DMovies - Your platform for thought-provoking cinema

The Kingmaker

Lauren Greenfield
2019

Redmond Bacon - 07-12-2019

Extraordinary profile of Imelda Marcos, dubbed the "Marie Antoinette" of the Philippines due to her extravagant plundered wealth, is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Film should brighten up our imminent dark future!

 

Steve Naish - 07-12-2019

Our writer Steve Naish argues that we might soon succumb to destruction not dissimilar to what we saw in disaster movies, and cinema could become a powerful tool for betterment and reconstruction [Read More...]

La Dolce Vita

Federico Fellini
1961

- 06-12-2019

Fellini's portrayal of the ennui of the 1960s remains as current as ever, as our society becomes intoxicated with trivia, diversion and pointless celebrities - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

December is once again the month of European cinema!

 

DMovies' team - 05-12-2019

ArteKino is back for the fourth consecutive year with a selection of 10 dirty gems from every corner of Europe available until December 31st, and it's entirely free to watch! [Read More...]

Thirty (Dreissig)

Simona Kostova
2019

Lucas Pistilli - 04-12-2019

In this auspicious German drama, there are hardly any reasons to celebrate as Övünç enters the fourth decade of his life - watch it for free with ArteKino during the month of December only [Read More...]

Messi and Maud (La Holandesa)

Marleen Jonkman
2017

Eoghan Lyng - 03-12-2019

A Dutch woman in her 40s, childless and sorrowful, finds unexpected solace on a trip to Chile - watch it for free during the month of December only with ArteKino [Read More...]

Ruth

António Pinhão Botelho
2018

Redmond Bacon - 02-12-2019

The struggle between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica to sign classic footballer Eusèbio becomes a metaphor for a changing Mozambique - watch it for free with ArteKino during the month of December [Read More...]

Shooting the Mafia

Kim Longinotto
2019

Jack Hawkins - 02-12-2019

Director Kim Longinotto presents a short history of Sicilian culture with photojournalist Letizia Battaglia as the focaliser - in cinemas Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

Pink Wall

Tom Cullen
2019

Redmond Bacon - 02-12-2019

Pink Wall is an ambitious non-linear romance entertaining enough on its own merits, but cannot seem to coelesce into a satisfying whole - now on VoD [Read More...]

Sad Song (Chanson Triste)

Louise Narboni
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 02-12-2019

Parisian Baroque singer Elodie Fonnard and Afghan refugee Ahmad exchange songs, poetry and hope, in this exquisite mixture of documentary and fiction - watch it for free with ArteKino in the month of December only! [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...]

Philophobia

Guy Davies
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 01-12-2019

A small English town directs its villagers in directions of which none would have ever conceived - in cinemas on Friday, October 30th [Read More...]

A tale of two ethnicities

 

Victor Fraga - 30-11-2019

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has opened a side festival for its Russian community in the Eastern Estonian towns of Narva and Kohtla-Järve, in a country where integration is still an elusive concept [Read More...]

Finky

Dathai Keane
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 29-11-2019

Deliciously bonkers Irish film tells the story a musician and puppeteer called Finky, and it's a bewildering visual spectacle - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Mike Newell

 

Victor Fraga - 29-11-2019

The British director of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Four Weddings and a Funeral talks about his experience as jury president in the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, the future of the seventh art after Brexit, Truffaut, happy endings and much more, in exclusive interview! [Read More...]

Kalel, 15

Jun Robles Lana
2019

Victor Fraga - 29-11-2019

HIV-positive teen grapples with a dysfunctional family and society, in this extremely bleak yet sobering drama from the Phillipines - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Monster (Arracht)

Tom Sullivan
2019

Victor Fraga - 29-11-2019

Man and young girl have to fend for themselves in 19th century Ireland, as the Great Famine pits hapless peasants against each other - in cinemas on Friday, October 15th [Read More...]

