victorfraga, Author at DMovies

Conclave

Edward Berger

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-09-2024

Ralph Fiennes stars as a dignified dean charged with moderating the papal conclave from hell - on VoD on Monday, December 30th [Read More...]

Emmanuelle

Audrey Diwan

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-09-2024

Ultra-processed, insipid and indigestive: the umpteenth remake of the 1974 erotic classic tastes like the cheapest fast-food meal ever - Audrey Diwan's new creation is in cinemas on Friday, January 17th [Read More...]

Carissa

Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar

2024

André Vital Pardue - 17-09-2024

Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar’s debut feature patiently introduces audiences to the delicate routine of rural South Africans - from the Orizzonti section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Is this dirty alien money?

Marina Hillquist - 17-09-2024

Marina Hillquist investigates how the Alien franchise is cashing In on Its comeback, and how this could go way beyond the film world! [Read More...]

I believe the children are the present

Susanne Gottlieb - 17-09-2024

Movies unite and create memories. And not just for adults. A vibrant audience is often pushed to the side. Tallinn has set out to change this! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Karim Shaaban

Paul Risker - 13-09-2024

Paul Risker interviews the Egyptian director of I Don't Care If The World Collapses, about a "Faustian deal" he made with capitalism while shooting a commercial; they talk about sensory and intellectual connections, the intent to provoke, shooting inside a constructed set, connecting with audiences despite manyfold differences, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the Chinese-American daydreamer

Victoria Luxford - 11-09-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Ziyu Lou, the director of American Daydream; they talk about undocumented immigrants, language barriers, Confucian values, shifting from comedy to drama, and... cooking Chinese food for your cast and crew! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Warren Fischer

Victoria Luxford - 10-09-2024

The director of The Serena Variations - about an autistic violinist coaxed into taking drugs - talks about the pressures musicians face, taking psychedelics, the Niccolò Paganini connection, seeking the approval of mentors, and much more [Read More...]

Lee

Ellen Kuras

2024

Victor Fraga - 10-09-2024

Kate Winslet stars as iconic war photographer Lee Miller, in this insightful yet dispirited biopic of a woman partly erased from history - in cinemas on Friday, September 13th [Read More...]

American Daydream

Ziyu Luo

2024

Victoria Luxford - 09-09-2024

Chinese-American doctor has to grapple with her passion for acting and her undocumented mother, in this non-judgmental take on the American Dream - from the HollyShorts Film Festival [Read More...]

Boomerang

Shahab Fotouhi

2024

Victor Fraga - 08-09-2024

Family differences and serendipities punctuate this "modern" portrait of Iran - artist-turned-filmmaker showcases his debut feature in the Venice Days strand of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Youth (Homecoming)

Bing Wang

2024

Victor Fraga - 08-09-2024

Wang Bing's final entry in the trilogy of Chinese workers in the shortest instalment, at a "mere" 153 minutes of observational cinema - from IndieLisboa [Read More...]

To Kill a Mongolian Horse

Xiaoxuan Jiang

2024

Victor Fraga - 07-09-2024

Herdsman becomes a hesitant horseback performer for Chinese tourists, in this exquisite arthouse drama from Inner Mongolia - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Manas

Marianna Brennand Fortes

2024

Victor Fraga - 07-09-2024

Amazon riverside girl is denied the right over her body - jarring child prostitution drama from Brazil wins Venice Days' top prize [Read More...]

On Falling

Laura Carreira

2024

Victor Fraga - 07-09-2024

Portuguese warehouse picker in Scotland seeks to inject small doses of meaning and joy into her thankless existence - British social realist drama is on VoD on Monday, April 7th [Read More...]

Love (Kjærlighet)

Dag Johan Haugerud

2024

Victor Fraga - 06-09-2024

Highly conversational Norwegian drama riffs on the tribulations of casual sex and cancer (it just doesn't show much!) - in cinemas Friday, August 15th [Read More...]

