victorfraga, Author at DMovies

Aïcha

Mehdi M. Barsaoui

2024

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2024

The sole survivor of a bus crash assumes a new identity in order to extricate herself from the shackles of the past - powerful social thriller from Tunisia premieres at the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Paolo Marinou-Blanco

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2024

Victor Fraga talks to the Greek-Portuguese director of assisted suicide comedy Dreaming of Lions about laughing away your pain, the questionable interests of the wellness industry, Yorgos Lanthimos and why it's ok not to be ok - live from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Saify

Wael Abu Mansour

2024

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2024

Backstreet grifter lays his hands on a tape recording that could bring him riches, in this Saudi Arabian mix of comedy, thriller and social drama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Saba

Maksud Hossain

2024

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2024

Young Bangladeshi woman embarks on a quest to save her mother's life, in this honest blend of social realism and melodrama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Sima’s Song

Roya Sadat

2024

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2024

Two Afghan sisters wrestle with multiple political forces and conflicting sentiments during the 1970s, in Roya Sadat's heartfelt yet muddled political drama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Red Path (Les Enfants Rouges)

Lotfi Achour

2024

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2024

Tunisian teen seeks solace and redemption after witnessing his cousin's brutal murder - soul-stirring, dazzling drama is in cinemas on Friday, June 20th [Read More...]

Superboys of Malegaon

Reema Kagti

2024

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2024

Small-town, amateur filmmakers recreate Bollywood classics with dogged ardour, in this charming tribute to resilience and creativity - in cinemas on Friday, February 28th [Read More...]

Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo

Khaled Mansour

2024

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2024

Fiercely loyal mongrel becomes a token of resistance, in this urban tale of survival from Egypt - in the Main Competition of the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rodrigo Areias

Eoghan Lyng - 06-12-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of The Worst Man in London, about a deviant British-Portuguese painter from the 19th century; they talk about London under candlelight, Barry Lyndon, the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, cold sensations in film, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

The Tale of Daye’s Family

Karim Elshenawy

2024

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2024

Nubian albino boy dreams of making it big on a television singing talent show - Egyptian fable of sorts opens the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Lisa Bierwirth

Susanne Gottlieb - 02-12-2024

Susanne Gottlieb interviews the director of Prince, a tale of interracial love in a Germany not prepared to welcome immigrants; they talk about finding inspiration in her mother's partner, survival strategies, working with professionals and non-professionals alike, the African diaspora, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Ramon Zürcher

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-12-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the director of Locarno entry The Sparrow in the Chimney; they talk about making chamber pieces, metamorphoses, Christian Petzold, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, killing cats inside the washing machine, and much more! [Read More...]

Victoria’s dirty questions top Catherine Argyrople

Victoria Luxford - 02-12-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of Growing Pains, a blend of coming-of-age and cancer survival drama; they talk about her experience with the disease in her childhood, eating disorders, LGBT+ sensibility, the importance of having women telling stories, and much more [Read More...]

Growing Pains

Catherine Argyrople

2024

Victoria Luxford - 02-12-2024

A string of delicate topics are explored in a coming-of-age story that approaches the teenage years with sensitivity - from the Boston International Film Festival [Read More...]

A young festival, a launchpad for nascent talent

Victor Fraga - 02-12-2024

Now on its 24th edition, the REC Tarragona International Film Festival provides a showcase for first-time directors from all over the globe, with an exclusive work-in-progress laboratory, a jury-led competitive strand, and much more [Read More...]

Porcelain War

Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev

2024

Nairon Santos de Morais - 01-12-2024

Documentary about Ukrainian artists living through Russian attacks is a work of pure defiance - in selected cinemas on Friday, December 6th [Read More...]

Just how did the Bafta winners get to Spain so quickly?

David Sanchez - 01-12-2024

British talent elevates the stage at the Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival of Northern Spain, reports David Sanchez live from the Iberian nation [Read More...]

ArteKino returns for a sultry European December!

DMovies' team - 01-12-2024

Europe's favourite online film festival is back this month with 12 European movies for you to watch entirely for free, and to warm you up just as the winter begins to bite! [Read More...]

