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Neither good nor evil!

 

Eoghan Lyng - 24-08-2020

Eoghan Lyng talks to Cathal Nally about his debut feature BE GOOD OR BE GONE, about two prisoners on temporary release in a very "durty" Irish capital [Read More...]

Away

Gints Zilbalodis
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 24-08-2020

A boy and a little bird travel across the fantastic world entirely crafted by Latvian artist and filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis, in this animated movie comparable to Disney's Fantasia - back in cinemas on Friday, March 14th [Read More...]

You’ve Been Trumped Too

Anthony Baxter
2016

Jack Hawkins - 17-08-2020

Documentary shows Donald Trump in all his magnificent repulsiveness, but unfortunately it's more an encore than a sequel to its sterling predecessor - on VoD on Tuesday, August 18th [Read More...]

The Masseur

Brillante Mendoza
2005

Lucas Pistilli - 13-08-2020

This Filipino movie has more potential than its execution manages to accomplish, but its gay-for-pay topic is of great interest to LGBTQ+ audiences - from the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Memories of my Body (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku)

Garin Nugroho
2018

Lucas Pistilli - 13-08-2020

This highly lyrical Indonesian movie is a reflection on a life lived in full, exploring desire, looking for knowledge and embracing the intangible in an all-too-material world - from the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Songlap

Effendee Mazlan, Fariza Azlina Isahak
2011

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2020

Gangland, baby-trafficking drama from Malaysia returns to Switzerland - live from the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Apparition (Aparisyon)

Isabel Sandoval
2012

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2020

A self-contained nunnery finds itself intersecting with the forces of history in this mostly academic movie - running as part of Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Babyteeth

Shannon Murphy
2020

Victoria Luxford - 06-08-2020

Parents disapprove of a seriously-ill teen's dalliance, in this palpably human Australian drama dotted with familiar faces - on VoD on Monday, December 7th; on Netflix on Thursday, December 31st [Read More...]

An American Pickle

Brandon Trost
2020

Victoria Luxford - 06-08-2020

In an industry where even dead actors are getting new gigs, Seth Rogen playing two concurrent roles is nothing new, but the way he plays them is the true attraction - on Sky Cinema and NOW on Friday, April 30th [Read More...]

Perfect 10

Eva Riley
2020

Victoria Luxford - 06-08-2020

This gritty, powerful take of a fractured family has echoes of Andrea Arnold's FISH TANK, and is guaranteed to enrapture audiences in Britain and beyond - out on Friday, August 7th [Read More...]

The narcissist, the bug and the resistance

 

Steve Naish - 05-08-2020

Stephen Lee Naish analyses the 2018 post-apocalyptic drama in the light of coronavirus and an increasingly erratic Potus, and he hopes that we won't have the same fate as the movie characters [Read More...]

The Mark Jenkin Collection

Mark Jenkin
2020

David Stewart - 03-08-2020

The four short films that preceded BAIT are equally profound, inventive and imbued with Britishness as the dirty classic that astounded critics and audiences alike last year - on VoD no Monday, August 3rd [Read More...]

Around the Sun

Oliver Krimpas
2020

Jack Hawkins - 03-08-2020

A film location scout touring a repossessed and crumbling French chateau engages with a coquettish stranger, in this peculiar British movie - on VoD on Tuesday, August 4th [Read More...]

Flash Gordon

Mike Hodges
1980

Eoghan Lyng - 29-07-2020

Forty years after it was initially released, this dirty classic has lost none of its charm, cheek or ambition - 4k restoration is in cinemas on Friday, July 31st [Read More...]

Last and First Men

Jóhann Jóhannsson
2020

David Stewart - 27-07-2020

Jóhann Jóhannsson’s first and last film as director is a sublime, haunting and meditative look at the self in an ever-changing world, narrated by Tilda Swindon's entrancing voice - out on Thursday, July 30th [Read More...]

Summerland

Jessica Swale
2020

Victoria Luxford - 24-07-2020

Gemma Arterton shines in a wartime drama whose cosiness belies a revolutionary streak – on Sky Cinema and NOW on Saturday, July 31st; also on other platforms [Read More...]

American Fighter

Shaun Paul Piccinino 
2020

David Stewart - 14-07-2020

A Persian teen grappling with racism and an ailing mother in Ronald Reagan's US earns money through wrestling, in this poorly crafted and reheated pastiche of filmic styles - out on Monday, July 20th [Read More...]

