 08-08-2023

Moroccan prepubescent teens fight for survival on the deserted streets of Spanish exclave Melilla, in this cold and distant Swiss-French documentary - from the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Tiger Stripes

Amanda Nell Eu

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2023

Completely bonkers, female-made Asian horror about schoolgirl slowly morphing into a tiger neither scares nor astounds viewers - in cinemas on Friday, May 17th. [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-05-2023

Italian director becomes increasingly recognised for her idiosyncratic style, now moving further away from poetic territory into quirky zone - on VoD on Monday, June 24th [Read More...]

Homecoming (Le Retour)

Catherine Corsini

Victor Fraga - 28-05-2023

Gingerly multilayered drama about loss and reconnection in Corsica boasts spectacular teenage performances - Catherine Corsini's wildly underrated drama premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival [Read More...]

Youth (Spring)

Wang Bing

Victor Fraga - 27-05-2023

Deep dive into the loud routine of a large group of Chinese textile workers, in this highly observational, non-narrative documentary - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Old Oak

Ken Loach

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2023

Ken Loach's portrayal of poverty, xenophobia and failed refugee integration in Northern England is authentic and captivating; he gets to the roots of racism without condoning it - in cinemas on Friday, September 29th [Read More...]

Last Summer (L’Été Dernier)

Catherine Breillat

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2023

#MeToo's number one enemy challenges the immorality of the patriarchy by putting an immoral female in a position of power, in an anti-erotic drama - Catherine Breillat's new creation is on VoD on Thursday, May 2nd [Read More...]

Perfect Days

Wim Wenders

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2023

Wim Wenders returns to what he does best with this observational and meditative drama about a toilet cleaner forging ahead his lonely routine in Tokyo - in cinemas on Friday, February 23rd [Read More...]

A Brighter Tomorrow (Il Sol dell’Avvenire)

Nanni Moretti

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2023

An ageing director struggles to finish his latest historical drama, in Nanni Moretti's earnest riff on dying film practices and political ideologies - from the 76th Cannes Film Festival [Read More...]

The Taste of Things/ aka The Pot-au-Feu (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant)

Tran Anh Hung

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2023

A cook and her boss savour an intense romance for more than 20 years, in this slow-cooked culinary drama from France/Belgium (featuring a delectable Juliette Binoche) - on various VoD platforms on Monday, May 27th [Read More...]

Asteroid City

Wes Anderson

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2023

Children and parents get together for a stargazing convention in the middle of the American desert, in Wes Anderson's banally idiosyncratic new movie - in cinemas on Friday, June 23rd [Read More...]

Kidnapped (Rapito)

Marco Bellochio

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2023

In mid-19th century Italy, a six-year-old Jew is forcibly converted into Catholicism - Marco Bellochio's insightful historical drama is on VoD on Monday, June 24th [Read More...]

Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet Lehdet)

Aki Kaurismäki

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2023

A romcom on benzodiazepines? Aki Kaurismäki's latest film is romantic, lethargic and delightful to watch - in cinemas on Friday, December 1st [Read More...]

May December

Todd Haynes

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2023

Overconfident in its dramatic and subversive abilities, Todd Haynes new film is but an average story of love outside the traditional American family - from the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ in cinemas on Friday, November 17th [Read More...]

Legua

Daniel Theophanous - 23-05-2023

Touching Portuguese drama with a documentary-feel reflects upon the attachment to rural roots, and inescapability of ageing and death - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Club Zero

Jessica Hausner

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2023

Teacher at an upper-class school convinces a small group students that they are better off without food at all, in Jessica Hausner's bizarre mockery of anti-capitalistic conspiracy - live from the 76th Cannes Film Festival [Read More...]

Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une Chute)

Justine Triet

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2023

Impressive courtroom drama starring a dazzling Sandra Hüller mercilessly dissects a complex female character, while also keeping audiences thoroughly immersed - on VoD on Tuesday, January 9th [Read More...]

Firebrand

Karim Ainouz

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2023

A cruel and obese Jude Law is the biggest highlight of this highly conventional period drama about Henry VIII and his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr - in cinemas on Friday, September 6th [Read More...]

The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2023

Officer in charge of Auschwitz attempts forge a normal existence with his wife and children, in the most human, palpable and - precisely for those reasons - affecting representation of Nazis that you will probably ever see; Jonathan Glazer's astounding new drama is in cinemas on Friday, February 2nd [Read More...]