Agathe, Solange and Me (Agathe, Solange et Moi)

Louise Narboni

2023

Victoria Luxford - 30-11-2024

Filmmaker and old friend search through family films and letters, in this sincere ode to memory and loss - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Black Stone

Spiros Jacovides

2024

Victoria Luxford - 30-11-2024

Overprotective mother desperately seeks her troubled son, in this profound and meaningful comedy from Greece - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Do You Love Me?

Tonya Noyabrova

2023

Victoria Luxford - 30-11-2024

Ukrainian girl's innocent view of the world collapses alongside the USSR, in this timely Ukrainian-Swedish co-production - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Prince (Le Prince)

Lisa Bierwirth

2021

Susanne Gottlieb - 30-11-2024

In her debut feature, Lisa Bierwirth takes an unflinching look at the complicated implications of love between a white German Woman and a Congolese immigrant - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Somewhere over the Chemtrails (Kdyby Radsi Horelo)

Adam Rybanský

2022

Susanne Gottlieb - 30-11-2024

Small town is intoxicated with racism and puffy conspiracy theories, in this satirical comedy from the Czech Republic - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Seven years of shared passion and commitment

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2024

DMovies attends the 28th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, solidifying even further a robust relationship built ver seven years [Read More...]

The Imminent Age (L’Edat Imminent)

Clara Serrano Llorens, Gerard Simó Gimeno

2024

Victoria Luxford - 25-11-2024

A grandson tries to cling to the only family he knows in this quiet but affecting Spanish drama about ageing - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Top 5 dirty lottery movies

Marina Hillquist - 25-11-2024

Marina Hillquist remembers the most thought-provoking, innovative and downright filthy lottery movies, so that you never forget them! [Read More...]

Or dirty questions to Jon Bass

Joshua Bogatin - 24-11-2024

Joshua Bogatin talks to New York based director of Carole & Grey, Jon Bass; they talk about making films for TikTok, working with a three person crew, filming in New York, and much more! [Read More...]

Boys Go to Jupiter

Julian Glander

2024

Anton Bitel - 24-11-2024

Julian Glander’s musical Day-Glo 3D animation shows a Floridian adolescent boy’s weird rites of passage in an America less materialist than it seems - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

How do dirty movie classics stand the test of time?

Mariano Garcia - 24-11-2024

Mariano Garcia remembers one of the biggest classics in the history of cinema, and reveals why it has remained significant for such a long period of time! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Muneeb Hassan

Joshua Polanski - 24-11-2024

Joshua Polanski interviews the queer American-Pakistani director of All The Men I Met But Never Dated; they talk about autobiographic cinema, shooting in one and a half day, the closet as a safe haven, showing his film to his family, and much more! [Read More...]

Carole & Grey

Jon Bass

2024

Joshua Polanski - 23-11-2024

TikTok movie challenges the old frame ratio orthodoxy, while also diffusing instant gratification and maximum sensory overload with its black-and-white colour palette - from the 24th edition of REC Tarragona [Read More...]

Corina

Urzula Barba Hopfner

2024

Paul Riskeer - 23-11-2024

Mexican woman breaks away from her tight bubble, in this charming and energetic tale of empathy and compassion - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

All The Men I Met But Never Dated

Muneeb Hassan

2024

Joshua Polanski - 23-11-2024

Closeted queer Pakistani finds tender loving in the gym, in a short movie with a taste of more to come - from the Woodstock Film Festival [Read More...]

The Mousetrap

Serhii Kastornykh

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2024

Ukrainian soldier gets trapped with a mouse inside an underground shaft, in this very lame allegory of war - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Protected Men (Die Geschützten Männer)

Irene von Alberti

2024

Steve Naish - 22-11-2024

Can you imagine a society entirely ruled by women? German filmmaker Irene von Alberti did just that, in her biting satire of gender roles - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Memory Boom

Xenia Glen

2024

Anton Bitel - 22-11-2024

Xenia Glen’s experimental film essay traces the cluttered memories of an old man whose mind is in collapse - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Can I Get a Witness?

Ann Marie Fleming

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2024

In the near future, humans must die at the age of 50 in order to help our planet and our people to cope with multiple challenges - arthouse sci-fi is in cinemas on Friday, September 19th [Read More...]