Cruel Intentions

Roger Kumble
1999

Eoghan Lyng - 10-07-2020

This racy adaptation of DANGEROUS LIAISONS caused a storm upon release in 1999.Two decades later, does the frisson still stand? On Amazon Prime on Friday, July 24th [Read More...]

Spaceship Earth

Matt Wolf
2020

Jack Hawkins - 10-07-2020

Three decades ago, eight visionaries quarantine themselves inside Biosphere 2, a self-engineered replica of Earth's ecosystem; find out what happened - on Digital and selected cinemas on Friday, July 10th [Read More...]

Stage Mother

Thom Fitzgerald
2020

Victoria Luxford - 08-07-2020

Texas church choir director inherits her late son's drag queen club, in this all-American comedy where all problems are solved with a jolly tune - on VoD on Monday, November 16th; on Netflix on Monday, December 7th [Read More...]

Litigante

Franco Lolli
2020

Victoria Luxford - 08-07-2020

A single mother cares for her ailing mother, with whom she has a stormy yet profound relationship, in this quietly impressive Colombian drama - on various VoD platforms in January [Read More...]

Lynn + Lucy

Fyzal Boulifa
2020

David Stewart - 01-07-2020

In Fyzal Boulifa’s directorial debut, the relationship between two high school friends and neighbours is tested when motherhood comes into view - British drama is on Digital from Thursday, July 2nd [Read More...]

Hamilton

Thomas Kail
2020

Victoria Luxford - 01-07-2020

Ambition, love, and hip-hop combine to bring Lin-Manuel Miranda's masterpiece to the small screen - out on Disney Plus on Friday, July 3rd [Read More...]

You Don’t Nomi

Jeffrey McHale
2020

David Stewart - 01-07-2020

Documentary delivers a unique and close-to-convincing argument over why Paul Verhoeven's SHOWGIRLS is the greatest film that almost everyone hated - on Mubi on Saturday, April 16th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Family Romance, LLC.

Werner Herzog
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 29-06-2020

A charming Japanese "hire father" and his "daughter" build a strange yet affectionate relationship, in Werner Herzog's latest drama - on VoD on Friday, July 3rd [Read More...]

Gagarine

Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
2020

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
2020

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...]

MS Slavic 7

Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell
2019

Paul Risker - 18-06-2020

A woman visits a library in search of letters written by her grandmother, in a curious movie that forces viewers to seek clarity in an ocean of ambiguity - streaming on Mubi now [Read More...]

Babylon has risen!

 

David Stewart - 17-06-2020

American writer David Stewart draws pertinent parallels between the dirty British classic Babylon and the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly the emblematic moment when a BLM activist carried a wounded white supremacist to safety [Read More...]

On a Magical Night (Chambre 212)

Christophe Honoré
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 15-06-2020

Christophe Honoré unofficially reimagines Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol as a French sex comedy starring a Chiara Mastroianni at the top of her game - on VoD on Friday, June 19th [Read More...]

The Vanishing (Spoorloos)

George Sluizer
1988

Paul Risker - 11-06-2020

In this Dutch horror classic, a man searches frantically and obsessively for his girlfriend after she mysteriously disappears - now on VoD, DVD and Blu-ray [Read More...]

After Midnight

Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella
2020

Paul Risker - 11-06-2020

A monster becomes a metaphor for violent and painful changes, in this solid piece of genre filmmaking - American horror is now on VoD and Blu-ray [Read More...]

Citizens of the World (Cittadini del Mondo)

Gianni Di Gregorio
2020

Petra von Kant - 10-06-2020

Three Roman pensioners whose world is entirely confined to the Italian capital wish to break free and blaze new trails for the very first time - on VoD on Friday, June 12th [Read More...]

There will be bloods!

 

David Stewart - 10-06-2020

As Spike Lee releases his latest movie Da 5 Bloods, about four black veterans returning to Vietnam in search of the remains of a friend, David Stewart investigates the troublesome relation between African Americans and Hollywood [Read More...]

Only the Animals (Seules les Bêtes)

Dominik Moll
2020

Victor Fraga - 10-06-2020

Strangers become trapped in a strange web of love and deception, in this entertaining French drama set between two continents - on VoD in June; on Netflix in December [Read More...]

Three movies that changed the history of cinema

 

Daniel Luis Ennab - 08-06-2020

Daniel Luis Ennab examines the Apu trilogy, which catapulted Indian cinema onto the international film circuit six decades ago, just as we launch Aparajito on VoD [Read More...]