Banel & Adama

Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2023

Young widow and a hesitant village leader confront a society strictly moulded by tradition, in this beautiful yet lethargic tale of love and tragedy - Senegalese film is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Black Flies

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2023

Paramedic drama starring and produced by Sean Penn attempts to make some profound social commentary but instead slips into gratuitous, gruesome ultraviolence - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas)

Kleber Mendonca Filho

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2023

Kleber Mendonca Filho intertwines the history of movie theatres in the Brazilian town of of Recife with his own personal life, in charming and clever documentary - from the 41st Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

Four Daughters (Les Filles d’Olfa)

Kaouther Ben Hania

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2023

Tunisian filmmaker recruits two actresses as stand-ins for two young women lost under very dramatic circumstances; the outcome is a hybrid documentary seamlessly blending family tragedy and politics - on VoD on Monday, April 8th [Read More...]

Strange Way of Life

Pedro Almodovar

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2023

Almodovar's timid incursion into cowboy territory (featuring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal) is sweaty, sultry, and soaked in blood, however barely remarkable - in cinemas across the UK on Monday, September 25th [Read More...]

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

James Mangold

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2023

The fifth and final instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise is a hearty feast of historical absurdities, cliches and self-references; it is easily digestible and thoroughly enjoyable - in cinemas across the nation on Wednesday. June 28th [Read More...]

Monster

Hirozaku Koreeda

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2023

Koreeda's new drama about a young boy grappling with manifold [Read More...]

Matria

Álvaro Gago

Victor Fraga - 24-02-2023

Social realist drama from Northwestern Spain depicts an energetic middle-aged mother on the verge of a mental breakdown - from the 73 Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wueste)

Margarethe von Trotta

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2023

Austrian poet releases herself from the shackles of marriage as she grapples with multiple loves - Margarethe von Trotta presents her gentle new biopic (starring Vicky Krieps) at the 73th Berlin International Film Festival (and then at Tallinn Black Nights) [Read More...]

Holy Spider

Ali Abbasi

Victor Fraga - 12-01-2023

An Iranian serial killer targets vulnerable, highly ostracised prostitutes, in a society with little sympathy for the [Read More...]

The Blue Caftan

Maryam Touzani

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2022

Spectacular Moroccan movie blends to perfection the topics of gay love and terminal disease - in cinemas on Friday, May 5th; also available on BFI Player [Read More...]

Metronom

Alexandru Belc

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2022

Phenomenal Romanian drama exposes the dirty tactics of youth oppression during the Communist era - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Harka

Lotfy Nathan

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2022

Young Tunisian man has to fend for himself and his two younger sisters, in a country that offers his generation very few opportunities - tantalising drama is in cinemas on Friday, May 5th [Read More...]

Hanging Gardens (Janain mualaqa)

Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji

Victor Fraga - 04-12-2022

Child garbage picker finds a friend and also a means of subsistence in a talking sex doll that he rescued from the Baghdad landfill - live from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

EO (IO)

Jerzy Skolimowski

Liván García-Duquesne - 16-11-2022

This poetic and strikingly beautiful return to form from Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski is also a deeply personal and desperate plea for animal rights - on VoD on Monday, April 24th [Read More...]

Triangle of Sadness

Ruben Östlund

Victor Fraga - 26-10-2022

Ruben Östlund's new absurdist comedy subverts gender, class and race power structures, while also mocking the futility of the superrich - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Wild Flowers (Girasoles Silvestres)

Jaimes Rosales

Victor Fraga - 17-09-2022

Single mother hops from partner to partner in an elusive search for affection and stability - easily digestible Spanish drama premieres at the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Pacifiction

Albert Serra

John Bleasdale - 19-08-2022

Albert Serra’s filthy genius new film flashes a neon light into the Conradian Heart of Darkness in French Polynesia - on various VoD platforms from Tuesday, June 27th [Read More...]

Fairytale (Skazka)

Alexander Sokurov

Redmond Bacon - 06-08-2022

Dictators collide in this legendary Russian director's late period animation, equal parts beguiling and compelling — live from Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

The Natural History of Destruction

Sergei Loznitsa

Redmond Bacon - 23-05-2022

This exhaustive archival documentary asks if the price of winning a war is ever worth the cost — live from Cannes Film Festival! [Read More...]

Sick of Myself

Kristoffer Borgli

Redmond Bacon - 23-05-2022

From the producers of The Worst Person in the World comes a superior Oslo-set tale, pushing narcissism to its limits - on BFI Player and also on Curzon Home Cinema on Monday, July 3rd [Read More...]

