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Foxtrot

Samuel Maoz
2017

Tiago Di Mauro - 10-09-2017

Dance me to the end of war: lyrical and surreal anti-war movie deals with the relationship between a grieving father and his son serving in the Israeli Army - film won the Silver Lion in Venice last month and it's now in the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Hunting Season (Temporada de Caza)

Natalia Garagiola
2017

Tiago Di Mauro - 10-09-2017

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

Angels Wear White (Jia Nian Hua)

Vivian Qu
2017

Tiago Di Mauro - 08-09-2017

"The weaker sex"? More like "the resilient sex"! Chinese film is a tribute to female strength in a country where being a woman means being at serious disadvantage - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

mother!

Darren Aronofsky
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 08-09-2017

Maverick visionary Aronofsky’s psychological horror has a spoonful of Polanski, a dash of Hitchcock, a pinch of Kubrick and even a squeeze of Ken Russell, all topped with a sterling cast – it just premiered at Venice and is out in cinemas on Friday [Read More...]

Carmen on the Lake

Kasper Holten
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 08-09-2017

Latin passion with Germanic flavours: Bizet's majestic opera at Lake Constance has been captured in film, so you don't need to travel to Austria in order to witness this elegant spectacle - in cinemas across the UK [Read More...]

Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast

Daniel Draper
2017

Victor Fraga - 06-09-2017

Doc about the iconic "hard-left" Labour politician from Bolsover is insightful and engaging, but it also slips into clichés and neglects urgent topics - now on DVD [Read More...]

Caniba

Véréna Paravel/ Lucien Castaing-Taylor
2017

Tiago Di Mauro - 05-09-2017

Issei Sagawa killed and ate his classmate in order to fulfill his darkest fantasies in 1981; new doc by two European filmmakers explores our relation with repulsiveness and voyeurism using the cannibalistic incident as a gauge - from Venice [Read More...]

Invisible

Pablo Giorgelli
2017

Tiago Di Mauro - 05-09-2017

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

First Reformed

Paul Schrader
2017

Tiago Di Mauro - 01-09-2017

A very intense and spiritual Paul Schrader pushes Ethan Hawke into his most powerful role to date, a reverend facing profound existential issues - out on VoD on Monday, November 5th [Read More...]

Blade Runner 2049

Dennis Villeneuve
2017

DMovies' team - 01-09-2017

The final release date and the duration for what's probably the most anticipated film of the year have finally been announced; watch the trailer here and find out more! [Read More...]

The Farthest

Emer Reynolds
2017

Linda Marric - 31-08-2017

Doc takes a fascinating and nostalgic look at the Voyager and the truth unearthed in the past 40 years, since Nasa launched the twin crafts into space - in cinemas [Read More...]

Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast

Daniel Draper
2017

DMovies' team - 31-08-2017

Dennis Skinner is best known for his socialist credentials and resilience; will his new doc deliver an impartial look at the controversial man or will it be an esoteric affair for a group of leftwingers? [Read More...]

The Shape of Water

Gullermo del Toro
2017

Tiago Di Mauro - 31-08-2017

US meddling is an ugly monster waiting to be caged, argues Tiago di Mauro about Guillermo del Toro's latest flick - out in cinemas on February 14th [Read More...]

London Symphony

Alex Barrett
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 30-08-2017

A groovy day in London town! Touching tribute to tolerance and diversity is a much needed present for as iconic city tainted right now by fear of terrorism and Brexi-division - silent movie with live music score in cinemas [Read More...]

The Vault

Dan Bush
2017

Victor Fraga - 29-08-2017

Dan Bush's hybrid of horror and bank heist stars James Franco; it does work on some levels, but it eventually loses the plot - on VoD on Friday, August 27th [Read More...]

NINE movies empowering Afro-Americans RIGHT NOW

 

DMovies' team - 29-08-2017

The past 12 months have seen a large number of urgent and inflammatory films dealing with the issue of racism against Black Americans, so we have picked the NINE dirtiest anti-racist gems from the US exclusively for you [Read More...]

Stratton

Simon West
2017

Victor Fraga - 28-08-2017

British action flick about WMDs and a chemical attack in London is a shining example of cinema as a fearmongering tool, and the last thing you need to watch right now - in cinemas [Read More...]

The Limehouse Golem

Juan Carlos Medina
2017

Victor Fraga - 28-08-2017

British horror starring Bill Nighy is a twisted feminist movie revisiting the past and our notions of memory, but perhaps it would work better as a TV series - now on VoD [Read More...]

Patti Cake$

Geremy Jasper
2017

Maysa Monção - 27-08-2017

Take the Cross Bronx Expressway to stardom, but rest assured: it's going to be a bumpy ride - delightful comedy about aspiring hip-hop artists in cinemas [Read More...]