Guest of Honour

Atom Egoyan
2020

Jack Hawkins - 06-06-2020

David Thewlis shines in an offbeat but overwrought investigative melodrama from Atom Egoyan - now on Curzon Home Cinema [Read More...]

Inheritance

Vaughn Stein
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 05-06-2020

Daddy passes away and leaves behind a shock inheritance that could destroy his family's life, in his American thriller starring Simon Pegg and Lily Collins - on DVD and Digital on Monday, July 6th [Read More...]

The hands and sounds of horror!

 

Paul Risker - 04-06-2020

We spoke to Tilman Singer and Simon Waskow, the helmer and the music composer of Luz, one of the most terrifying flicks you will see this year [Read More...]

Luz

Tilman Singer
2020

Paul Risker - 04-06-2020

A young cab driver is stalked by an ancient demon, in this inventive and dreamy horror movie from Germany, with echoes of David Lynch's Lost Highway - on VoD now [Read More...]

Take Me Somewhere Nice

Ena Sendijarević
2020

Paul Risker - 28-05-2020

Teen travels from the Netherlands to Bosnia in order to meet her ailing father, in this tender coming-of-age drama about the experience of immigration - on Mubi from Thursday, May 21st [Read More...]

Just kill all hippies!!!

 

Steve Naish - 28-05-2020

As Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue turns 40, Steven Naish investigates what is it that makes the dirty movie indelible and delectable [Read More...]

Reinventing the reel, four decades later

 

Steve Naish - 28-05-2020

Stephen Lee Naish interviews John Alan Simon, the film director and producer behind the restoration of Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue, which celebrates its 40th anniversary of the movie this year [Read More...]

The Uncertain Kingdom

Various
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 25-05-2020

Viewers are invited to watch a Britain unnervingly unfamiliar, in this ground-breaking anthology of twenty short films from 20 directors - on VoD on Monday, June 1st [Read More...]

Screened Out

Jon Hyatt
2020

Jack Hawkins - 22-05-2020

Provocative documentary addressing our dependency on mobile phones (the director being a self-confessed addict) is both sobering and skilfully made - now also available on Netflix [Read More...]

The man behind the great women

 

Paul Risker - 21-05-2020

We interview the documentarist Mark Cousins, as he releases his 14-hour cinematic journey through the history of female directors [Read More...]

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

Mark Cousins
2020

Paul Risker - 21-05-2020

Female directors search for meaning in the highly subjective world of the seventh art, in Mark Cousins's 14-hour masterclass in filmmaking - on BFI Player in five weekly instalments, starting May 18th [Read More...]

Hanezu

Naomi Kawase
2011

Daniel Luis Ennab - 18-05-2020

Slow-paced and lyrical movie weaves together modern romance, spirituality and the ancient history of Japan - streaming now with DMovies [Read More...]

We Summon the Darkness

Marc Meyers
2020

Paul Risker - 14-05-2020

Three American friends on their way to a remote country house encounter a group of sadistic killers, in this popcorn slasher tearing apart right-wing conservatives - on VoD and DVD [Read More...]

A Dog’s Life

Charlie Chaplin
1918

Daniel Luis Ennab - 12-05-2020

More than a century later, Charlie Chaplin's first masterpiece remains both a marvel of ingenuity and a tribute to innocence - watch it now with DMovies [Read More...]

Remains

Steve Niles
2011

Manny Tanner-Smith - 08-05-2020

Gamblers scramble for their survival inside a very large casino in Nevada, as nuclear Armageddon and zombie apocalypse loom outside - horror originally made for television is now available on Blu-ray and VoD [Read More...]

The Wretched

Drew and Brett Pierce
2020

Paul Risker - 07-05-2020

A teen grappling with his parents' imminent separation finds out that a witch is posing as his father's neighbour - on VoD on Friday, May 8th [Read More...]

The time for burning bridges!

 

Paul Risker - 07-05-2020

The director of superb and lyrical masterpiece FIRE WILL COME talks about making an "essential" movie, filming inside real fires, and crossing the boundaries between commercial and art cinema, in exclusive interview [Read More...]

The Final Wish

Timothy Woodward Jr.
2020

Jack Hawkins - 05-05-2020

A formulaic premise, disposable characterwork and risible scares prevent this horror flick about a grief-stricken mother and a haunted urn from gaining much traction - on VoD Monday, May 25th [Read More...]

Stream the finest Latin America cinema here!

 

DMovies' team - 04-05-2020

DMovies has teamed up with Eyelet in order to stream the most thought-provoking and innovative films from all corners of the planet right here on our website; on this article, you will find the TOP 10 DIRTY GEMS FROM LATIN AMERICA curated exclusively for you! [Read More...]