The Woodcutter Story

Mikko Myllylahti

Redmond Bacon - 21-05-2022

This typically Finnish tale ticks all the boxes of the national spirit, but failed to lift mine - from the 66th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Compartment No. 6

Juho Kuosmanen

Victoria Luxford - 29-03-2022

A nightmare train journey becomes a tale of human connection in this intriguing European co-production - on all major VoD platforms on Friday, May 6th [Read More...]

After Yang

Kogonada

2665

Ian Schultz - 25-01-2022

A couple scrambles to fix their android babysitter, to whom they have become strangely connected in more ways than one - enrapturing sci-fi tale starring Colin Farrell shows at Sundance [Read More...]

The Worst Person in the World (Verdens Verste Menneske)

Joachim Trier

Truls Rostrup - 03-01-2022

The conclusion to the loose Oslo trilogy is “a romantic comedy for people who do not like romantic comedies”, according to the filmmaker himself - on Mubi in March; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Cyrano

Joe Wright

Jafar Panahi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

John Bleasdale - 07-12-2021

Joe Wright’s Cyrano has all the luxurious panache of a box of very expensive chocolates - on VoD on Friday, May 27th [Read More...]

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

Justin Khoo - 01-12-2021

Anthology movie about the pandemic was created by seven magnificent filmmakers and exudes both joy and pain, while also inviting viewers to reflect about their own lives [Read More...]

Titane

Julia Ducournau

Charles Williams - 01-12-2021

Julia Ducournau weld herself into pole position of her own grimy body horror genre, with yet another arthouse, stomach-churning masterpiece - Cannes's big winner is out now on all major platforms [Read More...]

Dear Thomas (Lieber Thomas)

Andreas Kleinert

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2021

Biopic of East German writer and filmmaker Thomas Brach reveals a deeply subversive artist who finds comfort on neither side of the Wall - from the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Last Duel

Ridley Scott

Amhara Chamberlayne - 03-11-2021

Ridley Scott's new medieval drama about duelling French nobles is a discursive, meditative affair unlikely to blow you away - now available on most VoD platforms [Read More...]

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven

Dan Meier - 15-10-2021

Talk about a dirty movie; sex and violence abound in Paul Verhoeven’s lesbian nun odyssey, loosely based on a real-life story - on Mubi on Friday, July 1st [Read More...]

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson

Ian Schultz - 13-10-2021

Wes Anderson's star-studded anthology film is a complex and delightful ode to journalism, and it may require a few viewings in order to unpack all the references - on most VoD platforms on Monday, February 14th [Read More...]

Camila Comes Out Tonight (Camila Saldra Esta Noche)

Ines Barrionuevo

Victor Fraga - 19-09-2021

High school student embodies the quiet liberation of a country still grappling with the ties of a reactionary past - honest and profound Argentinean drama premieres at the San Sebastian Film Festival [Read More...]

Jane by Charlotte (Jane par Charlotte)

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri

Victor Fraga - 18-09-2021

Charlotte Gainsbourg gets behind the camera in order to capture her iconic mother in her most tender and yet lonely moments - from the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- 26-07-2021

The life of the young star of the Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice was not as enviable and beautiful as his character, reveals this heartbreaking documentary - on VoD on Friday, August 13th [Read More...]

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Shipei Wen

Justin Khoo - 12-07-2021

Exquisite Chinese tale of desperation starts off as an impossible urban romance before morphing into a thriller - Shipei Wen's debut premieres at Cannes [Read More...]

The Employer and the Employee (El Empleado y el Patrón)

Manuel Nieto

Manuel Nieto - 09-07-2021

Slow-burn social drama exhibits the lack of social mobility and subtle oppression mechanisms operating in rural Uruguay - from Cannes [Read More...]

Songs my Brothers Taught Me

Chloe Zhao

2016

Arun A. K. - 03-04-2021

While not in the same league as Nomadland, Chloe Zhao's debut holds its own merit and reflects the director's distinctive sensibility - on Mubi on Friday, April 9th [Read More...]

The Dawn (Zora)

Dalibor Matanić

Paul Risker - 29-11-2020

This Croatian dystopia set in a small village will haunt audiences long after its last image – from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Should the Wind Drop (Si le Vent Tombe)

Nora Martirosyan

Redmond Bacon - 14-11-2020

Timely Armenian drama set in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh uses a prospective airport as a metaphor for freedom — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Enfant Terrible

Oskar Roehler

Redmond Bacon - 14-11-2020

The life of Rainer Werner Fassbinder is given the Brechtian treatment in this Cannes-selected film - on BFI Player on Friday, April 2nd [Read More...]