Taste of Cement

Ziad Kalthoum
2017

Art Haxhijakupi - 27-08-2017

The life of Syrians refugees in Lebanon isn't savoury at all, but dry and chalky instead; our writer Art Haxhijakupi, once a war refugee himself, writes about the film opening the Open City Docs Fest in London [Read More...]

Moon Dogs

Philip John
2017

Victor Fraga - 24-08-2017

Is there life on the Shetland Islands? Take a walk on the wild side of Britain, in this blend of pan-Celtic and Viking youth romance and scenic adventure set in the most remote areas of the country - in cinemas soon [Read More...]

Logan Lucky

Steven Soderbergh
2017

Victor Fraga - 23-08-2017

Steven Soderbergh's latest film Logan Lucky is a perfectly-executed and pleasant comedy about clumsy and kind-hearted criminals carrying out a heist, but it lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi - now on DVD, BD and VoD [Read More...]

Your Name (Kimi no Na wa)

Makoto Shinkai
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 22-08-2017

Do you know what it feels like for a girl? Urban teenage boy and countryside girl repeatedly swap bodies overnight, as fate draws them together through a meteor strike. Makoto Shinkai’s breakout animation returns to cinemas, and is now for the first time in IMAX [Read More...]

Blackface, yellowface, transface – where do you draw the line?

 

Victor Fraga - 22-08-2017

As the debate around blackface, yellowface and transface heats up, DMovies' editor Victor Fraga discusses the relation between race/gender identity and representation in cinema and questions the limits of acceptability [Read More...]

Detroit

Kathryn Bigelow
2017

Victor Fraga - 20-08-2017

Wear the shoes of the "negro": white female filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow delivers an enrapturing and harrowing portrayal of police impunity and racism in the US during the riots of the 1960s - now also on Amazon Prime) [Read More...]

The Future of Work and Death

Sean Blacknell, Wayne Walsh
2017

Victor Fraga - 17-08-2017

Is technology ready to challenge the two biggest inevitabilities of life: working and dying? And more crucially, are we prepared for such changes? Outstanding doc raises urgent economic, sociological and philosophical questions - watch now on VoD [Read More...]

Le Trou

Jacques Becker
1960

Alasdair Bayman - 17-08-2017

Is Jacques Becker's masterpiece indeed "the greatest French film of all times"? Our dirty writer Alasdair Bayman takes a fresh look at the highly subversive and innovative flick, and reflects on topics of honour and incarceration - now on DVD, BD and EST [Read More...]

Quest

Jonathan Olshefski
2017

Victor Fraga - 15-08-2017

Hope, not fear: doc follows family in Philadelphia during the Obama years, and reveals that being Black in the US means facing an uphill struggle everyday while juggling not to lose the tenderness - in selected cinemas and VoD [Read More...]

Damned Summer (Verão Danado)

Pedro Cabeleira
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 12-08-2017

Some like it hot and wild: get lost in this highly visual and melodic template of nightlife with the hedonistic youth of Portugal - available for online streaming for a limited period only [Read More...]

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power

Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 10-08-2017

The movie Trump and May DON'T want you to watch: follow-up documentary sees Al Gore travel the globe to explore the latest developments on climate change, and the message is terrifying - in cinemas [Read More...]

Edward and Caroline (Édouard et Caroline)

Jacques Becker
1951

Lina Samoili - 10-08-2017

Are you classy enough? Jacques Becker's early masterpiece is a hilarious comedy challenging gender stereotypes and questioning the values of the French bourgeoisie - available in the UK for the first time [Read More...]

Touchez pas au Grisbi!

Jacques Becker
1956

Petra von Kant - 09-08-2017

Two French birds with one stone: Studiocanal rescues the legacy of the often underrated French filmmaker Jacques Becker, and our first dirty pick is a timely celebration of the recently departed legend Jeanne Moreau - now on DVD, Blu-ray and EST [Read More...]

Severina

Felipe Hirsch
2017

Maysa Monção - 09-08-2017

Book it right now: this lyrical tale about the moribund habit of buying and reading books will enrapture you from its first pag... minute! From the Locarno Film Festival, and also available to view online for free for a short period only [Read More...]

A Ghost Story

David Lowery
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 08-08-2017

Despite the movie title, this flick starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck is not your average ghost film, but instead a slow-burning and provocative essay on the meaning of existence - on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Recollection

Art Haxhijakupi
2017

Lina Samoili - 07-08-2017

All about my motherland: young artist opens the painful wounds of Kosovo's recent history and rescues his country's collective memory with a very personal and intimate documentary - from DokuFest [Read More...]

Donkeyote

Chico Pereira
2017

Pedro Miguel - 07-08-2017

One man and his BRAY-ve companion: touching doc about an old Spaniard, his donkey and their insatiable wanderlust is a tribute to kindness and resilience - in cinemas Friday, October 26th [Read More...]