Soundtrack to Sixteen

Hillary Shakespeare
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 04-05-2020

This British comedy about teenagers searching for love before learning to love themselves is a real delight to watch - on VoD from Monday, May 4th [Read More...]

X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes

Roger Corman
1963

Ian Schultz - 04-05-2020

More than half century later, dirty classic remains a profound meditation the dangers of seeking the unknowable, and the destruction of the human psyche - out now on a crisp Blu-ray edition, and also available for streaming [Read More...]

From fast cars to quiet horses: a wild journey into filmmaking

 

Paul Risker - 30-04-2020

Nick Rowland, the British director of Calm with Horses, talks about a sudden career change from motorsport to cinema, his latest "hyper-violent" movie and filmmaking fatigue, in exclusive interview [Read More...]

Calm with Horses

Nick Rowland
2020

Paul Risker - 30-04-2020

In rural Ireland, an ex-boxer uses violence as a currency while also caring for his autistic son, in this complex meditation on sacrifice, kindness and humanity - on BritBox on Monday, may 1st, alaso available on other platforms [Read More...]

Be Good or Be Gone

Cathal Nally
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 26-04-2020

Two criminals are released from Mount Joy to a Dublin that has both celebrated and ruined their lives, in this self-funded and convincing indie from Ireland - on Tuesday, April 13th on various platforms [Read More...]

Talking About Trees

Suhaib Gasmelbari
2020

Jack Hawkins - 25-04-2020

An amiable film society attempt to revive Sudan’s film culture in this arrestingly framed documentary from Suhaib Gasmelbari - out on Monday, April 27th [Read More...]

A Paris Education (Mes Provinciales)

Jean-Paul Civeyrac
2020

- 24-04-2020

French drama about the desire to become a film auteur slips into familiar cliches and trappings, despite some very strong performances - out on Monday, May 11th [Read More...]

The dirty secrets of Oliver Hermanus

 

Paul Risker - 23-04-2020

The director of South African movie MOFFIE, about homosexuality in the army during the Apartheid, pours his heart out as he talks about his insecurities as a filmmaker, trusting audiences, the role of music and much more, in exclusive interview [Read More...]

Sea Fever

Neasa Hardiman
2020

Paul Risker - 21-04-2020

Quarantine reveals its monstrous face, in this Irish horror about a marooned fish trawler infected with a horrific parasite - on Digital Friday, April 24th [Read More...]

Ema

Pablo Larraín
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 19-04-2020

Pablo Larraín's latest film, about a female grappling with an infertile partner and adoption, is far more subversive than his previous historical dramas - now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Cinema and fashion: a graphic and vivid partnership

 

Victor Fraga - 15-04-2020

DMovies has teamed up with the nascent fashion magazine DOESN'T EXIST in order to bridge the gap between the two industries, and we have a very special present exclusively for our readers! [Read More...]

When a gestation goes terribly awry…

 

DMovies' team - 13-04-2020

We interviewed Isabél Zuaa, the star of Brazilian twisted motherhood gem Good Manners, and talked about becoming immersed in fear and fantasy, working with an automated baby, fashion, immigration and much more - in a partnership with the new magazine DOESN'T EXIST [Read More...]

Bad Guys

Jack Sambrook
2020

Jack Hawkins - 11-04-2020

With crisp visuals, natural dialogue and a brooding original score, this Brighton indie shows real promise - on Amazon Prime now [Read More...]

The Host

Andy Newbery
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 10-04-2020

Journeying to Amsterdam, a banker finds his lodgings to be even more dangerous than his spurious mission, in a film that evokes Hitchcock in more ways than one - on VoD on Friday, April 17th [Read More...]

Cinema meets fashion: The smell of the Quay Brothers

 

Jeremy Clarke - 09-04-2020

London-based, highly idiosyncratic stop-frame animation twins used their unique sensibilities to create a short film for fashion house Comme des Garçons' perfume Wonderwood - this is our second article for the brand new magazine DOESN'T EXIST [Read More...]

The Painted Bird

Vaclav Marhoul
2020

Jack Hawkins - 08-04-2020

Vaclav Marhoul's passionate adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski's Holocaust novel is a brutal meditation on the cyclical nature of prejudice and cruelty - in cinemas on Friday, September 11th [Read More...]

Oh mother, mother what have you done???