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula

Yeon Sang-ho

Eoghan Lyng - 08-11-2020

Sequel of 2016 Korean zombie thriller offers frenetic and devilish fun to popcorn-loving moviegoers stuck at home - on Digital on Monday, November 23rd [Read More...]

Striding Into The Wind

Wei Shujun

Jack Hawkins - 16-10-2020

Chinese road movie about a cranky film student who sets off from Beijing to Inner Mongolia offers insight into the country's vastness, but is sorely lacking in excitement - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Another Round (Druk)

Thomas Vinterberg

Charles Williams - 21-09-2020

Stylish, raucous, and quintessentially Scandinavian drama demonstrates the cost of maintaining your buzz past closing time - on VoD on Friday, September 24th [Read More...]

Summer 85 (Été 85)

François Ozon

Charles Williams - 21-09-2020

François Ozon captures the spirit of 1985 in a tale of a doomed young romance that outshines the summer sun - in cinemas Friday, October 23rd. [Read More...]

La Haine

Mathieu Kassovitz

Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh

David Stewart - 01-09-2020

American writer David Stewart draws parallels between systemic police brutality in France and his home country, just as 4k 25th anniversary edition of the dirty classic hits cinemas (on Friday, September 11th) [Read More...]

Gagarine

David Stewart - 23-06-2020

Aspiring astronaut converts his council block into a spaceship in order to save it from impending demolition, in impressive French feature debut - on Mubi in January 2022; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Sweat

Magnus von Horn

David Stewart - 23-06-2020

In his second film, Swedish director Magnus von Horn presents a decadent, depraved and suspenseful look at celebrity and fandom - on VoD on Monday, August 23rd; on Mubi on Friday, September 17th [Read More...]

Days (Rizi)

Tsai Ming-liang

Victor Fraga - 29-02-2020

The king of slow cinema is back after a seven-year hiatus with a rare and valuable gem, with a duration of more than two hours - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

DAU. Natasha

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Victor Fraga - 26-02-2020

Canteen worker of a secret Soviet research institute wrestles (both literally and metaphorically) with her coworkers, in this highly claustrophobic, violent and sexually graphic Russian flick - live from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Eliza Hittman

Victor Fraga - 26-02-2020

Try walking in the shoes of this 17-year-old pregnant female from rural Pennsylvania who cannot rely on her family - Eliza Hittman's third feature film is on VoD on Wednesday, May 13th [Read More...]

The Woman Who Ran (Domnahchin Yeoja)

Hong Sang-soo

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2020

A young woman connects with friends in the outskirts of Seoul as she is a apart from her husband for the first time in five years, in Hong Sang-soo's latest casual drama - in cinemas and Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, December 11th; on Mubi on Sunday, December 20th [Read More...]

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)

Jacques Demy

1964

Patricia Cook - 01-12-2019

Jacques Demy's magnificent and extremely original musical returns to cinemas nearly six decades after its original release; our writer Patricia Cook compares her viewing experience in the 1960s with the present - out on Friday, December 6th [Read More...]

Fire Will Come (O Que Arde)

Oliver Laxe

Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts

Victor Fraga - 08-10-2019

Spanish film about pyromaniac released from jail offers a fascinating view into peasant life in the region of Galicia, as well as a breathtaking immersion into the power of fire - on VoD on Friday, April 6th [Read More...]

For Sama

Victor Fraga - 05-09-2019

Mother finds strength in her baby daughter in order to resist the oppressive Assad regime, in this punch-in-the-stomach war documentary - watch it now on VoD [Read More...]

7500

Patrick Vollrath

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2019

7500 breathes new life into the plane hijacking thriller by confining all the action in just the cockpit itself. This is one wild ride you won't forget! [Read More...]

Midnight Cowboy

John Schlesinger

1969

Jack Hawkins - 07-08-2019

Five decades after its original release, the New Hollywood trailblazer with kitchen sink flavours remains as powerful and evocative as ever - BFI re-edition is in cinemas Friday, September 13th [Read More...]

The Dead Don’t Die

Jim Jarmusch

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2019

Polar fracking throws the Earth off its axis, thereby reanimating the undead - Jim Jarmusch's wonderfully silly and star-studded zombie comedy is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu)

Celine Sciamma

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2019

Young female painter is commissioned to create the wedding portrait of Heloise without her realising it, in exquisite romance meditating on subtle male oppression - now available on MUBI [Read More...]

