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Theatre of Thought

Werner Herzog
2023

Victor Fraga - 12-06-2023

Werner Herzog leads an incursion into the human brain, in his latest journalistic investigation - live from the Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Charcoal (Carvão)

Carolina Marcowicz
2023

Victor Fraga - 12-06-2023

Brazilian thriller about rural famiy tasked with harbouring a drug lord blends the sinister with the absurd to pitch-perfect results - live from the Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

To Nowhere

Sian Astor-Lewis
2023

- 06-06-2023

In this frank but fair account about queer love and teenage rebellion, director Sian Astor-Lewis offers a strangely piercing fable about alcoholism in a desolate part of London - in cinemas on Friday, June 30th [Read More...]

La Chimera

Alice Rohrwacher
2023

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...]

The Other Fellow

Matthew Bauer
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 28-05-2023

Imagine sharing your name with a fictional character? Meet the real-life James Bonds, in this very peculiar documentary - on ITVX on January 4th (also available on other streaming services) [Read More...]

Homecoming (Le Retour)

Catherine Corsini
2023

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
2023

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 IndieLisboa [Read More...]

The Old Oak

Ken Loach
2023

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
2023

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...]

Reality

Tina Satter
2023

Gaelle Biguenet - 26-05-2023

Piercing, tense and unexpectedly funny docufiction starring Sydney Sweeney portrays controversial whistleblower who leaked US government information to the media in 2017 - on BFI Player on Monday, July 3rd [Read More...]

Perfect Days

Wim Wenders
2023

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
2023

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
2023

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
2023

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
2023

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...]

Inland

Fridtjof Ryder
2023

Isy Santini - 23-05-2023

British horror folk about a young man released from a psychiatric institution blends hyperrealism with surreal symbolism - view it for free in December with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Master Gardener

Paul Schrader
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 23-05-2023

A gardener with a murky past is offered a second chance in life when he agrees to mentor a distant relative of his boss - Paul Schrader's new film is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, July 3rd [Read More...]

The unlikely connection between Rounders and a celebrated comedian

 

Justine Levy - 23-05-2023

Our reader Justine Levy argues that one of the dirtiest poker movies ever is strangely and intimately linked to a famous comedian - can you guess who it is? [Read More...]

Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet Lehdet)

Aki Kaurismäki
2023

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
2023

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

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra
2023

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
2023

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 - from the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une Chute)

Justine Triet
2023

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
2023

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
2023

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...]

The Brown Bunny at 20: up yours, Roger Ebert!

 

Daniel L. Mattock - 21-05-2023

With the 76th Cannes Film Festival at full throttle, it's time to reflect on the indie gem that the biggest film critic of all time compared to a colonoscopy, and which barely survived its red carpet premiere exactly two decades ago [Read More...]

Banel & Adama

Ramata-Toulaye Sy
2023

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
2023

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
2023

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
2023

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 all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Strange Way of Life

Pedro Almodovar
2023

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
2023

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...]

Is Jerry & Marge Go Large just too true to life?

 

Mariano Garcia - 18-05-2023

Our writer Mariano Garcia questions whether David Frankel's film from last year goes one too step too far in its representation of "reality", and ultimately suffers from being too true-to-life [Read More...]

Monster

Hirozaku Koreeda
2023

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2023

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

Beau is Afraid

Ari Aster
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 18-05-2023

The director of Hereditary and Midsommar returns with an equally repulsive and mesmerising horror, starring a terrifyingly unhinged Joaquin Phoenix - in cinemas on Friday, May 19th [Read More...]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

James Gunn
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 16-05-2023

In what is said to be the last entry in the trilogy, The Guardians of The Galaxy chase off extra-terrestrials in the hope of finding some closure. Which they they don't! In cinemas Wednesday, May 3rd [Read More...]

The Eight Mountains (Le Otto Montagne)

Felix Van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
2023

John McDonald - 16-05-2023

Dubbed the [Read More...]

Top 3 dirty movies waiting for a sequel!

 

Pedro Lynn - 09-05-2023

Our reader Pedro Lynn picks three dirty movies, all from this century, that are just aching to have a sequel remade in the near future. How many have you seen? [Read More...]

From screen to page: the perfect essay-writing films

 

Mariano Garcia - 03-05-2023

From Pulp Fiction to Parasite: our writer Mariano Garcia lists the dirty movies that make your essay-writing experience smooth and exciting! [Read More...]