Through Black Glass

Konstantin Lopushansky
2019

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2019

Blind Russian teen marries a Russian oligarch whom she never met, in this sombre tale of patriarchy - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Coldest Game

Lukasz Kosmiski
2019

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2019

Russians and Americans battle on the chessboard at the height of the Cold War, in this extremely formulaic political thriller from Poland - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Lost Lotus

Liu Shu
2019

Victor Fraga - 27-11-2019

After her mother is killed in a hit-and-run accident, woman seeks justice with her own hands but has to grapple with the teachings of Buddhism along the way - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Flying Circus (Cirku Fluturues)

Fatos Berisha
2019

Victor Fraga - 27-11-2019

Four Kosovan actors cross the border illegally in order to perform at a theatre festival in neighbouring Albania, in this simple and captivating comedy about artistic resilience and foolishness - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

When the Moon was Full

Narges Abyar
2019

Victor Fraga - 26-11-2019

Iranian woman marries charming stranger only to find out he's a religious fundamentalist, and that her entire family could be in danger - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Cave

Feras Fayyad
2019

Jack Hawkins - 26-11-2019

In this National Geographic documentary, director Feras Fayyad captures the bravery and perseverance of besieged doctors fighting to save the people of Damascus - out in UK cinemas Friday, December 6th. [Read More...]

Dead Volume (Volume Morto)

Kaue Telloli
2019

Victor Fraga - 26-11-2019

Entirely set in a primary school room, this Brazilian drama pits a young teacher against two angry parents - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Man from Beirut

Christoph Gampl
2019

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2019

Blind hitman bonds with a young girl he was hired to kill, in this conventional neo-noir set in Berlin - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

In the Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand

Dimitris Bavellas
2019

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2019

Two Greek friends in search of an elusive porn star from the 1990s embark on a dazzling journey peppered with imagination, allegory and copious filmic ruses - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Kontora

Anshul Chauhan
2019

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2019

Japanese film built upon highly abstract allegorical devices is a profound meditation on family relations and the wounds of war - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Golden Voices

Evgeny Ruman
2019

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Two elderly Russian dubbers move to Israel following the demise of the Soviet Union, where they have to contend with language and cultural barriers - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Girl with no Mouth (Peri)

Can Evrenol
2019

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Four deformed children fight for their survival in a dystopian post-apocalyptic society, in unusual kids' horror/fantasy movie from Turkey - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Coming Home Again

Wayne Wang
2019

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Son abandons his job and career in order to take care of terminally ill mother, in extremely powerful and intimate meditation on family values and death - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Gutterbee

Ulrich Thomsen
2019

Victor Fraga - 23-11-2019

Xenophobia, homophobia and intolerance prevail in a tiny American town, in this prolonged satire of national identity - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Muscle

Gerard Johnson
2019

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

Craig Fairbrass stars as a highly manipulative personal trainer, in this greasy British thriller set in Newcastle - now on all major VoC platforms [Read More...]

Malpaso

Hector Valdez
2019

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

Black and albino twins have to fend for themselves in a profoundly violent and impoverished society unable to understand the pigmental condition, in this impressive Dominican movie - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Fiela’s Child (Fiela Se Kind)

Brett Michael Innes
2019

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

A white child is adopted by a black family in 19th century South African, in this charming parable of racial segregation - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Drowsy City (Thanh Pho Ngu Gat)

Dung Luong Dinh
2019

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

Vietnamese film bursting with originality and audacity utilises chickens as a surrogate for human pain and vulnerability - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Marionette (Marioneta)

Alvaro Curiel de Icaza
2019

Victor Fraga - 21-11-2019

Mexican thespian uses his dramatic skills in order to help fake beggars to extort people on the streets of Mexico City, in this very unusual tribute to the art of acting - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Harriet

Kasi Lemmons
2019

- 21-11-2019

Biopic of slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman details the struggle of Black Americans on their way to freedom, and it's a film that all people should see - now on VoD [Read More...]

Gipsy Queen

Huseyin Tabak
2019

Victor Fraga - 21-11-2019

Roma immigrant has to fight for her and her family's survival in Germany in both physical and metaphorical ways, in this psychological drama with a punch of political commentary - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Street

Zed Nelson
2019

Redmond Bacon - 13-11-2019

A street in London becomes a metaphor for the failures of Tory austerity in this gripping documentary - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Le Mans ’66 (aka Ford v Ferrari)

James Mangold
2019

Jack Hawkins - 12-11-2019

Designer and driver with very different personalities grapple with corporate interests as they attempt to create a revolutionary race car for Ford, in this fast-paced, real-life story starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon - on Disney+ on Friday, April 15th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

The Report

Scott Z. Burns
2019

Victor Fraga - 08-11-2019

Docudrama about man who led the landmark investigation into the CIA torture program reveals the dirty secrets of the intelligence service - in cinemas Friday, November 15th [Read More...]

Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella

Andrew Loveday
2019

Redmond Bacon - 06-11-2019

Craig Fairbrass delivers a great performance as the terrifying Essex lad, in crime drama about ex-con who travels to Spain in search of drugs for his Southend nightclub - in cinemas sand digital on Friday, November 8th [Read More...]

Greener Grass

Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe
2019

Victor Fraga - 05-11-2019

Absurdist comedy mocks suburban life in the US, and the outcome is mostly cringeworthy - in cinemas Friday, November 22nd [Read More...]

Land Without God

Mannix Flynn, Lotta Petronella, Maedhbh McMahon
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 28-10-2019

Gerard "Mannix" Flynn discusses with family members the institutional abuse that the Irish Church and state has inflicted upon them - in Irish cinemas [Read More...]

Sons of Denmark (Danmarks Sønner)

Ulaa Salim
2019

- 25-10-2019

Politically explosive Danish movie exposes a country infested with racism and xenophobia, as the far right ascends in a phenomenon with shocking parallels to Germany in the 1930s - watch it for free at home with ArteKino during the month of December, plus in cinemas on Friday, December 13th [Read More...]

Dolemite is my Name

Craig Brewer
2019

Ian Schultz - 24-10-2019

Eddie Murphy at the top of his game stars in the biopic of deeply subversive blaxploitation star from the 1970s - on Netflix on Friday, October 25th, and also in selected cinemas [Read More...]

Tales from the Lodge

Abigail Blackmore
2019

Victor Fraga - 24-10-2019

British blend of black comedy and slasher with flavours of other horror subgenres is both unsavoury and indigestible - in cinemas on Friday, October 25th [Read More...]

Ken Loach’s lucid indictment on free market capitalism

 

Victor Fraga - 23-10-2019

Our editor Victor Fraga met up with Ken Loach in order to find out what's gone wrong with workers' rights in the UK, as he releases his new film taking aim at zero-hour contracts [Read More...]

Bringing Out the Dead

Martin Scorsese
1999

Jack Ford - 22-10-2019

Jack Ford remembers Martin Scorsese's overlooked gem about a paramedic collapsing under the strain of his job, for the occasion of its 20th anniversary [Read More...]

A Bump Along the Way

Shelly Love
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 21-10-2019

A 44-year-old single woman finds herself carrying a pregnancy following a one night stand. How will her 15-year-old daughter feel about this? Irish comedy is in cinemas Friday, October 11th [Read More...]

Ed Wood

Tim Burton
1994

Jack Ford - 18-10-2019

As Tim Burton's classic turns 25, Jack Ford takes a dirty look and reevaluates this biopic of the very peculiar filmmaker best known for his low-budget sci-fi and horror movies [Read More...]

Monos

Alejandro Landes
2019

Lucas Pistilli - 17-10-2019

New feature from Colombian filmmaker Alejandro Landes conjures up a psychedelic coming-of-age story, and a thriller with a generous dash of wackiness - now available on VoD [Read More...]

A Rainy Day in New York

Woody Allen
2019

Charles Williams - 16-10-2019

The latest Woody Allen flick is yet another love letter to the city that never sleeps, a schtick that is proving increasingly tired - on VoD on Friday, June 5th [Read More...]

Ladyworld

Amanda Kramer
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 16-10-2019

After tragedy strikes, eight girls find themselves stranded inside a house without electricity, in this all-female thriller with echoes of Tarantino - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Tell Me Who I Am

Ed Perkins
2019

Victor Fraga - 15-10-2019

Horrifying family secrets surface after two adult twins rummage the secret rooms in their house that their late mother kept locked away, in this shocking British documentary - in UK cinemas and also on Netflix on Friday, October 18th. [Read More...]

Suzi Q

Liam Firmager
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 15-10-2019

Rockumentary celebrates an often-overlooked avant-garde artist, who excelled in pure rock'n roll audacity nearly five decades ago and still continues to do so - now available on VoD! [Read More...]

The making-of of the Cambridge Film Festival

 

Victor Fraga - 14-10-2019

The Marketing Coordinator of the third longest-running film festival in the UK speaks to DMovies, and she shares some of event's biggest achievements, anecdotes and encourages both established and nascent filmmakers to take part! [Read More...]