The Whistlers (La Gomera)

Corneliu Porumboiu

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2019

Criminals use ancestral whistling language from the Canary Islands in order to communicate with each other, in extremely jumbled up thriller set between Bucharest and Spain - on Netflix from December [Read More...]

The Traitor (Il Traditore)

Marco Bellochio

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2019

Biopic of Cosa Nostra's supergrass acts as the moral compass of a nation grappling with a sanguinary past - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]

It Must be Heaven

Elia Suleiman

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2019

Palestinian director asks fundamental questions about being a "stranger" abroad, in absurdist political comedy with echoes of Mr Bean - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

Once in Trubchevsk (Odnazhdy v Trubchevske)

Larisa Sadilova

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2019

Lovers mull whether to separate from their partners and start a new life, raising the ire of small Russian town - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Matthias and Maxime (Matthias et Maxime)

Xavier Dolan

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2019

Eighth feature by prodigy French Canadian filmmaker tells the story of two childhood friends who are asked to share a kiss for a student film, raising questions about their sexual preference - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Ice on Fire

Leila Conners

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2019

Doc produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio investigates novel ways of sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Parasite (Gi-sa-end-chung)

Bong Joon-ho

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2019

A family of charlatans takes up prestigious jobs with a mega-rich family, in Korean comedy-thriller about social climbers and failed capitalistic dreams - BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER is on VoD on Monday, June 1st [Read More...]

Frankie

Ira Sachs

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2019

Isabelle Huppert plays an ailing film star who travels to Portugal for a final family reunion before she dies, but the encounter is dogged by resentment, invidiousness, anger and despair - on VoD on Monday, September 20th [Read More...]

The Young Ahmed (Le Jeune Ahmed)

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2019

Young Muslim is lured into radicalisation, waging a solitary jihad against with his own bare hands - the latest film by the Dardenne brothers is on Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, August 7th [Read More...]

Nina Wu

Midi Z

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2019

Aspiring actress has to grapple with lewd and manipulative filmmaker, in cleverly multilayered psychological drama from China - on Mubi on Tuesday, July 13th [Read More...]

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao (A Vida Invisivel de Euridice Gusmao)

Karim Ainouz

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2019

The story of two Brazilian sisters separated by a twist of fate in a country infested with sexist attitudes is one of the finest Brazilian melodramas ever made - in cinemas on Friday, October 15th. [Read More...]

Pippa Bianco

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2019

Teen discovers a disturbing video which suggests that she may have been raped, in a film raising questions about consent under the influence of alcohol - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Lux Aeterna

Gaspar Noe

Helena Trestikova, Jakub Hejna

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2019

The enfant terrible of French cinema is back, this time with a tortuous and torturous featurette about the menacing (male) filmmaker and the vulnerable actress; featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg - on Arrow Films on June 3rd [Read More...]

Forman vs Forman

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2019

Documentary about the late Czech director investigates the life and work of a very subversive artist who challenged the Communist regime and found professional fulfilment in Hollywood - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Wild Goose Lake (Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hui)

Diao Yinan

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2019

Fugitive thriller set in a gloomy and despondent China excels in visual excellence and technical wizardry, yet its plot is tedious and banal - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)

Pedro Almodóvar

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2019

Pedro Almodóvar bares his soul in his most personal movie yet, about an ageing and ailing filmmaker searching for inspiration inside his own frail existence - now available on VoD (on Mubi in June/July) [Read More...]

Atlantics (Atlantique)

Mati Diop

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2019

Senegalese film by first-time director blends an exquisite photography with strange traditions and eerie superstitions - in cinemas on Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

Sorry We Missed You

Ken Loach

Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobé Mévellec

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2019

Sorry Britain failed you!!! A delivery man struggles to meet his inhumane targets, in Ken Loach's latest exposé of Britain's failed capitalism - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Swallows of Kabul (Les Hirondelles de Kaboul)

Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2019

French animation follows two young lovers in Taliban-occupied Kabul, portraying life under the oppressive regime in a colourful yet frank light - from Cannes and Annecy [Read More...]

Bacurau

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2019

Brazilian filmmakers deliver ultra-violent and wacky sci-fi ornated with historical allusions and spiced with political flavours - on Mubi on Friday, May 27th [Read More...]

Knife + Heart (Un Couteau dans le Couer)

Yann Gonzalez

Victor Fraga - 29-03-2019

Giallo-inspired and brazenly gay serial murder story from France features a magnetic Vanessa Paradis in the lead and an electrifying music score - in cinemas Friday, July 5th [Read More...]