Celebrate your inner s**t, with Twin Town!!!

 

Victor Fraga - 07-08-2017

As the cult classic celebrates its 20th anniversary, you too can learn a thing or two from Welsh on how to reclaim the ugly beauty of your "pretty shitty city" - and you can watch the film now at home [Read More...]

Liberation Day

Uģis Olte/ Morten Traavik
2017

Victor Fraga - 06-08-2017

As weird as it gets: documentary about the highly controversial avant-garde band Laibach's concert in extremely secretive North Korea offers unique insight into an extremely peculiar and explosive event - from DokuFest [Read More...]

Williams

Morgan Matthews
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 04-08-2017

Behind every man there's a great woman; and sometimes there's another one ahead of him: doc about the Williams reveals that profession ambitions and family life can gently complement each other - in cinemas [Read More...]

Kosovo is once again sizzling with the best docs!

 

DMovies' team - 02-08-2017

One of the most vibrant and diverse documentary film festivals in Europe kicks off again this week in the very quaint and charming town of Prizren, Kosovo; check out our lowdown on Dokufest! [Read More...]

The Ghoul

Gareth Tunley
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 01-08-2017

Officer Jekyll and Mr Hyde - psychological thriller weaves a complex web of characters and a police procedural which folds back in on itself. Welcome to the strange, confusing and compelling world of The Ghoul - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

Why did Nigel Farage like Dunkirk so much?

 

Victor Fraga - 01-08-2017

Apart from the obvious analogy of withdrawing from Europe, there's another underlying reason why the controversial British politician endorsed the blockbuster: Dunkirk is an adrenaline-inducing canticle for nationalism [Read More...]

Tom of Finland

Dome Karukoski
2017

Victor Fraga - 31-07-2017

A dirty life in pictures: Tom of Finland's eagerly awaited biopic is finally out; the result is an accomplished and elegant movie, however with one BIG AND HARD shortcoming - on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Land of Mine (Under Sandet)

Martin Zandvliet
2017

Victor Fraga - 31-07-2017

A genuinely anti-war movie: released almost simultaneously as Dunkirk and also set on a European beach during WW2, this outstanding Danish-German production highlights the pointlessness of the conflict - in cinemas [Read More...]

A Good Day to Die, Hoka Hey

Harold Monfils
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 31-07-2017

The unbearable darkness of being at war: Jason P' Howe's unflinching desire to capture the grotesqueness of war with his camera is the subject of this highly provocative doc - out on DVD, Blu-ray and VoD [Read More...]

Wish Upon

John R. Leonetti
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 26-07-2017

Deep dive into the wishing NOT well!!! Teenager stumbles upon a Chinese music box that makes wishes come true – unaware that it also extracts a horrific price for each deed - from Friday [Read More...]

47 Metres Down

Johannes Roberts
2017

Victor Fraga - 25-07-2017

Taking immersive cinema to a whole new level: British survival horror successfully recycles devices from the shark and claustrophobia horror movies to very convincing results, in a film that will leave your nails bleeding - in cinemas [Read More...]

The Anti-War Battalion is fired up!!!

 

Victor Fraga - 24-07-2017

The emblematic Czech anti-war novel The Good Soldier Schwejk is being turned into a movie, but this isn't your average period drama; film director Christine Edzard is throwing in some very modern flavours as well as a groundbreaking theatrical twist, all from her studios in Rotherhithe [Read More...]

Dunkirk

Christopher Nolan
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 18-07-2017

Dunkirk is a film miracle: read Jeremy Clarke's verdict of what he describes as "the likely film of the year" and a gauge of "British conformism, value judgments and prejudice" - on Amazon Prime on Thursday, April 1st [Read More...]

City of Ghosts

Matthew Heineman
2017

Linda Marric - 18-07-2017

Documenting the documentarists: Matthew Heineman's latest film follows a group of extremely brave citizen-turned-journalists named “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” in the Syrian War - in cinemas this week [Read More...]

Scribe (La Mécanique de l’Ombre)

Thomas Kruithof
2017

Victor Fraga - 17-07-2017

Ears without a face: French political thriller about a secret transcriber has flavours of 1970s conspiracy theory and Latin American cinema - in cinemas this week [Read More...]

The most extreme physical reactions to a film EVER!

 

Victor Fraga - 16-07-2017

Are you taking the piss? From temperamental bladders and seizures to a miscarriage and even a fatal heart attack, these are the most absurd, ludicrous and shocking physical reactions that a film has ever caused to a moviegoer! [Read More...]

SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

Barnaby Clay
2017

Victor Fraga - 12-07-2017

It's only Mick Rock but I like it!!! Legendary photographer "who shot the 1970s" captures the very essence of rock'n roll in a career spanning nearly four decades - in equally impressive doc out now on YouTube [Read More...]

One Man and his Cow (La Vache)

Mohamed Hamidi
2016

Art Haxhijakupi - 09-07-2017

MOOO-ving tale of a man and his bovine: Algerian peasant takes his much-adored animal to an agricultural competition in Paris, and the culture clash becomes immediately evident - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Love at First Child (Ange et Gabrielle)

Anne Giafferi
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 09-07-2017

L'amour reigns: French romcom about teenage pregnancy and failed fatherhood is pleasant enough to watch, but it slips way too often into the very predictable and old-fashioned - available on VoD [Read More...]

David Lynch: The Art Life

Jon Nguyen
2017

Steve Naish - 09-07-2017

Peeling back a multilayered artist: brand new doc examines the life of the legendary filmmaker from his early years all the way to the making of his first feature - out in selected cinemas [Read More...]

Genocidal Organ (Gyakusatsu Kikan)

Shuko Murase
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 09-07-2017

Playing dirty war games: US troops carry out raids in war-torn European countries where genocide has been socially engineered, then relax off-duty to pizza and television - out in cinemas [Read More...]

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

Ermanno Olmi
1978

Lucas Pistilli - 05-07-2017

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

The Midwife (Sage Femme)

Martin Provost
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 04-07-2017

A painful delivery: despite a star-studded cast and top-drawer performances, Martin Provost just fails to produce a convincing movie about birth and ghosts of the past - in cinemas this week [Read More...]

The Human Surge (El Auge Humano)

Eduardo Williams
2017

Victor Fraga - 04-07-2017

Young without a cause: Highly experimental and audacious doc with homemade feel investigates the aimlessness of youth across three different continents - in cinemas now [Read More...]

The Boy And The Beast (Bakemono no ko)

Mamoru Hosoda
2015

Jeremy Clarke - 04-07-2017

A tale of two worlds: a young boy is abducted into the parallel Beast Kingdom in order to be apprenticed by their future ruler, then as a teenager becomes torn between the two societies - finally on DVD and Blu-ray [Read More...]

A question of identity: Brexitannia and The House on Coco Road

 

Julia Spatuzzi Felmanas - 01-07-2017

Our favourite dirty movie-goer Julia writes about two very different docs at the East End Film Festival, national and racial identity and what you can do in order to save a dirty gem of a movie theatre in London! [Read More...]

Baby Driver

Edgar Wright
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 29-06-2017

Guess who's behind the wheel tonight? Baby and his music. He's in the hands of fate, but he's not going to hand himself over on a plate - dirty music thriller is on Netflix on January 1st [Read More...]

Kedi

Ceyda Torun
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 29-06-2017

Istanbul has an intimate and virtuous relation of respect with its street moggies; this doc follows the footsteps (pawsteps?) of seven stray cats with different and vibrant personalities - from the Cambridge Film Festival [Read More...]

Wrapping up Pride Month with the dirtiest LGBT films

 

DMovies team - 28-06-2017

As gay as it gets: in order to wrap up the Pride Month we have asked our dirty boys and girls to pick their favourite LGBT film of all times, and to describe how it affected their lives. [Read More...]

Passport to Pimlico is the ultimate anti-Brexit movie

 

Victor Fraga - 27-06-2017

The 1949 Ealing comedy Passport to Pimlico isn't just one of the funniest British films ever made, it's also a prescient warning and the perfect allegory of Brexit, and why it might be doomed to fail [Read More...]

In this Corner of the World

Sunao Katabuchi
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 27-06-2017

A shock to the system: animation examines a young Japanese woman’s life in wartime up to and including the atomic bombing of Hiroshima - in cinemas this week [Read More...]

Risk

Laura Poitras
2017

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2017

Whistle-blowing the whistle-blower: Documentary by Laura Poitras offers an insider's view into the predicament of Wikileak's founder Julian Assange and his acolytes Jacob Appelbaum and Sarah Harrison, including information that the Australian activist would rather keep confidential - out in cinemas this week [Read More...]

Souvenir

Bavo Defurne
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 23-06-2017

Twelve points go to... Isabelle Huppert!!! The steely French actress plays an old Eurovision singer who fell into oblivion decades earlier, and now finds love with a younger man through her voice - in cinemas now! [Read More...]

Edith Walks

Andrew Kotting
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 23-06-2017

Take a walk on the wild countryside: travel almost 1,000 years back in time and join Edith the Fair in her pilgrimage towards the body of her husband tragically killed in the Battle of Hastings - Andrew Kotting's latest film is out in selected cinemas [Read More...]