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

Richard Lowenstein
2019

- 12-10-2019

The handsome and energetic rock star led a tragic life, complete with drug abuse, dysfunctional relationships and a major accident - documentary is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Meeting Gorbachev

Werner Herzog, Andre Singer
2019

Victor Fraga - 10-10-2019

The 88-year-old former politician and last leader of the Soviet Union opens up his heart and shares his achievements, tragedies and pains with German director Werner Herzog - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Our top 10 dirty picks from the Cambridge Film Festival

 

DMovies' team - 09-10-2019

As the 39th edition of third longest-running film festival in the UK approaches, we have cherry-picked the 10 most innovative, thought-provoking and downright filthy gems from the event that takes place between October 17th and 24th [Read More...]

The spirit of Indigenous cinema arrives in London!

 

DMovies' team - 09-10-2019

The 13th Native Spirit Festival takes place between October 12th and 20th, with a selection of 87 films, plus talks, music and interactive performances in six venues across the British capital [Read More...]

Fire Will Come (O Que Arde)

Oliver Laxe
2019

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...]

Chained for Life

Aaron Schimberg
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 08-10-2019

Is this the real life Beauty and the Beast? Exquisite, idiosyncratic pop feature starring Jess Weixler and Adam Pearson finds profound beauty in facial disfigurement - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Irishman

Martin Scorsese
2019

Daniel Luis Ennab - 08-10-2019

De Niro and Pesci are back in an epic countering on the reminiscence of vintage Scorsese and with an unexpectedly sombre vision of sin - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Etienne Charles’s docushorts

Etienne Charles
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 07-10-2019

Take a journey through the sensual world of Creole, in this short yet fascinating retrospective of jazz professor Etienne Charles - from the Native Spirit Festival [Read More...]

The Brazilian resistance speaks up!

 

Victor Fraga - 06-10-2019

We spoke to the two directors of Bacurau, the audacious sci-fi/Western that won the Jury Prize in Cannes this year, and became a powerful weapon against the far-right, anti-culture government of Brazil [Read More...]

Uncut Gems

Joshua and Benjamin Safdie
2019

Daniel Luis Ennab - 06-10-2019

The latest film by the Safdie brothers is both energetic and skilfully craft, with a highly nuanced Adam Sandler as the charming anti-hero - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

K’Na Dreamweaver

Ida Anita Del Mundo
2016

Eoghan Lyng - 04-10-2019

A young princess of the T'boli indigenous group of the Philippines discovers that she has been chosen by the gods as her village's dreamweaver - from the Native Spirit Festival [Read More...]

After the Wedding

Bart Freundlich
2019

Daniel Luis Ennab - 04-10-2019

Remake of Danish movie starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams attempts to tell a complex and multibranched story, but the intriguing layers are never fully fleshed - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Filmfarsi

Ehsan Khoshbakht
2019

Redmond Bacon - 04-10-2019

Deep-dive into pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema, a world awash with sex and violence, in this doc revealing a new side to the misunderstood nation - from the Cambridge Film Festival [Read More...]

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
2019

Lucas Pistilli - 03-10-2019

Twainesque road movie has enough charisma and confidence to rise above to rise above the average fare of American indies, starring Shia LaBeouf and Zack Gottsagen - now also available on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Secretaries – A Life for Cinema (Segretarie – Una Vita per il Cinema)

Raffaele Rago, Daniela Masciale
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 02-10-2019

Six personal assistants tell what was like to work in film when Italian movies won one award after another, presenting a history soon to be lost to memory - from the Cambridge Film Festival [Read More...]

Paper Boats

Yago Muñoz
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 02-10-2019

A family of children leave their home to spend time with their agrarian Grandfather in this charming tale from Mexican director Yago Muñoz - from the Cambridge Film Festival [Read More...]

Clemency

Chinonye Chukwu
2019

Jack Hawkins - 29-09-2019

Nigerian director Chinonye Chukwu considers the emotional impact of capital punishment, and the outcome is mostly lifeless - on VoD on Friday, July 17th [Read More...]