Conversations with Bruce LaBruce at the coalface in Antwerp

 

Victor Fraga - 03-05-2023

Bruce LaBruce travels to Antwerp, and gets behind the camera for the latest edition of Doesn't Exist; he discusses pornography, the 1970s, Catherine Breillat, the #MeToo and the LGB movements, Netflix, and the illegitimate son of Fidel Castro! [Read More...]

The 10 Bruce LaBruce films that don’t exist

 

Eoghan Lyng - 02-05-2023

Eoghan Lyng has imagined 10 dirty movies that Bruce LaBruce never made, in a surprising list that delighted the Canadian director himself - in partnership with Doesn't Exist Magazine [Read More...]

Love According to Dalva

Emmanuelle Nicot
2023

Louis Roberts - 30-04-2023

Raw study of girl sexually abused and still infatuated by her father boasts spectacular performances, and never lapses into cliches - on VoD on Monday, September 11th [Read More...]

Young Soul Rebels

Isaac Julien
1991

Daniel Theophanous - 30-04-2023

More than three decades after its original release, Julien Isaac's dirty classic remains just as fresh and exciting in its portrayal of black queer Britain - in cinemas Friday, April 28th [Read More...]

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

David F. Sandberg
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 10-04-2023

The newest film in the ever expanding DC Comics canon is banal and boringly predictable; it's all whizz, action and panache, and little beyond - in cinemas Friday, March 17th [Read More...]

Is 65 the new Jurassic Park?

 

Marina Hillquist - 28-03-2023

Marina Hillquist argues that the American sci-fi action thriller by the creators of A Quiet Place had the potential to unseat the monopoly of the Jurassic Park franchise, but it struggled to escape some familiar trappings [Read More...]

Riotsville USA

Sierra Pettengill
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 28-03-2023

American documentary conducts a probing investigation into one of the USA's most shameful moments in history, the Vietnam War, offering few answers but many damning insights - in cinemas on Friday, March 31st; on all major VoD platforms the following week [Read More...]

Reclaiming Vincente Minnelli’s overlooked gem

 

Isy Santini - 25-03-2023

Not quite what it seems: Isy Santini takes a dirty look at Vincente Minnelli's Brigadoon and argues that the film - which most thought to be a musical - was in reality a horror piece! [Read More...]

In the Middle

Greg Cruttwell
2023

John McDonald - 25-03-2023

Quirky football referee documentary might just give you a new outlook the next time you step out onto the pitch - in cinemas Friday, March 31st [Read More...]

Eismayer

David Wagner
2023

John McDonald - 25-03-2023

Award-winning Austrian drama investigates the pain of being deeply closeted, while also highlighting the joy of being openly gay in the military - powerful, uplifting, and incredibly heart-warming film shows at WatchAUT: Austrian Film Festival [Read More...]

I am the Tigress

Philipp Fussenegger, Dino Osmanoviç
2023

John McDonald - 17-03-2023

The life and career of Tischa ‘The Tigress’ Thomas during the last year of her chosen occupation as an African American female bodybuilder is the subject of doc challenging normative femininity - from WatchAUT: the Austrian Film Festival [Read More...]

Vera

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
2023

Lobo Pasolini - 16-03-2023

Vera Gemma plays a version of herself, in his hybrid docudrama about famous parents and pointless existences (also featuring Asia Argento) - from WatchAUT 2023: Austrian Film Festival [Read More...]

Wolf and Dog (Lobo e Cao)

Claudia Varejao
2023

Lobo Pasolini - 15-03-2023

Kaleidoscopic and poetic drama pays tribute to queer life on a remote Portuguese island - from BFI Flare, which takes place between March 15th and 26th [Read More...]

Infinity Pool

Brandon Cronenberg
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 15-03-2023

A couple barricades themselves in a plush Eastern European resort, before being ambushed by a sex-crazed and maniacal nymph - Brandon Cronenberg's horrific new creation is in cinemas on Friday, March 24th [Read More...]

The Middle Man

Bent Hamer
2023

Victor Fraga - 08-03-2023

A young man is hired in order to convey tragic news to the next of kin of those afflicted by death and disasters - American blend of deadpan comedy and drama is in cinemas on Friday, March 10th [Read More...]