The Graduate

Mike Nichols
1967

Alasdair Bayman - 22-06-2017

Fifty years on, The Graduate remains as young and refreshing as ever with its simple yet extremely effective message of embracing and pursuing love at all costs... and at all ages - in cinemas this weekend! [Read More...]

Hide and Seek (Lapachhapi)

Vishal Furia
2017

Victor Fraga - 22-06-2017

Remember Children of the Corn? 'Tis time for children of the sugarcane! Deeply disturbing and yet widely practised Indian tradition is the centrepiece of this effective and socially engaged horror - from the London Indian Film Festival [Read More...]

Hampstead

Joel Hopkins
2017

Victor Fraga - 21-06-2017

This sloppy rom-com is bursting with clichés and hardly plausible, but it still has a certain je-ne-sais-quois - on BritBox on Thursday, April 1st [Read More...]

Just HOW HOT can you handle it?

 

Victor Fraga - 20-06-2017

We have picked the 10 HOTTEST films ever made in order to celebrate the sweltering heatwave that has suddenly embraced the UK. Handle with care, you could get hurt! [Read More...]

Lost in Vagueness

Sofia Olins
2017

Maysa Monção - 19-06-2017

Just how dirty does Glastonbury get? And we are not talking about mud! Doc investigates the history of deeply subversive vaudeville that added an entirely different dimension to the Festival - in cinemas Friday, June 1st [Read More...]

Churchill

Jonathan Teplitzky
2017

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2017

Film set on the eve of D-Day portrays Churchill as feeble and fainthearted, but not without celebrating an old-fashioned British identity constructed upon military belligerence - out in cinemas [Read More...]

Is this the year of “minority” horror?

 

Victor Fraga - 14-06-2017

The first six months of 2017 saw a number of dirty films either made by women or dealing with the subject of racism. Is the mutant beast of horror changing shape or is this just a quick fad? [Read More...]

Nails

Dennis Bartok
2017

Victor Fraga - 14-06-2017

Nail-biting Irish horror about a ghost haunting a woman recovering from an accident in a hospital will make you want to jump from your seat... but what if your body refuses to budge? In cinemas this week [Read More...]

Hounds of Love

Ben Young
2017

Vaalee Supreet Nair - 13-06-2017

A sadistic couple with a twisted sexuality, a confused relationship and a murderous obsession is the centrepiece of this Australian thriller - out in cinemas [Read More...]

Destination Unknown

Claire Ferguson
2017

Victor Fraga - 13-06-2017

A nightmare lasting 70 years: Holocaust survivors remember the chilling details of their predicament more than seven decades after it came to an end - in brand new doc out in cinemas [Read More...]

Dying Laughing

Lloyd Stanton/ Paul Toogood
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 12-06-2017

Comedy isn't always in colour: doc reveals that the life of stand-up artists and comedians is often fraught with sadness and loneliness - in cinemas Friday [Read More...]

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

Gabriel Clarke/ John McKenna
2016

Lucas Pistilli - 12-06-2017

How the King of Cool fell from grace: how extreme masculinity overconfidence, perfectionism led Steve McQueen's fall from grace - on DVD, Blu-ray and digital [Read More...]

Destiny (Der Müde Tod)

Fritz Lang
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 09-06-2017

Fritz Lang's 1921 fable is a meditation on death and indifference; the film, set in Germany and three more countries, remains universal and indelible near 100 years later - restored version in cinemas and digital HD now [Read More...]

The Freedom to Marry

Eddie Rosenstein
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 07-06-2017

Freedom comes at a price: oc investigates the events that preceded the ruling that legalised gay marriage across the US, and the role of the eponymous organisation in the struggle - available now in the US and Canada [Read More...]

Berlin Syndrome

Cate Shortland
2017

Victor Fraga - 06-06-2017

Forget Stockholm Syndrome! This German-flavoured kidnap is far more twisted than anything you've seen before - one of the dirtiest films of the year is out in cinemas Friday [Read More...]

Prevenge

Alice Lowe
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 05-06-2017

Alice Lowe pops out a strange blend of comedy and slasher dealing with pregnancy and a bloodthirsty unborn child - now on DVD and Blu-ray [Read More...]

The Shepherd (El Pastor)

Jonathan Cenzual Burley
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 01-06-2017

Old-fashioned Spanish country bumpkin hostile to change is tempted with the offer of a lifetime, in a plot extremely familiar to those who've seen the Brazilian classic Aquarius - in cinemas this weekend [Read More...]

Making it happen: my first feature film!

 

DMovies team - 01-06-2017

Do you have a million ideas screaming to get out? Do you wish to transform your life? Well, it's about time you do your first feature film. Philip Brocklehurst has now embraced this difficult and rewarding task, and he's looking for your support! [Read More...]