Sicilian Letters (Iddu)

Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza

2024

Victor Fraga - 06-09-2024

Sicilian mafioso and cunning politician play cat and mouse, in this prolonged and prosaic psychological thriller - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

One of Those Days When Hemme Dies (Hemme’nin Oldüğü Günlerden Biri)

Murat Fıratoğlu

2024

Victor Fraga - 06-09-2024

Anger morphs into murderous thoughts, in this quiet and slow character study from Turkey - from the Orizzonti section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Stranger Eyes

Siew Hua Yeo

2024

Victor Fraga - 05-09-2024

Two desperate parents scramble to find their missing baby girl, on a quest aided by surveillance technology - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Broken Rage

Takeshi Kitano

2024

Victor Fraga - 05-09-2024

Takeshi Kitano's completely bonkers slapstick crime thriller from hell gets moody festival audiences lolling - from the the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

April

Dea Kulumbegashvili

2024

Victor Fraga - 05-09-2024

Spectacular piece of slow cinema from Georgia dissects the female body with raw fervour - on VoD on Monday, July 28th. [Read More...]

I Don’t Care if the World Collapses

Karim Shaaban

2024

Paul Risker - 05-09-2024

Karim Shaaban's short film dramatises his experience directing a commercial to depict the Faustian deal we've made with capitalism - from the Cleveland International Film Festival [Read More...]

Top 7 educational movies based on true stories

Marina Hillquist - 04-09-2024

Marina Hallquist carefully cherry picks seven extraordinarily dirty movies that can help to shed the light of education on students and adults alike [Read More...]

Diva Futura

Giulia Louise Steigerwalt

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

Italian director sets out to celebrate pornography, but instead legitimises the old prejudices she aimed to denounce - from the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

Joker: Folie a Deux

Todd Phillips

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

Todd Phillips's sequel to his own 2019 movie is an elegant and profound blend of musical fantasy and courtroom drama, however inferior to its predecessor - in cinemas on Friday, October 4th [Read More...]

Vermiglio

Maura Delpero

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

Sicilian soldier stirs the relative peace of a large Italian family, in this beautiful yet soporific drama set on the mountains of Northern Italy - from Karlovy Vary/ also on VoD [Read More...]

The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le Feu)

Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

A widowed father of two sons despairs as his eldest mingles with fascists, in this effective social realist drama set in France - from the the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Songs of a Slow Burning Earth

Olha Zhurba

2024

Nataliia Serebriakova - 04-09-2024

Ukrainian filmmaker reflects on the normalisation of war, in a documentary dotted with haunting snippets of everyday life - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Harvest

Athina Rachel Tsangari

2024

Victor Fraga - 03-09-2024

Farming villagers of Scotland grapple with meddling outsiders, in Athina Rachel Tsangari's rich new drama - from various festivals/ on VoD on Friday, August 8th [Read More...]

Queer

Luca Guadagnino

2024

Victor Fraga - 03-09-2024

Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of William Burroughs's early short novel (starring a drug-addicted, randy Daniel Craig) is an anodyne blend of strawberry fantasy and vanilla erotica - from Tiff Romania/ also available on VoD [Read More...]

2073

Asif Kapadia

2024

Victor Fraga - 03-09-2024

Asif Kapadia's blend of documentary and sci-fi is a disappointing mess, undecided about its priorities - in cinemas on New Year's Day; on VoD on Tuesday, January 7th [Read More...]

Planet B (Planete B)

Aude Léa Rapin

2024

Steve Naish - 03-09-2024

Aude Léa Rapin's sci-fi offers a grim representation of a dystopian French state that has emerged into a high-surveillance, low-tolerance society - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Finally (Finalement)

Claude Lelouch

2024

Victor Fraga - 02-09-2024

A lawyer suffering from a bizarre neurological condition embarks on a road trip, but is his journey real or imaginary? French drama premieres in the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Room Next Door

Pedro Almodovar

2024

Victor Fraga - 02-09-2024

Almodovar's first feature film in English is an amusing and enlightening meditation on cancer and suicide, and a lot less melodramatic than his Spanish movies - Golden Lion winner is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, January 20th [Read More...]

The Serena Variations

Warren Fischer

2024

Victoria Luxford - 02-09-2024

The mind of an autistic violinist unravels as she is coaxed into taking drugs and pitted against her contemporaries - from Raindance [Read More...]

Wolfs

Jon Watts

2024

Victor Fraga - 01-09-2024

George Clooney and Brad Pitt trade barbs and snide comments, in this entertaining comedy thriller - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)

Walter Salles

2024

Victor Fraga - 01-09-2024

BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE OSCAR WINNER: In a career-defining performance, Fernanda Torres (with a helping hand from her mum) establishes Walter Salles's latest film as the ultimate Brazilian dictatorship drama - on VoD on Monday, April 21st [Read More...]