Bruce LaBruce inside Pasolini: transgressive filmmaker is in London this April

 

DMovies' team - 06-03-2023

Canadian provocateur travels to London this April for a string of events at the BFI, the Rich Mix, and a sexually explicit film/exhibition inspired by Pasolini's Theorem at arts organisation a/political - in partnership with DMovies and Doesn't Exist [Read More...]

The dirtiest film of all time: Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Hello Cinema

 

Victor Fraga - 06-03-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga selects his dirtiest film of all time: this explosive cocktail of cinematic truth and lies made in Iran during the centenary of cinema inspired him to study film and to become a filmmaker [Read More...]

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Pierre Földes
2023

Laney Gibbons - 06-03-2023

Pierre Földes's distinctive animation is bursting with complex characters, peculiar animals and abundant beauty - in cinemas on Friday, March 31st [Read More...]

I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)

Kelley Kali
2023

John McDonald - 02-03-2023

Recently-widowed, homeless mother convinces her daughter that the tent into which they are forced to move is in reality a [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest sequels ever made!

 

Eoghan Lyng - 01-03-2023

Eoghan Lyng selects the most thought-provoking, twisted and dirtylicious film sequels ever made; the list is dedicated to championing the younger, mightier siblings that Hollywood has often overlooked [Read More...]

Bread and Salt (Chleb i Sól)

Damian Kocur
2023

Chris Simpson - 28-02-2023

An economical drama exploring roots and racism is the Opening Gala film for the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2023, on Thursday March 9th [Read More...]

The top 10 misogynistic films of all time!

 

Isy Santini - 28-02-2023

From loving rape victims to "ugly" women with rotten teeth and monstrous villainesses with stiletto-shaped feet: Isy Santini picks 10 films from throughout the history of cinema that are beyond insulting to women! [Read More...]

Our lowdown on the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival

 

Victor Fraga - 27-02-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended his 11th Berlinale, reviewed 20 films exclusively for you, and now comments on the big award winners [Read More...]

Our top 5 dirty stunts ever

 

Marina Hillquist - 27-02-2023

Our reader Marina Hillquist chooses five film scenes that instills viewers with awe and inspiration, in a list that will make your heart beat a lot faster! [Read More...]

My top 5 dirty LGBTQ+ films of all time

 

Mariano Garcia - 27-02-2023

Our reader Mariano Garcia picks the most thought-provoking, intriguing and downright filthy queer movies, the ones that have helped to change his life! [Read More...]

Nuclear Nomads (Nomades du Nucléaire)

Kilian Armando Friedrich, Tizian Stromp Zargari
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2023

Two German filmmakers quietly register the insalubrious lives of power plant inspectors in France, in this gently disturbing documentary - view it for free in December with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

And, Towards Happy Alleys

Sreemoyee Singh
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2023

Female Indian filmmaker questions how a country as oppressive as Iran (particularly towards women) has created such achingly beautiful cinema - from the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Plough (Le Grand Chariot)

Philippe Garrel
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2023

Philippe Garrel casts his three scions in this delicate yet uninspiring movie about family connections and dying puppeteering traditions - from the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Till the End of the Night (Bis and Ende der Nacht)

Christoph Hochhäusler
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2023

Queer gangster drama intended as some sort of Neo-noir (with a femme fatale et al) collapses under the weight of its own blonde ambition - German potboiler closes the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Matria

Álvaro Gago
2023

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...]

On the Adamant (Sur l’Adamant)

Nicolas Philibert
2023

Victor Fraga - 24-02-2023

Non-narrative documentary registers the routine of a psychiatric institution that actively encourages its patients to exercise their creative skills - Golden Bear winner is on VoD on Monday, February 5th [Read More...]

Art College 1994

Liu Jian
2023

Liu Jian - 24-02-2023

Chinese art students are divided between the country's traditions and their desire to embrace Western culture, in Liu Jian's new animation (a movie far cleaner than his previous works) - from the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Limbo

Ivan Sen
2023

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2023

Quiet detective drama reveals the subtle machinations of racism in an impoverished desert town of Australia - from the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Suzume

Makoto Shinkai
2023

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2023

Sixteen-year-old girl sets off on a double mission: to save Japanese people from giant earthquake-yielding worms, and to rescue her cursed lover from a horrific fate - on VoD on Thursday, November 16th [Read More...]