My Life as a Courgette (Ma Vie de Courgette)

Claude Barras
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 31-05-2017

French stop-frame animation about a young boy admitted to an orphanage following the accidental death of his mother deals with deep-seated social issues - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]

Butterfly Kisses

Rafael Kapelinski
2017

Francesco Bacci - 31-05-2017

Sexual coming-of-age tale about three adolescents in London deals with male peer pressure and paedophilia - from the East End Film Festival [Read More...]

8:30

Laura Nasmyth
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 31-05-2017

When going full circle becomes inevitable: surreal Austrian comedy about a young salesman trapped on a train borrows devices from Lynch and Tarantino - in the East End Film Festival [Read More...]

After the Storm

Hirokazu Koreeda
2016

Victor Fraga - 31-05-2017

A hurricane of emotions: Japanese family drama rescues complex sentiments from candid dialogues and trivial events, with inevitable comparisons to Ozu's Tokyo Story - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

Sodom

Mark Wilshin
2017

Francesco Bacci - 30-05-2017

The strongest chain in no chain at all: LGBT drama about two gay men who meet in an absurd situation and become unexpectedly attracted to each other - from East End Film Festival. [Read More...]

Can hope and joy be a subversive act?

 

Lara C. Cory - 30-05-2017

How is it that beauty and happiness could be a violation of the Russian Soul? Lara Cetinich Cory looks at the classic Dr Zhivago and its indelible leitmotif Lara's Theme and how they affronted the spiritual values of a nation [Read More...]

The Summit (La Cordillera)

Santiago Mitre
2017

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2017

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

A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya)

Sergei Loznitsa
2017

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2017

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

The Double Lover (L’Amant Double)

François Ozon
2017

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2017

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

Demons in Paradise

Jude Ratnam
2017

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2017

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

Rodin

Jacques Doillon
2017

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2017

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

Happy End

Michael Haneke
2017

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2017

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

Montparnasse Bienvenüe (Jeune Femme)

Léonor Serraile
2017

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2017

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

Golden Years (Nos Anées Folles)

André Techiné
2017

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

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

The Day After (Geu-Hu)

Hong Sang-soo
2017

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

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

The Villainess (Ak-Nyeo)

Jung Byung-gil
2017

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

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

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

Hong Sangsoo
2017

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2017

Korean film set in Cannes and starring Isabelle tells a very plain and yet moving story, with a very French flavour à la Eric Rohmer to it - showing on July 23rd as a teaser of the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]

Redoubtable (Le Redoutable)

Michel Hazanavicious
2017

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2017

Biopic of the legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard and his former wife Anne Wiazemsky is a very touching, funny and yet profound tribute to the revolutionary fervour of the late 1960s in all of its wonderful contradictions - on Mubi in June 2020 [Read More...]

A Prayer Before Dawn

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
2017

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2017

Just beat it! A combination of extreme violence and realism are not a surefire recipe for a good movie - the true story of British boxer Billy Moore is out in cinemas Friday, July 20th [Read More...]

The Square

Ruben Östlund
2017

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2017

You won't die laughing with this extremely long, caustic and strange Scandinavian comedy, but the movie does have some arresting and clever moments - Palme d'Or winner is in cinemas Friday, March 16th. [Read More...]

Filmworker

Tony Zierra
2017

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2017

Behind every great man there's always a great... assistant! Doc explores the life of Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick's right-hand, and reveals the immense importance of his work both before and after the filmmaker's death - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Jupiter’s Moon (Jupiter Holdja)

Kornél Mundruzcó
2017

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2017

Where Syrians fly: Hungarian film adds a very unexpected twist to the refugee crisis afflicting Europe, providing the afflicted with supernatural powers - on Mubi on Tuesday, May 24th; also available on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

The trees have eyes!!!

 

Abou Farman - 19-05-2017

Nevermind Wes Craven: the hills are not the place where you are most vulnerable. Find out more from Abou Farman and learn some very useful tips from those who passionately embraced the challenge in the Peruvian Amazon. [Read More...]

Wonderstruck

Todd Haynes
2017

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2017

Todd Haynes's latest excels in ingeniousness and technical wizardry, supported by outstanding performances and elegant photography, but the story gets a little diluted in its own complexity - now available for digital streaming [Read More...]

Loveless (Nelyubov)

Andrey Zvyagintsev
2017

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2017

To Russia with loathe: the latest movie by the director of the superb Leviathan is an allegory of hateful mother Russia, and how she's sacrificing her own children - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge)

Michaël Dudok De Wit
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 16-05-2017

Japan’s Studio Ghibli backs a European-made animated tale without dialogue about a man marooned on a desert island and... a red reptile - now on DVD and Blu-ray [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest separated at birth in film!

 

DMovies team - 16-05-2017

From Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender to Humphrey Bogart and Geoffrey Rush, meet the strangest and most absurd siblings in the history of cinema. Come on, you know you want it! [Read More...]