Silent City Driver

Sengedorj Janchivdorj

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2024

Former inmate and hearse driver finds a refreshing sense of purpose in the company of a Buddhist monk and a solitary young woman - Mongolian drama is in the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Southern Chronicles

Ignas Miškinis

2024

Marina Richter - 21-11-2024

Aspiring rugby player discovers his writing talent after falling for a literature-loving, middle-class girl - Ignas Miskinis’s impressive feature shows at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Black Velvet

Liene Linde

2024

Marina Richter - 21-11-2024

An aspiring director loses her compass while desperately trying to make her first movie become reality - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Anna LOL

Ivars Tontegode

2024

Marina Richter - 21-11-2024

Latvian teen on the path to self-destruction seeks help from shamans, healers and fortune-tellers, before turning to men with highly questionable intentions - from the Baltic Competition of Tallinn Black Nighs Film festival [Read More...]

Contact Lens

Ruiqi Lu

2024

Joshua Polanski - 21-11-2024

Contact lenses become a proxy for both liberation and imprisonment, in this Chinese tribute to Chantal Akerman's most famous film - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Buzzheart

Dennis Iliadis

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-11-2024

Dennis Iliadis's latest creation, a film about behaviourism and human testing, is a solid addition to the Greek Weird Wave - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Loop

Sang Beom-koo

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-11-2024

Korean student becomes prime suspect in the murder of his Filipino classmate, in this elliptical allegory of school bullying - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Occhio

Giulia Falciani

2024

Joshua Bogatin - 20-11-2024

The road towards eye damage recovery is a protracted and painful one, eye-opening documentary finds out - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Being John Smith

Olla John Smith

2024

Joshua Bogatin - 20-11-2024

Possessing the most common name in the Anglophone world isn't quite an advantage, British artist finds out - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Life & Love

Helen Takkin

2024

Joshua Polanski - 20-11-2024

Romantic drama set during the Great Depression navigates the psychology of desire, power dynamics, and the pains of love - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

My Partners

Eva Kübar

2024

Marina Richter - 19-11-2024

Estonian director asks in her contrived documentary whether polyamorous relationships are entirely voluntary - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Boy with the Pink Pants (Il Ragazzo dai Pantaloni Rosa)

Margherita Ferri

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-11-2024

Nerdish teen endures horrific bullying due to his perceived homosexuality, in this tragic real-life story from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Pyre

Vinod Kapri

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-11-2024

Old Himalayan couple long for their son to return before they depart this life, in this extraordinarily beautiful and heartbreaking ode to hope - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Mongrels

Jerome Yoo

2024

Paul Risker - 18-11-2024

Korean immigrants in Canada seek to exterminate "big bad rodents", in a very twisted and sick pursuit of power - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Shadow (Vari)

Jaak Kilmi

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-11-2024

Estonian poet Juhan Liiv becomes a proxy for Baltic nationalism, in this very conventional historical drama - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tesa Man

Uģis Olte

2024

Joshua Polanski - 18-11-2024

Highly audacious, experimental and "silent" film captures post-metal band from Latvia performing in the middle of nowhere - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I Can’t Have Sex (No Puedo Tener Sexo)

Bel Gatti

2024

Marina Richter - 18-11-2024

Argentinian woman seeks emotional healing by making a documentary about her sexless life - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Seed of the Desert

Sebastian Parra R

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-11-2024

Exquisitely painted and finely acted Colombian petrol gangster drama is a real delight to watch - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Touched by Eternity

Marcis Lācis

2024

Joshua Polanski - 17-11-2024

Latvian vampires up the ante by combining immortality and livelihood, in Mārcis Lācis's blood-sucking comedy - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Yellow

Oliver Hirschbiegel, Albert Oehlen

2024

Anton Bitel - 17-11-2024

Oliver Hirschbiegel and Albert Oehlen’s experimental broad-strokes biopic paints Vincent van Gogh as an artist caught between his own and our times - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The End (Beigas)