20,000 Species of Bees (20,000 Especies de Abejas)

Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
2023

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2023

Eight-year-old transgender girl seeks acceptance from her family of Basque beekeepers, in this award winning, tender and warm debut feature - on various VoD platforms on Monday, March 18th [Read More...]

Music (Musik)

Angela Schanelec
2023

Victor Fraga - 21-02-2023

Greek piece of slow cinema loosely inspired by the Oedipus Myth has a barely discernible narrative - from the 67th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Devil Queen (A Rainha Diaba)

Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
2023

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2023

Black, blunt and beautiful: the grandmother of a Brazilian queer cinema celebrates her 50th anniversary at the Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Totem

Lila Avilés
2023

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2023

Semi-autobiographical Mexican drama about a terminally-ill young father is teeming with palpable suffering, but also humanity, kindness and hope - on VoD on Tuesday, January 2nd [Read More...]

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

Margarethe von Trotta
2023

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...]

The Survival of Kindness

Rolf de Heer
2023

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2023

Allegorical Australian film paints the colours of racism and violence without using any comprehensible dialogue - from the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Disco Boy

Giacomo Abbruzzese
2023

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2023

Illegal Belorussian immigrant joins the French Foreign Legion and is sent to fight in Nigeria, in this pan-European cross-breed of political topics - in cinemas on Friday, March 29th [Read More...]

Tomorrow is a Long Time

Jow Zhi Wei
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 18-02-2023

A teenager longs to escape from a home collapsing under the weight of grief; a life-altering event catapults him into an exciting adventure - Singaporean drama premieres at the Berlin Film Festival [Read More...]

Manodrome

John Trengove
2023

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2023

Jesse Eisenberg stars as a confused Uber driver and father-to-be in John Trengove's bizarre cocktail of dysfunctional masculinity and freaky cultism - on VoD on July 3rd [Read More...]

Superpower

Sean Penn, Aaron Kaufman
2023

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2023

Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman's documentary about Volodymyr Zelenskyy is so ridiculously grovelling that it's barely watchable - from the 73th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything (Irgendwann Werden Wir Uns Alles Erzaehlen)

Emily Atef
2023

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2023

Two misfits with an age gap of more than 20 years develop an explosive sexual connection, in this conventional German romance set during the collapse of the Wall - in Competition at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

BlackBerry

Matt Johnson
2022

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2023

Big boys play with their new toy: Canadian comedy charts the rise and the collapse of [Read More...]

Creature

Asif Kapadia
2023

Chris Simpson - 06-02-2023

Choreographer Akram Khan's wild new creation is elegantly captured by one of Britain's most acclaimed documentarists - Asif Kapadia's latest film is in cinemas on Friday, February 24th [Read More...]

Monica

Andrea Pallaoro
2023

John McDonald - 01-02-2023

An estranged daughter returns home in order to assist her ailing mother, in this Intimate exploration of trauma - from the From Venice to London Film Festival (taking place between February 3rd to 6th) [Read More...]

She is Love

Jamie Adams
2023

Chris Simpson - 29-01-2023

A divorced couple are reunited entirely by chance in a country hotel in Cornwall, in this improvisational film shot in just six days - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Fashion Reimagined

Becky Hutner
2023

Victor Fraga - 27-01-2023

British designer sets out to create a collection that's sustainable from beginning to end, challenging an industry with little to no regard to environmental and social issues - in cinemas on Friday, March 3rd [Read More...]

Eileen

William Oldroyd
2023

Mariano Garcia - 27-01-2023

Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie star in queer psychological drama with a touch of Todd Haynes's Carol - from Sundance [Read More...]

January

Andrey Paounov
2023

Victor Fraga - 26-01-2023

Two men and a bird are trapped within the confines of a remote rural house, in this highly elliptical, meditative Bulgarian film dotted with folklore references - exquisite winter treat is in cinemas on Friday, January 27th [Read More...]

Fantastic Machine

Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
2023

John McDonald - 24-01-2023

Dirty gem of a documentary takes us on a voyage through the life of the video camera, one that offers a breadth of intrigue and unparalleled insight - on VoD on Monday, May 6th [Read More...]