Detour

Christopher Smith
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 15-05-2017

Should I stay or should I go? Smart thriller wherein a man’s life is literally split in two as he chooses between an ill-advised road trip to Vegas or staying at home with his hated stepfather - now on DVD and VoD [Read More...]

Spaceship

Alex Taylor
2017

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2017

How do you penetrate into the inscrutable dream world of a teenage girl? This charming British indie takes a peek inside the colourful imagination of an adolescent, and the outcome is delicate and dainty - now on VoD [Read More...]

The Secret Scripture

Jim Sheridan
2017

Francesco Bacci - 14-05-2017

The latest Jim Sheridan movie is a mysterious and convoluted story trying very hard to grip and surprise viewers, but it lacks emotional depth and suddenly slips into predictable clichés - in cinemas on Friday [Read More...]

The Levelling

Hope Dickson Leach
2016

Maysa Monção - 11-05-2017

Do you want to know why older Brits don’t understand young Brits, and the other way around? Then watch The Levelling. It might even help to heal some Brexit wounds. In cinemas this weekend [Read More...]

How many Black people can you leave waiting outside?

 

Maysa Monção - 10-05-2017

Our writer Maysa Monção attended the casting audition for Idris Elba first feature film, a movie about the Afro-Caribbean London of the 1980s. What she saw is the living proof that Black Brits are hungry for film representation, and they are not well catered for. [Read More...]

Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 09-05-2017

The latest Alien franchise entry is an effective horror sci-fi, teeming with shocks, scares and twists, but it lacks the mythological depth of 'Prometheus' and the twisted sexual connotations of 'Alien' - now also available on Disney [Read More...]

Tomcat (Kater)

Händl Klaus
2017

Victor Fraga - 09-05-2017

This Austrian drama about two gay men and a cat is almost certain to move animal lovers, but others may find it a little petty - from the Fringe! Queer Film Fest [Read More...]

Lost in London

Woody Harrelson
2017

Victor Fraga - 05-05-2017

Woody Harrelson's "first live broadcast movie ever made" is spectacularly inventive and original in its technical wizardry and ludicrous self-satire, but it's not without shortcomings - in cinemas now [Read More...]

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

Matt Tyrnauer
2016

Maysa Monção - 05-05-2017

A one woman's struggle that turned into huge popular movement against plans to "modernise" New York in the 1960s by displacing and alienating its inhabitants - out in cinemas this week [Read More...]

A Dog’s Purpose

Lasse Hallström
2017

Linda Marric - 03-05-2017

Don't forget your hankies: this over-sentimental tale of doggy reincarnation isn't a particularly dirty, audacious and innovative movie, yet it's an immensely effective tearjerker - in cinemas this week [Read More...]

Harmonium

Kōji Fukada
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 03-05-2017

Tuning the pump organ: Japanese thriller in family drama clothing has a man’s old friend just released from prison teach a child how to play a music instrument, to devastating consequences - in cinemas this week [Read More...]

Chubby Funny

Harry Michell
2017

Victor Fraga - 03-05-2017

This lighthearted and unpretentious blend of romcom and career drama set in London lends a whole new meaning to the expression "boy next door", according to DMovies editor Victor Fraga - in cinemas now [Read More...]

Mindhorn

Sean Foley
2017

Victor Fraga - 02-05-2017

This quintessentially British comedy will elicit laughter if you grew up on the British Isles; otherwise you might find the film a little esoteric and "insular" - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

One building, one million stories

 

Maysa Monção - 29-04-2017

Our writer Maysa Monção unexpectedly stumbled across the iconic Chelsea Hotel while in New York covering the Tribeca Film Festival, and she finds out that every corner of the building exudes film history [Read More...]

Heal the Living (Réparer les Vivants)

Katell Quillévéré
2017

Victor Fraga - 28-04-2017

Heartwrenching tale of organ donation is extremely profound and graphic in its depiction of a transplant - yet it will stir your emotions, not your stomach - compulsory watching for everyone out now in cinemas [Read More...]

Handsome Devil

John Butler
2017

Victor Fraga - 27-04-2017

This warm and tender Irish drama about homophobic bullying in a boarding school is simple and lighthearted on the surface, but the message is no less pertinent and compelling - on Disney + UK on Friday, July 29th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

James Gunn
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 26-04-2017

Hollywood eye candy with grime lovingly rubbed into its very fabric: second outing for Marvel franchise Guardians Of The Galaxy is unexpectedly and refreshingly dirty and subversive - out in cinemas [Read More...]

The Public Image is Rotten

Tabbert Fiiller
2017

Maysa Monção - 26-04-2017

Johnny Rotten thrives on controversy, but underneath there's a far more gentle and mellow human being - new doc at Raindance [Read More...]