 

Victor Fraga - 08-04-2020

The motherly figure is intended to provide shelter, love and protection. What happens when it all goes awry and instead mum spreads hate, fear and even death? These 15 films paint a very different picture of failed motherhood and dysfunctional females - in partnership with DOESN'T EXIST magazine [Read More...]

Cinema meets fashion: Theodoros Angelopoulos and Rei Kawakubo

 

Redmond Bacon - 06-04-2020

The late Greek filmmaker and the Japanese clothes designer have more in common than meets the eye: they both embrace austerity and reject the mainstream - argues Redmond Bacon in our first article for the brand new magazine DOESN'T EXIST [Read More...]

The Town

Ben Affleck
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 03-04-2020

Ben Affleck's 2010 crime thriller is a meditation on love at a time of great peril, and it has now been made available on Netflix! [Read More...]

The Iron Mask: Mystery of the Dragon Seal

Oleg Stepchenko
2020

Daniel Luis Ennab - 02-04-2020

Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger co-star in highly ambitious yet confusing and disjointed fantasy movie - on VoD on Friday, April 10th [Read More...]

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

Kriv Stenders
2020

Jack Hawkins - 01-04-2020

War drama chronicles one of the Vietnam War's lesser-known clashes, in which Kiwi and Aussie soldiers played a prominent role - on VoD and DVD on Monday, April 6th [Read More...]

Who You Think I Am (Celle Que Vous Croyez)

Safy Nebbou
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 31-03-2020

Thriller anchored by a sensual and committed performance by Juliette Binoche is an adult exploration of the dangers of deception - on VoD now also including Netflix [Read More...]

The Beast

Lee Jeong-ho
2020

Daniel Luis Ennab - 31-03-2020

In this South Korean noir with very familiar genre devices, two detectives collide in order to solve a very peculiar murder case - on VoD on Monday, April 6th [Read More...]

Goddess of the Fireflies (La Déesse des Mouches)

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 30-03-2020

A girl descends into a hell of angst and addiction, in this powerful French-Canadian tale of misguided youth that premiered at the Berlinale [Read More...]

Moffie

Oliver Hermanus
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 29-03-2020

Sexual tensions heat up between two army recruits, torn between their duties to their hearts and to the South African regime - on Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, April 24th [Read More...]

The Lawyer (Advokatas)

Romas Zabarauskas
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 28-03-2020

A corporate lawyer in Lithuania and a Syrian refugee in Serbia develop a romantic bond, in LGBT drama filmed between Vilnius and Belgrade - from BFI Flare [Read More...]

Vivarium

Lorcan Finnegan
2020

Ian Schultz - 26-03-2020

The suburbs have never been this terrifying before, in this Irish sci-fi thriller starring indie double act Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots - on VoD on Friday, March 27th [Read More...]

The Whalebone Box

Andrew Kötting
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 23-03-2020

A box made of whale bone may contain mystical powers, the documentary crew uncovers on their long pilgrimage to the Scottish Isles - out on Blu-ray on Monday, June 7th [Read More...]

Dunkirk is dirtier than 1917

 

Dan Daniel - 19-03-2020

Our writer Dan Daniel argues that Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk is a far more compelling and effective than Sam Mendes's instant anti-war classic 1917. Here's why! [Read More...]

Koko-di Koko-da

Johannes Nyholm
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 16-03-2020

Two grieving parents find themselves living through a continuum of nightmares, each more horrific than the last - on VoD on Monday, September 7th [Read More...]

And Then We Danced

Levan Akin
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 13-03-2020

LGBT drama from Georgia is a tender coming-of-age tale about a male dancer and his partner vying for a spot in the National Ensemble - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Hunt

Craig Zobel
2020

Jack Hawkins - 11-03-2020

Sadistic elites gather at a remote location in order to hunt down hapless plebs for fun, in this twisted satire of modern-day US  - in cinemas Wednesday, March 11th. [Read More...]

The top 10 LGBT+ dirty movies on Netflix!

 

DMovies' team - 05-03-2020

In celebration of Pride Month, we remember the 10 most thought-provoking, innovative and downright dirtylicious LGBT+ movies on Netflix, from every corner of the planet! [Read More...]

Escape from Pretoria

Francis Annan
2020

Jack Hawkins - 03-03-2020

Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber star in this real-life drama about two white political prisoners who hatch an ambitious plot to escape from prison - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, March 7th [Read More...]

Creating political art behind bars

 

Redmond Bacon - 03-03-2020

DMovies sat down with the Ukranian director Oleg Sentsov, recently out of Russian jail, about his latest film, an allegory about the abuse of power. [Read More...]