Living

Oliver Hermanus
2022

Svetlana Pinet - 21-01-2023

What do you want leave behind you when you die? Bill Nighy's character finds out that it's never too late to leave your mark on this planet, in this remake of a Kurosawa classic of the 1950s - in cinemas on Friday, November 4th [Read More...]

A Man Called Otto

Marc Foester
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 21-01-2023

In this sickly sweet comedy drama, Otto Anderson embraces the present moment, after years of living in a cloud; anyone hoping for American Beauty II will be disappointed - in cinemas on Friday, January 6th [Read More...]

John is waiting for the light!

 

John Bleasdale - 20-01-2023

In his second diary entry from the northernmost and the coldest film festival on Earth, in Tromsø (Northern Norway), John Bleasdale reports on seeing the Northern Lights as well as a British movie full of brightness [Read More...]

Blue Jean

Georgia Oakley
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 19-01-2023

Closeted Lesbian PE teacher wrestles with Section 28, in this realistic drama set in the year the homophobic legislation was introduced - impressive debut is now on various VoD platforms (including Netflix) [Read More...]

John’s on top of the world!

 

John Bleasdale - 19-01-2023

John Bleasdale reports live from the 12th edition of the Tromsø International Film Festival, the coldest and the northernmost film festival in the world; check out the dirty gems that he has unearthed so far! [Read More...]

The Chorus (O Coro)

Werner Schumann
2010

Victor Fraga - 18-01-2023

Delicate Brazilian film bursting with music and poetry follows the lives of four very different people as they seek solace in the local orchestra - now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

The Lone Wolf (O Lobo Solitário)

Filipe Melo
2023

Pedrio Mendes - 18-01-2023

A late-night radio host receives a call from an old friend live on air, with shocking repercussions - short film from Portugal qualifies for the Oscars [Read More...]

Subject

Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera
2023

Victor Fraga - 17-01-2023

Metatextual documentary investigates the impact that documentaries have on their subjects, and the revelations are sobering - in selected cinemas on Friday, March 3rd [Read More...]

More Than Ever (Plus Que Jamais)

Emily Atef
2023

John McDonald - 17-01-2023

Vicky Krieps shines as a vivacious young woman stricken with a very aggressive and fatal disease, in French drama also starring the late Gaspard Ulliel (himself the victim of a shocking, real-life death) - on BFI Player on Monday, January 30th [Read More...]

Two women, one hotel, many dreams!

 

Galle Biguenet - 16-01-2023

Meet the two Belgian filmmakers behind Dreaming Walls, the latest documentary about the emblematic Chelsea Hotel; they share their dreams, their secrets, their experience working with Martin Scorsese, and more with Gaelle Biguenet [Read More...]

Enys Men

Mark Jenkin
2023

Liván García-Duquesne - 14-01-2023

Billed as a Cornish "folk horror" tale, Mark Jenkin's astounding second feature transports viewers to a mysterious coastal island in the 1970s, without slipping into tiresome cliches - in cinemas on Friday, January 13th [Read More...]

What’s Love Got To Do With It

Shekhar Kapur
2023

Victor Fraga - 13-01-2023

Profoundly entertainment romcom reveals the dirty machinations of “assisted” marriage in the UK and in Pakistan, all with a very lighthearted and moving touch - in cinemas on Friday, February 24th [Read More...]

Holy Spider

Ali Abbasi
2022

Victor Fraga - 12-01-2023

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

Jack

Pelayo De Lario
2022

Gaelle Biguenet - 12-01-2023

Tripping on its crass humour, middle-of-the-road and unimaginative screenwriting, Pelayo De Lario’s debut feature falls flat on its face - on VoD on Monday, January 23rd [Read More...]

The dirty movies that will rock you!

 

Mariano Garcia - 11-01-2023

Our reader Mariano Garcia selects five historical rockumentaries that will get even the coldest of souls shaking and jumping! [Read More...]

If These Walls Could Sing

Mary McCartney
2022

Eoghan Lyng - 11-01-2023

Mary McCartney returns to the British recording studios where her father recorded some of the most staggering records in pop history; both surviving Beatles turn up for interview, as does a roster of familiar faces - out on Monday, January 9th [Read More...]

Empire of Light

Sam Mendes
2022

Victor Fraga - 10-01-2023

A middle-aged white woman and a young black man working at the local cinema fall in love, in Sam Mendes's ode to the movie theatres of yore - in cinemas Monday, January 9th [Read More...]