Māris Maskalāns

2024

Anton Bitel - 17-11-2024

Māris Maskalāns’s documentary shows, through five people working close to death, the meaning of mortality - reflective Latvian film is in the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Deaf Lovers

Boris Guts

2024

Victor Fraga - 17-11-2024

Deaf Ukrainian woman and Russian man start a fiery relationship in Istanbul, in this well-meaning, audacious and vaguely cumbersome anti-war statement - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Pink Lady

Nir Bergman

2024

Victor Fraga - 17-11-2024

Orthodox Jewish community brutally suppresses both male and female desire, in this deeply humanistic and superbly constructed LGBT+ film from Israel - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Never Alone (Ei Koskaan Yksin)

Klaus Härö

2024

Joshua Polanski - 16-11-2024

Finnish hero fights in order to stop authorities from handing Jews over to Nazis, in this very familiar battle of good versus evil - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Lioness (Emalõvi)

Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 16-11-2024

Estonian filmmaker explores the fragile relationship between a mother and her rebellious daughter, with some shocking truths bubbling just beneath the surface - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Eran Riklis

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2024

Literature professor and her students confront the Islamic regime, just as it first seeks to normalise female oppression - real-life drama is in the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Everything That Will Happen has Happened Already

Vladan Nikolic

2024

Steve Naish - 16-11-2024

Anthology divided into three short films filmed during the pandemic offers a world view as seen through the lens of globalisation, capitalism, and migration - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Sip of Hell (Un Trago de Infierno)

Pilar Boyle, Mariano Asseff

2024

Anton Bitel - 16-11-2024

Pilar Boyle and Mariano Asseff’s psychodrama sees an actress finding her part and losing herself - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Girl America (Amerikánka)

Viktor Tauš

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2024

Czechoslovakian girl fantasises about [Read More...]

Out of Control

Anne Le Ny

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2024

Adultery morphs into something far more sinister, in this simple and very effective French drama - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

100 Litres of Gold

Teemu Nikki

2024

Anton Bitel - 15-11-2024

Sisters are ruining it for themselves, in Teemu Nikki’s tragicomic allegory of a nation unable to recognise or shake its own alcoholic tendencies - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Black Gold (Ouro Negro)

Takashi Sugimoto

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 15-11-2024

Directed with attention to detail, Takashi Sugimoto allows his native Japanese stylings guide this beautiful depiction of rural India - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Rebel with a Bow Tie (Kikilipsuga Mässaja)

Jaan Tootsen

2024

Anton Bitel - 15-11-2024

Jaan Tootsen’s insider documentary offers an intimate, often very funny look at a very unconventional world leader - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Carnival is Over (Os Enforcados)

Fernando Coimbra

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-11-2024

Brazilian blend of psychosexual thriller, gangster caper, horror and Neo-noir reveals a little-known facet of Rio de Janeiro - from the Best of Festivals section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Empire of the Rabbits

Seyfettin Tokmak

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-11-2024

Children and rabbits bond in complicity as they evade their tormentors, in this poetic drama from Turkey - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I Was Born In A Garage (Ma Sündisin Garaažis)

Arko Okk

2024

Anton Bitel - 15-11-2024

Arko Okk’s experimental 3D documentary offers a tour of Tallinn with one of its leading architects as guide - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Filn Festival [Read More...]

The Exalted

Juris Kursietis

2024

Victor Fraga - 14-11-2024

Corruption allegations rock the relationship of a powerful Latvian businessman and his German organist wife, in this cringe drama about religion, tradition and cultural divides - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Paradise Not Lost (Gabrielius is Neprarastojo Rojaus)

Linas Mikuta

2024

Anton Bitel - 14-11-2024

Linas Mikuta’s documentary tracks a devout, divorcing couple’s attempts to maintain a happy environment for a son with special needs - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

Petersen Vargas

2024

Victor Fraga - 14-11-2024

Filipino rent boys make ends meet inside the gents and the local porn cinema, in this queer tale of fractured fraternity - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Murmuring Hearts

Vytautas Puidokas

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 13-11-2024

Patients in a rehabilitation centre discover religion and farm life, in this Lithuanian documentary - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I am a Flower