Making a guerrilla documentary in ultra-homophobic Chechnya

 

Redmond Bacon - 03-03-2020

David France discusses his incredible work of investigative journalism, Welcome To Chechnya, focusing on real-life heroes saving LGBT people in the region. [Read More...]

The Truth (La Vérité)

Hirokazu Koreeda
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 02-03-2020

Koreeda plays with fabricated stories and memories, in his first drama outside Japan, starring Catharine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche - on Mubi in July/August [Read More...]

Bad Tales (Favolacce)

Fabio D'Innocenzo, Damiano D'Innocenzo
2020

Victor Fraga - 01-03-2020

Sinister suburban comedy from Italy is a hybrid amalgam of hapless children and maladroit parents - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Days (Rizi)

Tsai Ming-liang
2020

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...]

There Is No Evil (Sheytan Vojud Nadarad)

Mohammad Rasoulof
2020

Victor Fraga - 28-02-2020

Spectacular Iranian movie divided into four short stories reflects about the complacence, the complicity and the morality of killing - finally available on VoD [Read More...]

Charlatan

Agnieszka Holland
2020

Victor Fraga - 27-02-2020

Biopic of Czechoslovakian healer who treated both commoners and prominent politicians offers insight into the life of a very peculiar practitioner - now also available on BFI Player [Read More...]

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Burhan Qurbani
2020

Victor Fraga - 27-02-2020

Franz Biberkopf becomes an African refugee struggling to settle into modern-day Germany, in this astounding adaptation of Alfred Döblin's classic - live from the Berlinale [Read More...]

DAU. Natasha

Ilya Khrzhanovsky
2020

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 - from the Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

The Roads Not Taken

Sally Potter
2020

Victor Fraga - 26-02-2020

Javier Bardem stars as a man suffering from advanced dementia, and attempting to puzzle together the fragments of his past - now available on VoD [Read More...]

True History Of The Kelly Gang

Justin Kurzel
2020

Jack Hawkins - 26-02-2020

George McKay shines as the feral Australian outlaw in this divisive and dirty fact-bending nightmare - on VoD on Monday, June 22nd. [Read More...]

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Eliza Hittman
2020

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...]

Downhill

Nat Faxon
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 26-02-2020

In this remake of Force Majeure, a woman loses faith in her husband after he runs away from an avalanche, leaving her and their two children behind - in cinemas Friday, February 28th. [Read More...]

The Invisible Man

Leigh Whannell
2020

Anton Bitel - 26-02-2020

Australian-American sci-fi horror adapted from the eponymous novel follows a woman who believes to be haunted by her late, abusive husband - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Curveball

Johannes Naber
2020

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2020

Americans twist the truth about biological weapons in Iraq, in this real-life blend of political thriller and comedy made in Germany - live from the Berlinale [Read More...]

The Woman Who Ran (Domnahchin Yeoja)

Hong Sang-soo
2020

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...]

Siberia

Abel Ferrara
2020

Victor Fraga - 24-02-2020

Abel Ferrara's latest drama is a bizarre patchwork of geographic and psychological references, starring Willem Dafoe - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

My Little Sister (Schwesterlein)

Stephanie Chuat, Veronique Reymond
2020

Victor Fraga - 24-02-2020

Dying on stage? As a young theatre actor succumbs to a very aggressive cancer, his twin sister resorts to desperate measures in order to instil happiness and meaning into his life - live from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Shirley

Josephine Decker
2020

Victor Fraga - 24-02-2020

The real-life beauty and the bitch! Graduate student has to contend with the ultra sadistic horror writer Shirley Jackson, as she moves in with the her husband into the author's mansion - American drama starring Elizabeth Moss is in cinemas Friday, October 30th [Read More...]

All the Dead Ones (Todos os Mortos)

Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra
2020

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2020

Brazilian movie set in the turn of the 20th century uses the abolition of slavery and African religion as a gauge of the country's history and culture - live from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Undine

Christian Petzold
2020

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2020

The personal life of a museum guide in Berlin has as many twists and turns as the history of the German capital - on Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, April 2nd. [Read More...]

First Cow

Kelly Reichardt
2020

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2020

During the 19th century gold rush, an American and a Chinese capitalise on selling delicious cakes with a mystery ingredient, in this slow burn comedy - in cinemas Friday, May 28th [Read More...]