I Lost My Body (J’ai Perdu Mon Corps)

Jérémy Clapin
2019

Jeremy Clarke - 29-09-2019

A severed hand searches for its body while a boy searches for the girl who he only knows from the sound of her voice in this French animated feature – from the BFI London Film Festival then in cinemas on Friday, November 22nd and on Netflix from Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil

Lee Won-Tae
2019

Jeremy Clarke - 29-09-2019

Better the devil you know. A no-nonsense cop and a ruthless gangland boss join forces to catch a serial killer in this South Korean thriller - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Rambo: Last Blood

Adrian Grunberg
2019

Jack Hawkins - 24-09-2019

Sylvester Stallone sleepwalks into a litany of violence in this gnarly swansong to his defining character - on VoD Friday, May 21st [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Thirza Cuthand

 

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2019

As the transgressive Indigiqueer filmmaker arrives in London from Canada for the Native Spirit Festival, we took the opportunity to talk about indigenous traditions, transposing, oral storytelling into cinema, humour as a political tool and more! [Read More...]

Sea of Shadows

Richard Ladkani
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 23-09-2019

The vaquita are being driven to extinction by vast amounts of gillnetting placed by totoaba traffickers near Mexico. Now a group of people have come to their rescue - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Coup 53

Taghi Amirani
2019

Jack Hawkins - 23-09-2019

Veteran filmmaker Taghi Amirani investigates British involvement in the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat - in virtual cinemas across the UK, Ireland, the US and Canada from Friday, August 21st [Read More...]

Thirza Cuthand Retrospective

Thirza Cuthand
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 20-09-2019

Indigiqueer Canadian filmmaker experiments with language, and radically questions the division between art and everyday life - from the Native Spirit Festival [Read More...]

Zombi Child

Bertrand Bonello
2019

Victor Fraga - 19-09-2019

Haitian teen has to juggle her "zombi" heritage with her new-found friends in an elite boarding school somewhere in France, in this hybrid of horror and political drama - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues)

Denis Cote
2019

Victor Fraga - 19-09-2019

The dead have returned in order to haunt this sleepy Quebecois village, where the locals lead a stupefyingly mundane existence - on Mubi in April and May [Read More...]

How do you manufacture happiness?

 

Lara C. Cory - 16-09-2019

Ten female animators partner with 10 music composers in order to create a kinder, more sustainable and humane version of economics - from the Encounters Film Festival in Bristol [Read More...]

Extra Ordinary

Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 16-09-2019

A satanic rock star, a driving instructor with paranormal powers and a widower must face very different demons, in this spectral comedy from Ireland - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The dirtiest movie soundtracks ever

 

Petra von Kant - 16-09-2019

Our writer Petra von Kant picks her favourite movie soundtracks, those who have shaken her (and a lot of of other people) to the core since their release [Read More...]

Official Secrets

Gavin Hood
2019

Patricia Cook - 15-09-2019

Dirty and Special Relationship: the UK and the US conspire in order to persuade UN Security Council members to support the Iraq War, in political thriller based on real events - now available on VoD [Read More...]

American Woman

Jake Scott
2019

Jack Hawkins - 11-09-2019

Life must go on for a young woman after her teen daughter goes missing, in this dirty kitchen sink drama starring Sienna Miller - on VoD in April [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Karim Ainouz

 

Victor Fraga - 11-09-2019

Our editor met up with the director of The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao, the astounding Brazilian melodrama that won the prestigious Un Certain Regard award in Cannes and is out in cinemas on October 15th! [Read More...]

Honeyland

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 10-09-2019

Isolated in doctrinal solitude, a beekeeper’s earnings are threatened by the passage of time and family, in this quietly exuberant doc in the mountains of North Macedonia - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Hotel Mumbai

Anthony Maras
2019

Jack Hawkins - 09-09-2019

The 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks are recreated to convincing results, in thriller blending real stories with fiction - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Our top 10 dirty picks from the 2019 BFI London Film Festival

 

DMovies' team - 09-09-2019

Check out 10 dirtylicious films from the upcoming BFI London Film Festival, including the latest features by Martin Scorsese Francois Ozon and Kleber Mendonca Filho, plus a little treat from Pablo Larrain! [Read More...]

Belonging (Aidiyet)

Burak Çevik
2019

Daniel Luis Ennab - 09-09-2019

A man reveals the details of how he met his lover and murdered his mother-in-law-to-be, in potentially fascinating yet clumsily structured movie - from Open City Documentary Film Festival [Read More...]