Ariel Victor Arthanto

2024

Pilleriin Raudam - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: in this poetic animation from Germany, flower people struggle to find their identity, with some refusing to blossom - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Roots Unearthed (Kökleri Dışarıda)

Baran İsmail Ulaş

2024

Anna Tarnašinskaja - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: tribute to the fading culture and identity of rural communities seeks to memorialise the fleeting beauty of life - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ada

Pahriya Ghalip

2024

Anastasia Senina - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Chinese film offers a playful yet introspective exploration of two young Uyghur women’s journey to understand love - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Min’s Day Off

Joāo Londres

2024

Eik Tammemäe - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: a loner delivers a sorrowful karaoke rendition, eliciting little empathy from the apathetic audiences - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Nostalgia in Red

Carmen-Louise Suuroja

2024

Milani Perara - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Estonian film offers a quiet and compelling exploration of memory and longing ,narrated within the progression of one single night - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

August

Pauline Kokla

2024

- 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: all-male family of three grapples with grief, alcohol, the inability to communicate and to move on - Estonian drama premieres in the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jackpot

Vasile Todinca, Vlad Popa

2024

Madli Raig - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: two Romanian workers ponder the repercussions of hitting the jackpot, while imprisoned inside a cacophony of urban sounds - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Driving Lessons

Anastasiya Gruba

2024

Ursula Toomri - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: father and daughter share life lessons as they navigate the war-ravaged streets of their city - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

When They Bloom

Gvozden Ilic

2024

Astrid Mutt - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: gorgeous feelings blossom with the arrival of the summer sun, in this wispy teen drama from Serbia - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Actor

Damjan Kozole

2024

Justine Fruytier - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: an actor is mysteriously tied to the fate of his characters, in this cleverly structured Slovenian film - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Cry For Me

Annina Juuso

2024

Piia Parktal - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Estonian filmmaker shines the spotlight on a very old and peculiar tradition, in this intimate, generation-bonding, and therapeutic short film - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Third Wheel (Kolmas Ratas)

Rauno Laikjõe

2024

Grete Kaio - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: audiences are thrown into the heart of a love triangle, in a Estonian film bursting with youthful energy and spontaneity - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Flower’s Journey

Ilanna Barkusky

2024

Heli Valgeväli - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Canadian-born, US-based director celebrates the life cycle of a flower with movement and dance, in a movie bursting with lyricism - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

How Much For This?

Johanna Viskar

2024

Mirel Mesila - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: a beach peddler reassesses his ways after a kind missionary approaches his prospective buyers with a very unusual proposition - Estonian parable is in the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

This is scarier than horror!

Mariano Garcia - 13-11-2024

Mariano Garcia picks the top 10 most unsettling documentaries ever made, in a sordid reminder than reality is often crueller than fiction [Read More...]

The Car That Came Back From the Sea

Jadwiga Kowalska

2024

Tatiana Tarasova - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: minimalistic animation set in Poland during the 1980s shows a drab and listless nation, contrasted against the colourful dreams of Western Europe - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Nicolas Dozol

Victoria Luxford - 13-11-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of Last Party, an ambitious and reflective graduation drama with a dirty twist; they talk about filming in one continuous take, temporality between the audience and the characters, David Lynch, the teenage experience in film, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Tasty (Gardutė)

Eglė Vertelytė

2024

Marina Richter - 12-11-2024

Two friends scam their way into a popular cooking competition on television, in this acidic criticism of the entertainment industry – from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Mrs President (Prezidentka)

Marek Šulík

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 09-11-2024

Cameras follow the Slovakian leader for the best part of two hours, and she remains a force of impressive honesty throughout - from the Doc@PÖFF Competition at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Last Party

Nicolas Dozol

2024

Victoria Luxford - 06-11-2024

A graduation party takes some surreal turns in Nicolas Dozol ambitious and reflective drama - from the Chelsea Film Festival [Read More...]

On becoming an awkward film star

Marina Hillquist - 06-11-2024

Our writer Marina Hillquist shares some very practical tips on how to be a better film actor, while also embracing your inner awkwardness [Read More...]

Soundscapes that shaped Cinema

Mariano Garcia - 06-11-2024

Mariano Garcia discusses the art of crafting memorable film, while navigating the various layers of the sound production process [Read More...]