The Salt of Tears (Le Sel des Larmes)

Philippe Garrel
2020

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2020

Urgent in its simplicity, Philippe Garrel's filmmaking continues to impress after nearly six decades; his latest movie examines the romantic life of a young man from the the countryside who moves to Paris in order to study - live from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Uppercase Print (Tipografic Majuscul)

Radu Jude
2020

Redmond Bacon - 22-02-2020

Witness two different versions of Romania: the alienating secret state and the dynamic communist ideal - watch it online for free in December only with ArteKino [Read More...]

Hidden Away

Giorgio Diritti
2020

Victor Fraga - 21-02-2020

Biopic of Antonio Ligabue, one of the greatest Naive artists of the 20th century, is aesthetically accomplished yet a little soporific - live from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Come to Daddy

Ant Timpson
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 21-02-2020

Bloody tale of parental bonding is a nasty piece of filmmaking with vast amounts of gallows humour, starring Elijah Wood - out on VoD on Friday, Febryary 21dt [Read More...]

The Intruder (El Prófugo)

Natalia Meta
2020

Victor Fraga - 21-02-2020

Wacky Argentinian comedy-horror deep-dives into the twisted psychology of a female dubber and singer - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Minamata

Andrew Levitas
2020

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2020

Corporate greed poisons a small community of Japan, in this real-life drama about environmental pollution and international solidarity, starring Johnny Depp - on IMDB TV on Monday, January 14th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

My Salinger Year

Philippe Falardeau
2020

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2020

Highly digestible drama reflects on the conflict between literary aspirations and industry demands - in cinemas on Friday, May 21st [Read More...]

The Twentieth Century

Matthew Rankin
2020

Lucas Pistilli - 18-02-2020

Wacky Canadian comedy-drama portrays the rise to power of a very queer and unorthodox Prime Minister - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

The Public

Emilio Estevez
2020

- 15-02-2020

Homeless people in Cincinnati take over the local library seeking shelter from the bitter winter, stirring up tensions and raising moral questions - in cinemas Friday, February 21st [Read More...]

When Lambs Become Lions

Jon Kasbe
2020

Redmond Bacon - 12-02-2020

Who is the lion and who is the lamb in Jon Kasbe's fearless When Lambs Become Lions? The answer may surprise you in these even-handed elephant poaching doc, in cinemas Friday February 14th [Read More...]

Ghost

Jerry Zucker
1990

Redmond Bacon - 12-02-2020

Ghost, which turns 30 years old, isn't really about grief and transcendent love at all; I'm not impressed by the classic film - back in cinemas on Friday, February 14th [Read More...]

First Love (Hatsukoi)

Takashi Miike
2019

Jack Hawkins - 07-02-2020

There's no denying its production values, but Takashi Miike's First Love is a vapid crime caper that's outlandish to a fault - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Post-Wars Star Wars: Abandon hope all ye who enter here

 

Steve Naish - 05-02-2020

Steve Naish analyses the latest instalment of the Star Wars franchise, drawing parallels to our very real world; sadly the message isn't one of hope [Read More...]

Quezon’s Game

Matthew Rosen
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 04-02-2020

In this biopic of the titular president of The Philippines, Filipino actor Raymond Bagatsing remembers the leader as an often forgotten WW2 hero - in cinemas Friday, January 31st [Read More...]

Mr Jones

Agnieszka Holland
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 01-02-2020

Indomitable Welsh journalist Gareth Jones revealed the atrocities of the Soviet Union in the 1930s to the world, in this drama starring James Norton - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Top 10 films about Brexit… and why it should have never happened

 

Victor Fraga - 30-01-2020

As the UK leaves the European Union, we look at 10 recent movies that investigate the phenomena that triggered Brexit, and reflect upon the future of our nation [Read More...]

Memento Amare

Lavinia Simina
2017

Victor Fraga - 28-01-2020

Construction worker separated from his family in Romania has to grapple with financial hardship and bigotry in Brexit Britain, in a psychological drama prescient of a bleak future to come [Read More...]

Show me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall

Alfred George Bailey
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 28-01-2020

Photographer Jim Marshall snapped some of the most indelible portraits of the 1960, in documentary capturing both the young artist and the old veteran - in cinemas Friday, January 31st [Read More...]

A Streetcar Named Desire

Elia Kazan
1951

- 25-01-2020

Elia Kazan's adaptation of Tennessee Williams illustrates the brutality with which society marginalises and isolates people - back in cinemas on Friday, February 7th [Read More...]

The Grudge

Nicolas Pesce
2020

Anton Bitel - 22-01-2020

The American director of The Eyes of my Mother and Piercing delivers a personal and inventive take on the highly conventionalised Japanese franchise - in cinemas Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Bernard Rose

 

Ian Schultz - 21-01-2020

Ian Schultz interviews the 59-year-old English filmmaker and screenwriter, who has a career spanning nearly 40 years and a brand new Samurai movie! [Read More...]