For Sama

Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
2019

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...]

The Shiny Shrimps (Les Crevettes pailletées)

Cédric Le Gallo, Maxime Govare
2019

- 04-09-2019

Homophobic coach has to grapple with loud and frivolous gay polo team, in this well-meaning and entertaining French comedy - on VoD on Monday, January 13th [Read More...]

Apocalypse Now (Final Cut)

Francis Ford Coppola
1979

Jack Hawkins - 03-09-2019

As Coppola's war classic gets a crisp 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray 40th anniversary edition, Jack Hawkins looks back at what makes the film so memorable - now on Mubi [Read More...]

Rojo

Benjamín Naishtat
2019

Daniel Luis Ennab - 03-09-2019

Argentinian filmmaker Benjamín Naishtat's third film is a muted yet powerful character study spiked with political flavours - on Mubi on Tuesday, January 10th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Harpoon

Rob Grant
2019

Paul Risker - 02-09-2019

Dirtylicious twists drive the narrative of this American survival thriller about three friends stranded on a yacht and grappling with tension and trust - from FrightFest [Read More...]

Ready or Not

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
2019

Paul Risker - 02-09-2019

Grace has to hide from her murderous in-laws immediately after her luxurious wedding, in this American blend of black comedy and horror - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Big Meeting

Daniel Draper
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 02-09-2019

Superb documentary reflects the past, present and future of the Durham Miners' Gala and labour movement, whilst following four protagonists over the course of this impressive working-class occasion - now available on DVD [Read More...]

Non-Fiction (Doubles Vies)

Olivier Assayas
2019

Patricia Cook - 29-08-2019

French comedy starring Juliette Binoche and Guillaume Canet investigates the complexity of old friendships and love, in good conversational style - now also available on BFI Player [Read More...]

The dark humour of fatherhood

 

Redmond Bacon - 22-08-2019

German film lays bare the awkwardness of fatherhood. We sat down with directors Henner Winckler and Ulrich Köhler to learn about their latest work! [Read More...]

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

André Øvredal
2019

Jack Hawkins - 21-08-2019

New fantasy horror produced by Guillermo del Toro is neither scary nor original, however it does excel in technical proficiency - now available on VoD [Read More...]

24 Snow

Mikhail Barynin
2019

Redmond Bacon - 21-08-2019

Extremity becomes its own reward in this a loving depiction of rural life in one of the world's most inhospitable places - from the upcoming Native Spirit Festival [Read More...]

Neither Wolf nor Dog

Steven Lewis Simpson
2019

Patricia Cook - 20-08-2019

An author is asked to write a book about a Native American elder's experiences, taking viewers on a fascinating journey through the history and the issues that the Lakota people face - in cinemas Friday, August 23rd [Read More...]

Discover Iceland in all its glory!

 

Redmond Bacon - 17-08-2019

We sat down with Icelandic auteur Rúnar Rúnarsson to discuss Echo, covering everything from working with amateurs to the country's outstanding beauty! [Read More...]

Hail Satan

Penny Lane
2019

Victor Fraga - 17-08-2019

The devil has never been this adorable before, in this documentary about a group of American progressives who appropriated the Antichrist for the libertarian crusade - in cinemas and VoD [Read More...]

Killer Kate!

Elliot Feld
2019

Jack Hawkins - 14-08-2019

This American microbudget slasher is a real killer, but not quite in the way one would hope: it's simply painful to watch - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Cinema that bites!

 

Redmond Bacon - 13-08-2019

We sat down with the directing duo behind Space Dogs, an experimental and deeply disturbing doc depicting canine life in a never-seen-before way - live from Locarno [Read More...]

South Terminal (Terminal Sud)

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
2019

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2019

Neither dramatic enough nor powerful enough to hold the viewer's interest, Swiss film wallows in vagueness when it should be ramping up the tension - live from Locarno [Read More...]

A Serious Man

Coen Brothers
2009

Jack Ford - 12-08-2019

Mostly overlooked dirty gem by the Coen Brothers is now 10 years old; Jack Ford reevaluates the film and asks why it failed at the box office a decade earlier! [Read More...]