An Urban Allegory (Allegorie Citadine)

Alice Rohrwacher, JR

2024

Victor Fraga - 01-09-2024

Italian filmmaker and French street artist join forces in order to create an exuberant short film blending urban textures and techniques - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Order

Justin Kurzel

2024

Victor Fraga - 31-08-2024

Jew-hating supremacist is the focus of this trivial American bang-bang with disingenuous political undertones - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Battlefield (Campo di Battaglia)

Gianni Amelio

2024

Victor Fraga - 31-08-2024

WW1 drama about self-harmers and the Spanish flu is so clumsily staged that it's barely watchable - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

And Their Children After Them (Leurs Enfants Apres Eux)

Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma

2024

Victor Fraga - 31-08-2024

Feuding teens see their paths collide more than once, in this very long and (mostly) accomplished French drama - from Tallinn [Read More...]

Trois Amies

Emmanuel Mouret

2024

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2024

The vicissitudes of love unite, excite and haunt three female friends, in this simple and effective, Truffaut-esque drama- from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Vittoria

Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman

2024

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2024

Mother of three boys is hellbent on having a daughter, in this profound real-life drama from Italy - showing at the BFI in March, as part of Cinecittà [Read More...]

Babygirl

Halina Reijn

2024

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2024

Nicole Kidman gets on all fours and drinks milk from a saucer, in Hollywood's latest, extremely lame attempt to normalise subversive female pleasures - in cinemas Friday, January 10th [Read More...]

One to One: John & Yoko

Kevin MacDonald, Sam Rice-Edwards

2024

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2024

John Lennon and Yoko Ono become American conveyors of change during the early 1970s, in this superbly assembled documentary - on BFI Player on Monday, July 14th [Read More...]

Sudan, Remember Us

Hind Meddeb

2024

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2024

Fly-on-the-wall documentary captures the pro-democracy-fervour in post-revolution Sudan, as well as the violence and the delusion that quickly ensued - on VoD on Monday, January 19th [Read More...]

Kill the Jockey (El Jockey)

Luis Ortega

2024

Victor Fraga - 29-08-2024

Junky jockey watches his life crumble after a freak accident takes him off horse racing - wacky Argentinian comedy shows at Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Maria

Pablo Larrain

2024

Victor Fraga - 29-08-2024

Angelina Jolie and Maria Callas engage in a fierce battle for the spotlight, in Pablo Larrain's uneven biopic of the tragic diva - in cinemas on Friday, January 10th [Read More...]

Separated

Errol Morris

2024

Victor Fraga - 29-08-2024

Errol Morris's doc about Trump's family separation policy focuses on the self-proclaimed saviours, while never hearing the countless victims - from the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Tim Burton

2024

Victor Fraga - 28-08-2024

Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder star in Tim Burton's colourful and disjointed sequel to 1988's Beetlejuice, which is on VoD on Monday, October 21st [Read More...]

The dirtiest Bond movie: no child’s play

Marina Hillquist - 28-08-2024

Marina Hillquist investigates how the James Bond classic Casino Royale influencd public perceptions of poker, and changed how we see the game forever [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Olha Zhurba

Nataliia Serebriakova - 26-08-2024

Ukrainian journalist Nataliia Serebriakova interviews her fellow countrywoman, just as she premieres her jarring "mosaic" of a war documentary at the Biennale [Read More...]

Friends and neighbours: when narcissists don’t live happily ever after

Ariana Martinez - 26-08-2024

Ariana Martinez dissects Neil LaBute's sophomore feature, thereby exposing toxic males, filthy dykes and putrescent spirits [Read More...]

Blink Twice

Zoë Kravitz

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 23-08-2024

Pervy millionaire (Channing Tatum) lures young women into his sun-soaked, drug-fuelled Mexican villa, and subjects them to horrors a la Ari Aster and Jordan Peele - in cinemas on Friday, August 23rd [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Spencer Jamison

Paul Risker - 19-08-2024

Paul Risker interviews the director of "sharp and prescient" dramedy At Capacity; they discuss musicals, Billy Wilder, creating a kinetic colour palette, political cinema, shorts as a pure form of expression, and more! [Read More...]

Israel’s equine weapon: Alina Orlov discusses treating horses and mistreating people

Victoria Luxford - 18-08-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Alina Orlov just as she premieres The Cavalry in Locarno; they talk about filming with the Israeli police, animal abuse as a metaphor for human authoritarianism, and raising awareness of what Israel "has been doing for the last more than half a century" [Read More...]