The place where all genres meet!

Redmond Bacon - 05-11-2024

Just as he prepares to attend the next edition of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, Redmond Bacon dissects the European Genre Forum, while also identifying some exciting new trends [Read More...]

Our dirty questions do Sanjay Patel

Victoria Luxford - 04-11-2024

The Indo-Canadian director of indigenous drama The Birds Who Fear Death talks to Victoria Luxford about hiring native talent, cultural and environmental challenges, working in the oil and gas industry, drawing inspiration from cancer, and much more [Read More...]

Castration Movie

Louise Weard

2024

Isy Santini - 04-11-2024

Queer epic offers a multifaceted character study of trans girls, while keeping audiences hooked for a a whopping runtime - from Scotland's Weird Weekend [Read More...]

Venom: The Last Dance

Kelly Marcel

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 04-11-2024

In this sluggish comic book finale for Venom, the Symbiote fights for humanity in a work that is badly written and executed - on VoD on Tuesday, December 10th [Read More...]

Tallinn Critics’ Picks selection: so good it’s almost impossible to beat

Jeremy Clarke - 31-10-2024

Goldfinger said: [Read More...]

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

Robert J. Kaplan

1972

Isy Santini - 28-10-2024

Dirty queer classic from more than half a century ago boasts a whimsical quirkiness missing from present-day LGBT+ movies - from Scotland's Weird Weekend [Read More...]

Midas Man

Joe Stephenson

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 28-10-2024

A Jewish gay man with a posh voice struggles to find his place in Liverpool, until he comes across a band "bigger than Elvis" - Brian Epstein's biopic is on Prime Video on Wednesday, October 30th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to John Jurko II

Eoghan Lyng - 26-10-2024

The co-director of visceral poaching documentary Rhino Man talks to Eoghan Lyng about the physicality of the filming, sleep deprivation, kingpins battling for territory, David Attenborough, the real value of keratin, receiving a nod from the Prince of Wales, and more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots

Victor Fraga

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 23-10-2024

Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn discuss their memories of media bias, slanderous comments and class struggles in a strangely moving documentary - on various VoD platforms on Friday, January 16th [Read More...]

One filmmaker and her two very different sisters

Victor Fraga - 20-10-2024

The editor of DMovies - a Brazilian filmmaker himself - examines the two most important films of Brazil's top documentarist Petra Costa, revealing a peculiar filmic sorority, and a singular autobiographic signature [Read More...]

Dad’s Lullaby

Lesia Diak

2024

Nataliia Serebriakova - 19-10-2024

Traumatised Ukrainian veteran returns home and attempts to reconnect with his family, after leaving part of his soul on the battlefield - documentary premieres at the Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

The Birds Who Fear Death

Sanjay Patel

2024

Victoria Luxford - 18-10-2024

Two brothers searching for their inheritance find a lot more in this thoughtful Canadian drama about indigenous heritage - from the Calgary International Film Festival [Read More...]

A Woman With the Influence

Susanne Gottlieb - 18-10-2024

Susanne Gottlieb interviews Marge Liiske, the woman at the helm of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, one of the largest, most exciting and fastest-growing such events of Northern Europe; they discuss “democratic networking”, cooperating with the European commission, supporting regional filmmakers, the joys and the pitfalls of AI, and… why we should throw film professional into the ice-cold Baltic sea!!! [Read More...]

‘Tis the time to brighten up the Black Nights!

Victor Fraga - 18-10-2024

Always look at the bright side: the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has announced the 18 titles of its Main Competition, with a selection catering for genre fans and arthouse sensibilities alike [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Juri Rechinsky

Nataliia Serebriakova - 17-10-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the director of brutally honest and unforgivingly graphic war doc Dear Beautiful Beloved; they discuss vulnerable Ukrainian evacuees, lies on television, filming near shelling, and why Juri will never watch his own film again [Read More...]

Witness the beginnings: Tallinn announces First Feature Competition titles

Paul Risker - 17-10-2024

Ahead of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Paul Risker takes a glimpse at the always exciting First Feature Competition of Northern Europe's favourite cinema bonanza - just as he prepares to attend the very familiar event in person for the first time [Read More...]