Just grab them by the d**k!

 

Gaelle Biguenet - 05-01-2023

Gaelle Biguenet examines the power structures of Abigail’s and Carl's characters in The Triangle of Sadness, and reveals that the Filipino-cleaner-turned-captain-and-sexual-predator is in reality a conformist [Read More...]

The top 5 dirtiest casino movies ever made!

 

Mariano Garcia - 30-12-2022

Our writer Petra von Kant gets her hands dirty as she select the top 5 dirty films that shed an entirely different light on the casino experience! [Read More...]

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Rian Johnson
2022

Eoghan Lyng - 29-12-2022

Daniel Craig reprises his role as Benoit Blanc in this plodding sequel to Knives Out. Beatles fans should give this film a miss, but then so should everyone else - on Netflix on Friday, December 23rd [Read More...]

Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel

Maya Duverdier, Amílie Van Elmbt
2022

John McDonald - 27-12-2022

Embark on a tour of the iconic Manhattan building decades after it first became a breeding ground for avant-garde artists - in cinemas and on VoD on Friday, January 20th [Read More...]

The four dirtiest war movies on Netflix

 

Mariano Garcia - 20-12-2022

Our reader Jeanette Reluz picks her three favourite movies on Netflix that shed a completely different light on the darkness of the war conflict [Read More...]

Citizen Nobel

Stéphane Goël
2022

Gaelle Biguenet - 20-12-2022

Charismatic biophysicist Jacques Dubochet takes us along his personal journey as he meditates on what a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry should do with his newfound fame - documentary is out on Friday, December 16th [Read More...]

Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa
1950

Gaelle Biguenet - 20-12-2022

Akira Kurosawa's 1950 riff on Japanese pride and deceit remains as current as ever, its clever narrative tricks as fresh as seven decades ago - in cinemas on Friday, January 6th [Read More...]

Husband

Devorah Baum, Josh Appignanesi
2022

Eoghan Lyng - 19-12-2022

In this piercing, polished documentary, a married couple discuss their views and fears to a camera that spies on their each and every movement - in cinemas and also on Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, February 10th. [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest movies of 2022

 

DMovies' team - 16-12-2022

Once again, it's that time of the year when we ask our writers to pick their favourite dirty movie of the year; the dirtylicious list is full of delightful surprises from various corners of the planet! [Read More...]

Dirty and useful: the movies that have something teach you

 

Mariano Garcia - 14-12-2022

Our teenage reader Mariano Garcia lists the dirty movies that have helped him to improve his life in more ways than one; you too could learn a thing or two! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Marc Fouchard

 

John McDonald - 14-12-2022

John McDonald talks to the director of French drama OUT OF THIS WORLD, a dirty movie about music, deafness, misogyny and murder; producer Julien Russo also joins the conversation [Read More...]

The 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival: our verdict

 

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2022

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the second edition of the largest cinema event of Saudi Arabia, a country that has seen massive changes in the past few years. Here's an overview of what he saw: [Read More...]

Within Sand

Moe Alatawi
2022

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2022

A lone merchant is ambushed by a gang of thieves and left to perish in the desert - Saudi tale of survival shows at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Nezouh

Soudade Kaadan
2022

Victor - 09-12-2022

A Syrian father refuses to abandon his war-torn town and flat, forcing his despondent wife and daughter into a dangerous and precarious existence - on VoD on Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

St Omer

Alice Diop
2022

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2022

The real story of a French-Senegalese woman who murdered her baby by drowning on the beach becomes a stunning courtroom drama - now on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Gaspar Noé

 

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2022

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga meets with Franco-Argentinean filmmaker at the Red Sea Film Festival, in Saudi Arabia; they talk about his latest film Vortex, subversive practices, Arabic culture, his connection to Britain, and more! [Read More...]

The Blue Caftan

Maryam Touzani
2022

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...]

Kamla

John Ikram
2022

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2022

Female shrink learns the hard way that she is as vulnerable as one of her patients, as she falls into the trappings of sexism and ageism - Egyptian film premieres at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

A Human Position

Anders Emblem
2022

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2022

Two young women from Norway find intimacy and comfort... on a chair!!! Unabashedly slow movie is out on Monday, january 30th [Read More...]