The Last Black Man In San Francisco

Joe Talbot
2019

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2019

Both a celebration and lament for The City by the Bay, this film is also a deeply felt inquisition into the meaning of home - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Wilcox

Denis Côté
2019

Redmond Bacon - 11-08-2019

Denis Côté's second film of 2019 is a silent tale of social isolation that sees the Quebec auteur pushing his minimalist approach to new limits - from the Cambridge Film Festival [Read More...]

Echo (Bergmál)

Rúnar Rúnnarsson
2019

Redmond Bacon - 11-08-2019

This surprisingly sentimental entry from Rúnar Rúnnarsson is an epic ode to his Icelandic homeland in equal parts funny and sad - now on Mubi [Read More...]

Notre Dame

Valérie Donzelli
2019

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2019

See the Cathedral in its full glory for the last time in Valérie Donzelli's latest film; a breezy French comedy about womanhood and architecture - live from Locarno [Read More...]

A Voluntary Year (Das Freiwillige Jahr)

Ulrich Köhler
2019

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2019

A drive to the airport turns hairy in awkward German black comedy A Voluntary Year, a brilliant tale of adolescent indecision and fatherly overbearance - live from Locarno [Read More...]

7500

Patrick Vollrath
2019

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...]

Space Dogs

Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter
2019

Redmond Bacon - 09-08-2019

Man's cruelty to man's best friend is merciless exposed in Russian film Space Dogs, one of the most bizarre documentaries ever made! On Mubi in September [Read More...]

Nimic

Yorgos Lanthimos
2019

Redmond Bacon - 09-08-2019

Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos shows his new short on Mubi, a strange provocation that needs to be watched again and again! [Read More...]

Adolescents (Adolescentes)

Sébastian Lifshitz
2019

Redmond Bacon - 09-08-2019

Five years in the making, Adolescentes is a remarkable achievement, charting two very different girls from 13 to 18 as they grow into maturity - on Mubi on July 9th [Read More...]

Maternal (Hogar)

Maura Delpero
2019

Redmond Bacon - 09-08-2019

What constitutes motherhood? This is the question Maternal (Hogar) wrestles with, a deeply Christian riff on the tale of the Virgin Mary! From the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Last Night I Saw You Smiling (Yub menh bong keunh oun nho nhim)

Kavich Neang
2019

Redmond Bacon - 08-08-2019

A single building in Cambodia is used to interrogate a changing nation, in this quiet yet deeply affecting movie - live from Locarno [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...]

Gaza

Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell
2019

Victor Fraga - 07-08-2019

Two million Palestinians attempt to live their lives as normal, despite the horrific conditions to which they are subject - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Animals

Sophie Hyde
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 07-08-2019

Old friends and party animals Laura and Tyler brave the streets of Dublin in search of freedom, mischief, cocaine and... er... wedding dresses - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Hoop Dreams

Steve James
1994

Fedor Tot - 05-08-2019

Two Afro-American teens dream of becoming professional basketball players, but the sport has many surprises (both good and bad) in store for them - now on Mubi [Read More...]

Notorious

Alfred Hitchcock
2019

Redmond Bacon - 04-08-2019

The uncommonly powerful love scenes easily make this Hitchcock's most mature film. We go deep into the film noir, unlocking its striking romantic vision - back in cinemas on Friday, August 9th, more than 70 years after its original release [Read More...]

Our dirty picks from the upcoming Locarno Film Festival

 

Redmond Bacon - 04-08-2019

We are looking out for the dirty gems from the eclectic programme at Locarno so you don't have to. They include the latest films by Tarantino, Kapadia, Kurosawa and many more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Peter Strickland

 

Lara C. Cory - 01-08-2019

Lara C. Cory interviews the director of In Fabric and finds out the secrets and peculiarities of his latest movie, a dirty gem of filmmaking shining with mystery and twisted sexualities [Read More...]

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

David Leitch
2019

Jack Hawkins - 01-08-2019

The Fast & Furious saga continues to bloat and extend with the franchise’s ninth instalment and first spin-off - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Shock of the Future (Le Choc du Futur)

Marc Collin
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 29-07-2019

In the male-dominated music industry of Paris in the 1970s, Ana uses electronic gadgets in order to create a brand new, dirty sound - in cinemas from Friday, September 13th [Read More...]

Photograph

Ritesh Batra
2019

Patricia Cook - 29-07-2019

The improbable relationship between two very different people living in the crowded city of Mumbai is the central pillar of this elegantly filmed and effective Indian production - in cinemas Friday, August 2nd [Read More...]

Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love

Nick Broomfield
2019

Victor Fraga - 23-07-2019

After decades of continuous "so longs", Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen finally say goodbye, and it all comes neatly full circle - in cinemas Friday, July 26th. [Read More...]

Do The Right Thing

Spike Lee
1989

Redmond Bacon - 22-07-2019

Three decades after its original release, Spike Lee's magnum opus has lost none of its power to provoke and delight in equal measure - back in cinemas on Friday, August 2nd [Read More...]

The Current War

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
2019

Victor Fraga - 19-07-2019

American historical drama details the fight between electricity giants Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla in the late 19th century, but the outcome is neither bright nor electrifying - on Netflix on Monday, July 26th, and also available on other platforms [Read More...]

The Candidate (El Reino)

Rodrigo Sorogoyen
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 15-07-2019

Nail-biting Spanish political thriller from the producers of Dogman is a near-perfect movie, bar its protracted duration - in cinemas and digital HD on Friday, August 2nd [Read More...]

10 films about The Troubles

 

Eoghan Lyng - 15-07-2019

Eoghan Lyng lists 10 dirty movies about the chaos and conflict that prevailed in Northern Ireland for several decades, until the signing of The Good Friday Agreement in 1998 [Read More...]

Is violence the only way out?

 

Jack Hawkins - 15-07-2019

Jack Hawkins lists five dirty films where the characters resort to shocking violence as an unexpected cathartic device, as they snap under various types of pressure [Read More...]

Gwen

William McGregor
2019

- 12-07-2019

Young girl in 19th century Snowdonia struggles to keep her family together, in Gothic period drama with flavours of horror - on VoD on Monday, December 11th [Read More...]

The Wedding Guest

Michael Winterbottom
2019

Redmond Bacon - 12-07-2019

Michael Winterbottom's latest action thriller is a travelogue of the world's second most populous nation, and it starts off very well before it descends into something predictable and trite - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Blinded by the Light

Gurinder Chadha
2019

Victor Fraga - 11-07-2019

British Pakistani teen finds a venting outlet in Bruce Springsteen's music, as he grapples with a conservative father and a profoundly racist Britain in the late 1980s - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Phoenix (Føniks)

Camilla Strøm Henriksen
2019

Victor Fraga - 09-07-2019

Fourteen-year-old grappling with an alcoholic mother has a dirty secret in the basement shed, in this effective Norwegian drama - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Are You Proud?

Ashley Joiner
2019

- 02-07-2019

The history of LGBTQ+ Britain in the past 50 years is the central pillar of this sobering doc, which both celebrates and raises questions about the achievements of the community - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Don’t Look Now

Nicolas Roeg
1973

Redmond Bacon - 30-06-2019

Nicolas Roeg's horror masterpiece is back in cinemas nearly 50 years after its original release, and it remains a harrowing reminder of our impermanence, and the immutability of our future - out on Friday, July 5th [Read More...]

Vita and Virginia

Chanya Button
2019

Redmond Bacon - 30-06-2019

Virginia Woolf has never been this dull and joyless before, in awful British biopic featuring a miscast Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Life lessons from gambling?

 

Petra von Kant - 26-06-2019

In our top 5 dirty movies about gambling, you too can learn one thing or two (or even a life lesson) in the most unlikely of all places: the casino! [Read More...]

10 films that depict the post-Holocaust experience

 

Jack Hawkins - 25-06-2019

Jack Hawkins lists 10 dirty movies that are preoccupied with the aftermath of the systematic extermination of Jews during WW2 in Europe [Read More...]

Kurier

Władysław Pasikowski
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 22-06-2019

Philippe Tłokiński stars as real-life Polish war hero Jan Nowak-Jeziorański in the latest blockbuster from cult director Władysław Pasikowski - in cinemas Friday, June 28th [Read More...]

The Biggest Little Farm

John Chester
2019

Victor Fraga - 21-06-2019

Young American couple gives up urban life in favour of an "old-fashioned" farm, where they both struggle and wallow in the strange paradoxes of nature - in cinemas Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

When violence gets dirty…

 

Jack Hawkins - 20-06-2019

Jack Hawkins picks ten films that are *about* violence, explaining the dirty connotations behind the brutality, bloodshed and destructiveness [Read More...]