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Alexandra Dean
2017

Maysa Monção - 24-04-2017

Not just a pretty face: the tragic story of the Austrian-born Hollywood star whose beauty overshadowed her extraordinary scientific skills - in cinemas Friday, March 9th [Read More...]

Chief Kunstable Jason Williamson talks dirty

 

Victor Fraga - 24-04-2017

Following the launch of Bunch of Kunst last week, a slow-burn doc about the ferociously anti-establishment British duo Sleaford Mods, singer Jason Williamson talks to DMovies about music, cinema and politics [Read More...]

The Promise

Terry George
2016

Victor Fraga - 23-04-2017

Under the false premise of celebrating a people's resilience, saccharine-doused romance set against the Armenian genocide is but a poorly crafted piece of American propaganda - don't waste your time and your money! [Read More...]

The Strange Coalescence of Dirty Dancing and Blue Velvet

 

Steve Naish - 23-04-2017

The blithely joyous musical and David Lynch's somber cult classic have more in common than it may seem at first; in fact, the two films are cinematic bedfellows - British born and Canada based writer Steve Naish digs under the surface of both films and unearths their dirty and hidden facets [Read More...]

Machines

Rahul Jain
2016

Maysa Monção - 21-04-2017

Who is the real machine here: the one with gears or the one with hands? Doc exposes the working conditions of textile factory workers in Gujarat (India), contrasted against the vibrant colours of the garments being manufactured [Read More...]

Say NO to extreme surveillance!!!

 

Dirty Movies team - 20-04-2017

Last night DMovies held the screening of Andrew Tiernan's UK18 at the Regent Street Cinema in London; the movies offers a nightmare vision into what the UK will look like next year once RFID chip are implemented inside us; and it was followed by a very passionate debate about civil liberties [Read More...]

Bunch of Kunst

Christine Franz
2017

Victor Fraga - 19-04-2017

Meet the angriest band in the UK, and find out what is it that fuels their wrath. Here's a clue: it's NOT immigrants "stealing English jobs"! [Read More...]

The Transfiguration

Michael O'Shea
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 18-04-2017

An extraordinary portrait of teen angst, framed by the character of a boy obsessed with vampires and set in a bleak and soulless housing estate in New York [Read More...]

Letters from Baghdad

Zeva Oelbauma/ Sabine Krayenbühl
2017

Victor Fraga - 18-04-2017

Gertrude Bell is often overlooked as an ardent champion of Iraq independence in the early 20th century, and her criticism of British meddling in the Middle East remains astonishingly accurate; doc made by two women and voiced by Tilda Swinton rescues her legacy - now available for digital streaming [Read More...]

Mulholland Drive is a very dirty La La Land

 

Maysa Monção - 17-04-2017

Our writer Maysa Monção reveals the six reasons why she thinks that David Lynch's cult classic Mulholland Drive, which is out in cinemas again right now, is a deeply twisted and dirty La La Land [Read More...]

Dragonfly

Andrew Tiernan
2015

Victor Fraga - 11-04-2017

Andrew Tiernan's indie-neo-noir-flirts-with-occultism has a delectable photography throughout and a very nice surprise in store at the end [Read More...]

Clash

Mohamed Diab
2017

Victor Fraga - 11-04-2017

Almost entirely set in a police van during the protests following the Arab Spring, this claustrophobic and intense fiction lends a whole new meaning to the phrase "insider's view" [Read More...]

Fabergé: a Life of its Own

Patrick Mark
2014

Victor Fraga - 11-04-2017

New doc reveals the most expensive Easter egg ever made, created by a man whose history and legacy have come to epitomise the cravings of the super rich [Read More...]

Destruction Babies

Tetsuya Mariko
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 10-04-2017

In the streets and shopping malls of a Japanese city, an unstoppable man punches his way through anyone who stands up to him and fights. You too will be punched in the face! Out now on Blu-ray and DVD [Read More...]

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes Of Apollo

David Fairhead
2017

Linda Marric - 10-04-2017

Doc retells fascinating anecdotes from the "founding fathers" of the Apollo space programme; sadly women are conspicuous in their absence, but the filmmaker finds a clever solution for such lack of representation [Read More...]

I am Michael

Justin Kelly
2015

Jeremy Clarke - 03-04-2017

James Franco plays real life gay rights activist, magazine publisher and blogger Michael Glatze who undergoes a crisis of identity and religion to become a straight, married Christian pastor - out now on DVD and VoD [Read More...]

Raw (Grave)

Julia Ducournau
2017

Victor Fraga - 03-04-2017

We have a very dirty surprise for you: bloody disgusting French horror about vegetarian-turned-cannibal will keep your head spinning and your stomach churning - out in cinemas this week! [Read More...]