Under the Silver Lake

David Robert Mitchell

Ben Flanagan - 10-03-2019

David Robert Mitchell's neo-noir is a surreal LA fantasy with a terrific Andrew Garfield and a problematic male gaze - now streaming on Mubi [Read More...]

Donbass

Sergei Loznitsa

Victor Fraga - 09-03-2019

War is ugly and absurd! Sergei Loznitsa's twisted and grotesque allegory of the ongoing War in Donbass has good moments but lacks the lyrical genius of his previous works - in cinemas on Friday, April 26th, and on VoD on Monday, April 29th [Read More...]

Ondog

Wang Quan'an

Victor Fraga - 08-02-2019

Mongolian film by veteran Chinese filmmaker is both a pleasant and audacious surprise, premiering at the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku)

Hirokazu Koreeda

Jeremy Clarke - 02-11-2018

Sleight of hand. A family of small time criminals takes a little girl into their care when her parents appear not to want her – Palme d'Or winner is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Burning (Beoning)

Lee Chang-dong

Ben Flanagan - 21-10-2018

Korean director borrows filmic devices from Hitchcock, crafting breathtaking sequences with rigorous handheld camerawork; Ben Flanagan describes it as "film of the year" - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Faces Places (Visages Villages)

Agnès Varda and JR

Victor Fraga - 06-09-2018

The shining facets of filmmaking! Two very subversive artists of different media (film and photography) and very distant generations join forces in order to create a lawless tribute to spontaneity and ephemerality - in cinemas Friday, September 21st [Read More...]

Under The Wire

Chris Martin

Redmond Bacon - 04-09-2018

Marie Colvin dedicated her life to extreme journalism for selfless reasons instead of career ambitions; now the "Wonder Woman" becomes the subject of a documentary that raises key questions about the role of the media in conflict zones - in cinemas Friday, September 7th. [Read More...]

Deva

Petra Szocs

Tiago Di Mauro - 03-09-2018

Strange fruit hanging from the Romanian tree! Poetess Petra Szocs transposes her words onto moving images in debut about albino teen in all-female orphanage - live from Venice (and you can watch it at home, too!) [Read More...]

Dog Days

Ken Marino

Fabio Grassadonia/ Antonio Piazza

Victor Fraga - 07-08-2018

Unabashedly glee and optimistic film about man's best friend is also dogged with clichés and empty platitudes - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Sicilian Ghost Story

Victor Fraga - 28-07-2018

Teen fantasy drama based on a real-life event is moving enough, but it also overdoes the ethereal tropes, and the outcome is sometimes a little contrived - in cinemas Friday, August 3rd, and on VoD the following Monday, August 6th [Read More...]

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

Richard Lanni

Victor Fraga - 27-07-2018

Story of most decorated WW1 dog gets translated into child-friendly animation, with abundant military and nationalistic celebration - in cinemas Friday, August 10th [Read More...]

In The Fade (Aus dem Nichts)

Fatih Akin

Victor Fraga - 20-06-2018

German thriller starring an electrifying Diane Kruger blends an explosive mixture of neo-Nazi terrorism, pan-European fundamentalism and court drama - on Mubi on Friday, May 21st [Read More...]

A Ciambra

Jonas Carpignano

Alasdair Bayman - 12-06-2018

Coming-of-age mafia thriller was exec produced by Martin Scorsese and has elements of Italian Neorealism, but it ultimately fails to hit audiences very hard in the face - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Terry Gilliam

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2018

Terry Gilliam's intended magnum opus is a cauldron of self-references with a few good moments, but also a little hackneyed and unintelligible - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Yomeddine

Abu Bakr Shawky

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2018

Egyptian comedy about leper seeking his father juggles lighthearted humour with very profound sense of humanity - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Agaci)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2018

Palme d'Or winning Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns with a profound meditation on family and the role of the artist with almost 200 minutes of duration - in cinemas Friday, November 30th, and then on VoD Monday, December 3rd; on BFI Player on Monday, April 6th [Read More...]

My Little One (Ayka)

Sergey Dvortsevoy

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2018

Kazakh-Russian movie about illegal immigrant in Moscow deals with failed motherhood, lack of humanity and the collapse of the relations between Russia and its former friends - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Capharnaüm (aka Capernaum)

Nadine Labaki

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2018

Lebanese film about child who has committed a horrific crime and blames his parents for procreating deals with a vast array of socio-political issues - in cinemas Friday, February 22nd. [Read More...]