Waves

Trey Edward Shults
2020

- 16-01-2020

The travails of a middle class black American family are the central pillar of this mostly effective tearjerker - now on VoD [Read More...]

#AnneFrank: Parallel Stories

Sabina Fedeli, Anna Migotto
2020

Jack Hawkins - 15-01-2020

The story of Anne Frank is packaged for the smart phone generation in this robust, albeit familiar documentary featuring Helen Mirren - now on Netflix [Read More...]

Midnight Traveller

Hassan Fazili
2020

Redmond bacon - 11-01-2020

Cinema verité doc immerses us into the heartbreak of the refugee experience and the immense resolve of those seeking a better life - in cinemas Friday, January 17th [Read More...]

No Fathers in Kashmir

Ashvin Kumar
2019

Victor Fraga - 07-01-2020

British-born and raised teen develops a tender affection for Kashmir boy as they both seek their fathers who disappeared years earlier in the politically volatile region of India - in cinemas Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

El Topo

Alejandro Jodorowsky
1970

Redmond Bacon - 06-01-2020

Fifty years later, cult classic is a one-of-a-kind experience, a unique take on the Western that shocks and beguiles in equal measure - in selected cinemas on Friday, January 10th [Read More...]

The Gentlemen

Guy Ritchie
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 03-01-2020

After a decade directing more family-friendly fodder, Guy Ritchie is back with a more traditional crime caper. He probably shouldn´t have bothered - in cinemas on Wednesday, January 1st [Read More...]

Saying goodbye for good…

 

Eoghan Lyng - 02-01-2020

Our writer Eoghan Lyng picks his top 10 dirty movies about terminal disease and reflects about the positive lessons can we can learn from such tragic predicaments [Read More...]

A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life

Staten Eliot
2020

Eoghan Lyng - 02-01-2020

Imagine finding out your friend is a serial killer? This delicious British comedy is a coffin of evil puns - on Digital on January 13th [Read More...]

Amanda

Mikhaël Hers
2019

Jack Hawkins - 23-12-2019

Mikhaël Hers's meditation on loss and estrangement has an effortless naturalism, but lacks a visceral edge - in cinemas Friday, January 3rd [Read More...]

The Rise of Skywalker and the final word in the accelerated saga

 

Steve Naish - 23-12-2019

Steve Naish analyses the latest movie in the Star Wars franchise, arguing that the nature of cinema has accelerated to the point of almost exhaustive collapse [Read More...]

The top picks to succeed Daniel Craig as the next James Bond

 

Marcella Dunstan - 23-12-2019

With the next instalment of the James Bond franchise just around the corner, speculation surrounding who’ll be cast to succeed Daniel Craig in the role is intensifying! [Read More...]

Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker

J.J. Abrams
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 22-12-2019

Emperor Palpatine has returned with the nefarious Kylo Ren by his side, and they are looking to control the distant galaxy - now available on VOD [Read More...]

Cats

Tom Hooper
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 21-12-2019

Broadway adaptation takes Andrew Lloyd Webber's cycle into hallucinogenic and apocalyptic territory - in cinemas Friday, December 20th [Read More...]

Brotherhood (Bratstvo)

Pavel Lungin
2019

Truls Rostrup - 20-12-2019

Based on the memoirs of a war-veteran-turned-spy, Russian film paints a graphic, vivid and harrowing portrait of the War in Afghanistan - from the Russian Film Festival [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest films of 2019

 

DMovies' team - 20-12-2019

We look back at the year of 2019 and ask our writers and readers to pick their dirty movie of the year; the list is as international, diverse and downright filthy as it gets! [Read More...]

1917

Sam Mendes
2019

Jack Hawkins - 13-12-2019

Inspired by the stories of his grandfather, Sam Mendes has made the biggest and best First World War film of the 21st century - now also available on Netflix [Read More...]

Citizen K

Alex Gibney
2019

- 11-12-2019

Documentary about anti-Putin Russian millionaire exposes the contradictions of a country that's neither democratic nor entirely "evil" (as Westerners like to paint it) - in cinemas Friday, December 13th [Read More...]

Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi
2019

Jack Hawkins - 08-12-2019

Taika Waititi's offbeat style of humour fails to skewer Fascism in this lamentably weak satire of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi state - on VoD on Monday, April 27th [Read More...]