Dear Beautiful Beloved

Juri Rechinsky

2024

Nataliia Serebriakova - 16-10-2024

Harrowing documentary exposes the brutality of the Ukraine war in graphic detail, allowing no room for indifference - from Locarno, IDFA and the Black Nights [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Amanda Deering Jones

Joshua Polanski - 16-10-2024

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of Little Mother Lies, a short film about two feuding sisters, a bowl of borscht, and an addicted son; they discuss fiction written from experience, Russian heritage, optimism, nostalgia and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Christopher Greenslate

Victoria Luxford - 15-10-2024

The director of Bananahead, a horror-drama about an actor with a troubling legacy, gets [Read More...]

Last Swim

Sasha Nathwani

2024

Ibrahim Azam - 11-10-2024

In his feature-length debut, Sasha Nathwani brings us a poignant and reflective coming-of-age tale set against the hectic backdrop of central London - on VoD on Monday, May 5th [Read More...]

Nickel Boys

RaMell Ross

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 10-10-2024

Two African Americans sent to a brutal juvenile institution see their dreams and aspirations destroyed, in this hypnotic yet uneven drama - in cinemas on Friday, January 3rd [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Llaima Sanfiorenzo

Joshua Polanski - 08-10-2024

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of And Still The Seed, a "decidedly anti-colonial" film about the bond between trees and people; they talk about Llaima's native Puerto Rico, trees older than Christopher Columbus, non-human life as film protagonists, and much more! [Read More...]

Bananahead

Christopher Greenslate

2024

Victoria Luxford - 08-10-2024

An actor with a troubling legacy finds dreams come at a cost in this impressive horror-drama - from the HollyShorts Film Festival [Read More...]

A Very Flattened Christmas

Shane Wallace

2024

Anton Bitel - 07-10-2024

Shane Wallace’s comedy series reunion is a dopey but unfunny Christmas slasher - available on VoD [Read More...]

The Top 10 dirty movies from the 68th BFI London Film Festival

DMovies' team - 03-10-2024

We have cherry picked the 10 most provocative, subversive and downright filthy 10 films from the 69th BFI London Film Festival, and reviewed them exclusively for you! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Pavlo Ostrikov

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-10-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Ukrainian director of U Are The Universe, a chamber play about a lonely astronaut and his mean computer; they talk about the challenges of making cinema in his country (both before and after the invasion), retrofuturism, Soviet vibes, Christopher Nolan, Stephen Hawking, and much more! [Read More...]

U are the Universe

Pavlo Ostrikov

2024

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-10-2024

A solitary Ukrainian astronaut desperately seeks to reach the only other surviving human, in this tasteful blend of survival drama and dark comedy - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Our lowdown of the 72nd edition of San Sebastian

Victor Fraga - 30-09-2024

Victor Fraga attends one of the most exciting and prestigious film festivals in the world for the fourth consecutive year; he encountered an arena of conflicting emotions, four profound terminal disease films, Pamela Anderson, and much more [Read More...]

Bound in Heaven (Kun Bang Shang Tian Tang)

Xin Huo

2024

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2024

Young Chinese woman "prohibits" her terminal cancer-ridden lover from dying, in this epic urban drama with impressive artistic values - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Petra Costa

2024

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2024

US-born evangelical movement threatens to destroy Brazilian democracy, in Petra Costa's new political doc - in cinemas on Friday, July 11th, and on Netflix on Monday, July 14th [Read More...]

We Live in Time

John Crowley

2024

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2024

Despite the gloomy cancer topic, John Crowley's new creation (featuring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh) remains a very traditional (and effective) romcom - on various VoD platforms on Monday, February 17th [Read More...]

Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

Carmen Chaplin

2024

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2024

Documentary about Charles Chaplin's alleged gypsy heritage is superficial, confusing and romanticised - from the the 72nd edition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Ramon y Ramon

Salvador Del Solar

2024

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2024

Young man grapples with the ashes of his estranged father, in this very warm Peruvian tale of homophobia, loss and reconciliation - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rocky Walls

Eoghan Lyng - 27-09-2024

The director of Dirty Laundry - a movie about two inseparable friends, a laundromat and some filthy secrets - talks about mundane tasks, Latin immigrants, the implications of [Read More...]