Dogman

Matteo Garrone

Joao Salaviza/ Renee Nader Messora

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2018

Who's the real animal? Italian film is a spectacular tale of revenge and a catharsis of bestial impulses, as a dog groomer exacts revenge on a friend with his very own hands - on Mubi on Sunday, June 12th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

The Dead and the Others (Chuva e Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos)

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2018

Docufiction about the Kraho indigenous people of Brazil has its heart at the right place and is of great ethnographic relevance, despite a few shortcomings - on Mubi [Read More...]

Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Di Qiu Zui Hou De Ye Wan)

Bi Gan

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2018

Take a 3D journey into the nostalgic memories of a lonely Chinese man, in a film that excels in technical wizardly and has flavours of Tarkosvky - now availabel on VoD! [Read More...]

At War (En Guerre)

Stéphane Brizé

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2018

French director returns to the topic of labour rights, and how globalisation is crushing blue collar workers in France, in another electric documentary-like fiction starring Vincent Lindon - streaming now with DMovies [Read More...]

The House That Jack Built

Lars von Trier

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2018

The controversial Danish director delivers his most violent and sadistic film to date, about a prolific serial killer and his perceived sense of superiority - on Mubi on Sunday, June 24th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

BlacKkKlansman

Spike Lee

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2018

The iconic American director returns with a magnetic police thriller retelling the story of a black officer who worked undercover in order to infiltrate the KKK in the late 1970s, successfully tying it with Trump's racist rhetoric - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Asako I & II (Nemeto Sametemo)

Ruysuke Hamaguchi

Victor Fraga - 14-05-2018

Japanese romance is lame and tedious in almost every conceivable aspect; a thespian feline is probably the best thing about it - on Mubi on Saturday, February 12th [Read More...]

Girl

Lukhas Dhont

Tiago Di Mauro - 14-05-2018

Forget transphobia and the world outside; the biggest struggle for many trans people is inside their own body - outstanding teen drama is a delightful surprise out in cinemas Friday, March 15th, and also at BFI Flare; on VoD Sunday, March 31st [Read More...]

Pope Francis – A Man of His Word

Wim Wenders

Victor Fraga - 13-05-2018

Despite being doused in saccharine and carefully crafted to elicit tears from audiences, Wim Wenders's latest doc carries urgent messages of tolerance and solidarity - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice)

Alice Rohrwacher

Victor Fraga - 13-05-2018

Superb Italian drama with strong religious connotations meditates on compassion, trust and selflessness - now available on Google Play, Netflix and other platforms on July 31st [Read More...]

Girls of the Sun (Les Filles du Soleil)

Eva Hussan

Victor Fraga - 12-05-2018

Kurdish women take arms and fight for survival and against a life as sex slaves, in an epic and moving film but also not without flaws - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Angel (El Ángel)

Luis Ortega

Victor Fraga - 12-05-2018

Argentinian film produced by the Almodovar brothers about prolific and sexually "deviant" serial killer excels in originality; it's literally a film to die for - now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Ash is Purest White (Jiang Hu Er Nv)

Jia Zhangke

Victor Fraga - 11-05-2018

Chinese director's most expensive film to date retains the auteur's distinctive streak and is mostly effective, albeit hardly innovative - in cinemas Friday, April 26th, and then on VoD on Monday, April 29th [Read More...]

The Image Book (Le Livre d’Image]

Jean-Luc Godard

Victor Fraga - 11-05-2018

The enfant terrible of French cinema stuns audiences (or not) with a filthy masterpiece you will probably never watch - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Sextape (À Genoux Les Gars)

Antoine Desrosières

Victor Fraga - 10-05-2018

French teen movie about revenge porn starts off well, but then slips into mannerism and, far more seriously, becomes complacent with a type of behaviour that should never be tolerated - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Sorry Angel (Plaire, Aimer et Courir Vite)

Christophe Honoré

Victor Fraga - 10-05-2018

French director's latest LGBT drama is profoundly personal and not without touching moments, but it's also idiosyncratic and riddled with references and namedropping - in cinemas Friday, March 22nd, and then on VoD on Sunday, March 31st [Read More...]

Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben)

Asghar Fahradi

Victor Fraga - 09-05-2018

Iranian director's first endeavour abroad featuring a top-drawer cast fails to glue together and to add anything new to helmer's rich filmography - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Third Murder

Hirokazu Koreeda

Alasdair Bayman - 20-03-2018

The dirtiest voice of Japanese cinema delivers a very personal noir thriller interweaving profound human emotions - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Eldorado

Markus Imhoof

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2018

Where is the land of milk and honey? Swiss documentarist combines his own personal history with the predicament of African refugees crossing the Mediterranean, reminding Europe that fleeing poverty and persecution is no modern phenomenon - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Lover for a Day (L’Amant d’un Jour)

Philippe Garrel

Camila Pitanga/ Beto Brant

Alasdair Bayman - 18-01-2018

L'amour goes black and white: Philippe Garrel's latest drama is a monochrome piece of artistry about two women of the same age and the nature of love - now on MUBI [Read More...]

Pitanga

Victor Fraga - 25-10-2017

My heart belongs to daddy: Brazilian doc will take you on a fascinating journey through the country's history and the history of cinema, and it's also an ode fatherhood - showing on November 13th and 14th only [Read More...]

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Yorgos Lanthimos

Maysa Monção - 12-10-2017

Whining and wailing are futile! The Greek director of Dogtooth and The Lobster returns with an unforgiving tale of sacrifice, with his usual absurdist streak - finally in cinemas! [Read More...]

120 BPM (120 Battements par Minute)

Robin Campillo

Victor Fraga - 09-10-2017

Because the heart never stops beating: French movie is an energetic and yet painful reminder of the Aids crisis of the 1980s/1990s and the activism that it triggered - now finally available on Netflix [Read More...]

Hunting Season (Temporada de Caza)

Natalia Garagiola

Tiago Di Mauro - 10-09-2017

Like father like son, in South American way: female filmmaker penetrates the masculine world of two men related by blood and yet alien to their similarities, all against the backdrop of the cold and lovely Patagonia - live from Venice. [Read More...]

Invisible

Pablo Giorgelli

Tiago Di Mauro - 05-09-2017

Pablo Giorgelli's second film about the tough choices that a young, unwed and loveless mother-to-be in Argentina has to make - live from Venice [Read More...]

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L’Albero degli Zoccoli)

Ermanno Olmi

1978

Lucas Pistilli - 05-07-2017

Try walking in my shoes: Italian classic set just before the turn of the 20th century is a harsh reminder that social mobility is an affront to the elites, and that those too busy surviving hardly have the time for political engagement - out in cinemas this week [Read More...]

The Summit (La Cordillera)

Santiago Mitre

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2017

Into the heart of politics: this Argentinean fiction about a summit for Latin American presidents blends geopolitics with a very personal breakdown - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya)

Sergei Loznitsa

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2017

Russia has no time for kindness and solidarity, in this hellish portrayal of a woman in search of her incarcerated husband - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

The Double Lover (L’Amant Double)

François Ozon

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2017

François Ozon's latest movie is a breathtaking sexual and psychological thriller in no way inferior to Swimming Pool, with an unbelievable twist at the end - out on Mubi on Sunday, February 13th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Demons in Paradise

Jude Ratnam

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2017

The Brits are the devil: how the legacy of shortsighted British imperialism led an extremely violent and continuous civil war in Sri Lanka - doc live from Cannes [Read More...]

Rodin

Jacques Doillon

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2017

Biopic of the French sculptor Auguster Rodin lacks movement, energy and vigour - unlike the vibrant pieces by the artist - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Happy End

Michael Haneke

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2017

Michael Haneke's eagerly anticipated Happy End deconstructs a French bourgeois family living in Calais, in all of their profound hopelessness and despondency; but the director uses old and somewhat trite devices - in cinemas [Read More...]

Jeune Femme

Léonor Serraile

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2017

There's a young woman living inside each one of us, and sometimes she goes a little crazy. And that's ok! Effective drama by debutante French filmmaker is on Mubi in June/July [Read More...]

Golden Years (Nos Anées Folles)

André Techiné

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

André Techiné celebrates 50 years of filmmaking with a five-star and five-splat film, impeccable in style and profoundly subversive in its subject - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Day After (Geu-Hu)

Hong Sang-soo

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

Korean director Hong Sang-soo has taught our editor Victor Fraga to be patient when looking at cinema; sometimes you have to open your heart before a story penetrates your soul - from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]

The Villainess (Ak-Nyeo)

Jung Byung-Gil

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

Punch! Kick! Twist his arm! Slash that throat! This extremely violent Korean thriller tries it very hard, but it's not going to hit you in the face [Read More...]

Claire’s Camera (Keul-Le-Eo-Ui Ka-Me-La)

Hong Sangsoo