Metronom

Alexandru Belc
2022

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...]

The Flag (Alam)

Firas Khoury
2022

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2022

A group Palestinian students living under Israeli occupation confront their tormentors and fight to retain their identity - activist film shows at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Geographies of Solitude

Jacquelyn Mills
2022

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2022

A lone and devoted scientist studies and records the fauna and the flora of a remote Canadian Island for five decades - reflective documentary shows at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Harka

Lotfy Nathan
2022

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...]

Our Lady of the Chinese Shop (Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chines)

Ery Claver
2022

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2022

Dirtylicious Angolan gumbo of a movie blends religion, reason and colonialism into one single recipe - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Last Queen (La Derniere Reine)

Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri
2022

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2022

French Algerian epic historical drama tells the story of Princess Zaphira, wife of the last King of Algiers Salim Toumi - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Out of this World (Hors du Monde)

Marc Fouchard
2022

John McDonald - 05-12-2022

Misogyny and murder engulf a young musician’s life, in this greasy thriller from France - on Digital HD on Friday, December 5th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Fatih Akin

 

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2022

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga encountered Turkish-German director Fatih Akin at the Red Sea International Film Festival; they talked about his experience in Saudi Arabia, his latest movie Rhinegold, what it means to be a Muslim in Europe, football and more [Read More...]

Before Now and Then (Nana)

Kamila Andini
2022

Kamila Andini - 05-12-2022

Young wife and her husband's concubine strike an intense friendship, in this very feminine period drama from Indonesia - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

Wissam Charaf
2022

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2022

A Syrian refugee falls in love with an Ethiopian migrant worker, but their relationship has more obstacles than they anticipated - quirky Lebanese parable of (failed) social integration premieres at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Hanging Gardens (Janain mualaqa)

Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji
2022

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...]

Roads Lead to Rome

Lara Saba
2022

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2022

Super lighthearted Lebanese comedy about sauntering nuns smitten with a young actor cast to play the Pope caters mostly for Arab sensibilities - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Daniel Waters answers our dirty questions

 

Ian Schultz - 01-12-2022

Just as Tim Burton's iconic Batman Returns marks its 30-year anniversary with a very large theatrical release in the UK, Ian Schultz speaks to the filthy mind behind the film [Read More...]

Seven books that became dirty movies

 

Mariano Garcia - 30-11-2022

Our reader Mariano Garcia blends cinema with the fabulous world of literature, demonstrating that it is indeed possible to grab popcorn and read a boom at the same time [Read More...]

The Flour Test (O Teste da Farinha)

Victor Fraga
2022

Eoghan Lyng - 30-11-2022

Brazilian journalist and filmmaker offers British viewers an overview of his native country, and its complicated history of male homosexuality. [Read More...]

Our verdict of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: the finest selection in five years

 

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2022

During the past two weeks, seven journalists from DMovies covered the most exciting and diverse film festival of Northern Europe; here are our main highlights! [Read More...]

PÖFF’s First Feature Competition: Reflections upon leaving Tallinn

 

Liván García-Duquesne - 28-11-2022

Liván García-Duquesne describes his unforgettable experience at Northern Europe's most exciting and diverse film festival; he watched all the 18 films in the First Feature Competition! [Read More...]

Upon Entry

Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez
2022

Liván García-Duquesne - 27-11-2022

US border officers put young Spanish woman and her Venezuelan partner through the wringer, in a deeply dehumanising interrogation procedure - dirty gem shows at REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Amar Colony

Siddharth Chauhan
2022

Liván García-Duquesne - 27-11-2022

A tale of repressed eroticism unfolds between the tenants of a dilapidated apartment in this strikingly original Indian debut – from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Letter from Helga (Svar við bréfi Helgu)

Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
2022

Eoghan Lyng - 27-11-2022

Love burns red hot smoke in this strangely charming depiction of romance from the 1940s - in the Baltic Competition from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Other Child

Kim Jin-young
2022

Liván García-Duquesne - 27-11-2022

Supernatural horror from South Korea blends Christian faith with the disappearance of a disabled child, but the outcome is mostly messy and convoluted – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Double Life (Topeltelu)

Enen Yo
2022

Liván García-Duquesne - 27-11-2022

A solitary wife yearns for the affection of a man she has hired to impersonate her husband - minimalistic Japanese film premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]