Super Happy Forever

Kohei Igarashi

2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 27-09-2024

A widower returns to the seaside town where he fell in love with his wife, in Kōhei Igarashi's quiet and empathetic examination of loss - in cinemas on Friday, July 4th [Read More...]

Reas

Lola.Arias

2024

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2024

Argentinian piece of autofiction sees former women inmates reenact their time behind bars with music, passion, colour and flair - from the the 72nd edition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Last Showgirl

Gia Coppola

2024

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2024

A mostly lifeless Pamela Anderson stars in Gia Coppola's well-worn comment on ageism in the entertainment industry - on various VoD platforms on Monday, May 5th [Read More...]

Hard Truths

Mike Leigh

2024

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2024

Marianne Jean-Baptiste is the bitter wife, mum and sister from hell, in Mike Leigh's stormy family drama - from Tiff Romania/ on VoD on Monday, March 31st [Read More...]

Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de Soledad)

Diego Lerman

2024

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

Albert Serra provokes and tortures his viewers by putting them at the heart of the bullring, staring at the eyes of the agonising, dying animals - WINNER OF THE GOLDEN SHELL at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival, also showing at CPH:DOX [Read More...]

Last Breath (Le Dernier Souffle)

Costa-Gavras

2024

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

A philosopher faced with his own mortality immerses himself into a palliative care unit in search of comfort and inspiration - Costa-Gavras's new cinematic tour-the-force is in the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Wailing (El Llanto)

Pedro Martin-Calero

2024

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

Filthy old ghost haunts three women on various video devices - clever teen scream horror is a refreshing addition to the Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

In Her Place (El Lugar De La Otra)

Maite Slberdi

2024

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2024

The fascinating real-life story of Chilean feminist murderess becomes an achingly conventional and vaguely confusing Netflix drama - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Man Who Loved UFOs (El Hombre que Amaba Los Platos Voladores)

Diego Lerman

2024

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2024

Entertainment journalist feigning UFO landings becomes trapped in his own web of fantasy and delirium, in this harmless Argentinean comedy based on a real-life story - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

And Still The Seed (Todavia La Semilla)

Llaima Suwani Sanfiorenzo

2024

Joshua Polanski - 24-09-2024

Puerto Rican doc celebrates the bond between trees and people, while also peeling off the toxic layers of colonialism - from the Atlanta Film Festival [Read More...]

Serpent’s Path (Hebi No Michi)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

2024

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2024

Kiyoshi Kurosawa remakes his own child abduction and organ trafficking revenge thriller, this time on French soil... and he remains determined to tortured viewers - from IndieLisboa [Read More...]

When Fall is Coming – aka When Autumn Falls (Quand Vient l’Automne)

Francois Ozon

2024

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2024

Francois Ozon's tale of failed grandmotherhood moves and engages, despite a few clunky twists and turns - on various VoD platforms on Monday, July 21st [Read More...]

Lumiere! The Adventure Continues (Lumiere! L’Aventure Continue)

Thierry Frémaux

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2024

The director of Cannes steps into the shoes of the "realisateur" and raises the human gaze to a previously unconceivable level - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The End

Joshua Oppenheimer

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2024

Joshua Oppenheimer's first incursion into the world of fiction is a pointless and pretentious post-apocalyptical potboiler - at Tiff Romania/ on Apple TV [Read More...]

Glimmers (Los Destellos)

Pilar Palomero

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2024

Kindness and compassion prevail in Pilar Palomaro's brutally honest portrayal of terminal disease - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Gülizar

Belkıs Bayrak

2024

Victor Fraga - 21-09-2024

Turkish bride-to-be travels to Kosovo in order to meet her future husband, only to find out that she has little ownership over her body and her decisions - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I Am Nevenka (Soy Nevenka)

Iciar Bollain

2024

Victor Fraga - 21-09-2024

The first successful prosecution of a Spanish politician for harassment becomes a poignant drama, boasting strong performances and credible developments - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]