Starve Acre

Daniel Kokotajlo

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-08-2024

The director of extraordinary religion drama Apostasy returns with a completely different film: an English folk horror that's visually exuberant and yet fails to engage and scare - on VoD on Monday, October 21st [Read More...]

The intersection of essay writing and film technique

Mariano Garcia - 15-08-2024

Cinematic technique and essay writing have a lot more in common than meets the eye; Mariano Garcia dissects the similarities and reveals the useful tips for film-loving students [Read More...]

The dirty film techniques for persuasive essay writing

Mariano Garcia - 15-08-2024

Mariano Garcia investigates how cinematic techniques can enhance your essay writing skills; he reveals the most effective tricks exclusively for you [Read More...]

My Top 5 dirtiest casino movies

Marina Hillquist - 15-08-2024

Marina Hallquist remembers her five personal favourite casino dramas and adventures, taking a our readers on a journey across the intersections of cinema and gamblind [Read More...]

Foul Evil Deeds

Richard Hunter

2024

Victor Fraga - 14-08-2024

Ordinary people behave badly, in this collection of mostly cold and banal short stories - British indie is in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

Tinto Brass

2024

Isy Santini - 14-08-2024

Tinto Brass's scandalous historical drama gets a major overhaul, removing the porny bits and inserting genuine horror into the story - on VoD on August 23rd [Read More...]

Mond

Kurdwin Ayub

2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 14-08-2024

In her sophomore feature, Kurdwin Ayub explores the harsh reality of three sisters in Jordan, and the difficult choices their Austrian martial arts trainer has to make - from WatchAUT [Read More...]

The Cavalry

Alina Orlov

2024

Victoria Luxford - 13-08-2024

Alina Orlov uses horses as a proxy for abuse of authority in Israel, in this courageous [Read More...]

Transamazonia

Pia Marais

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 12-08-2024

The adopted child of a missionary is tasked with healing a sick woman, in a region divided by Indigenous tradition and illegal logging - from the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

Holy Electricity

Tato Kotetishvili

2024

André Vital Pardue - 11-08-2024

Tato Kotetishvili’s debut feature offers a visual feast and also an intimate introduction to a vibrant and surreal Tbilisi - from the Cineasti del Presente section of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Gender Reveal

Mo Matton

2024

Victor Fraga - 10-08-2024

Three extravagant, non-binary queers struggle to survive a very boring, heteronormative gender reveal party - wacky Canadian short shows in Tallinn [Read More...]

B(l)ind the Sacrifice

Nakhane

2024

Victor Fraga - 08-08-2024

South African drama uses LGBT+ aspirations in order to twist religious doctrine, with bloodied consequences - from the 77th edition of Locarno [Read More...]

Movies and games: a dirty relationship

Tania Dickson - 25-07-2024

Sonia Dickson looks at the history of games in past 25 years, and reveals a profound and mutually beneficial connection with cinema [Read More...]

Hungry for food, family and friendship?

Paola Christensen - 25-07-2024

Ten years later: Paola Christensen discusses what Jon Favreau's Chef says about food, family and friendship in the present day [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Ziad and Christine

Victoria Luxford - 24-07-2024

Victoria Luzford interviews Ziad H. Hamzeh and Christine Handy, the director and original writer/ exec producer of Hello Beautiful, an emotionally compelling drama about successful model, her mother, and a life-changing diagnosis [Read More...]

One city, one planet, many films

Marina Hillquist - 23-07-2024

Marina Hillquist investigates the environmental impact of film production, and reveals how Gainesville (a city in Florida, United States) is leading the way [Read More...]

The dirtiest film characters of all time

Mariano Garcia - 22-07-2024

Some film characters are just so powerful that they defy time and space, and linger persistently in our memory (and in the history of cinema) - Mariano Garcia argues [Read More...]

The cinematic evolution of videogames

Tania Dickson - 22-07-2024

Tania Dickson looks back at the fairly young history of video games and unearths some uncanny similarities and affinities with the seventh art [Read More...]

Janet Planet

Annie Baker

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 22-07-2024

Long summer at home tests mother-daughter relationship, in this impressive American drama focused on the unsaid, the insinuated and the minute details - in cinemas on Friday, July 19th [Read More...]

The influence of casino culture on Hollywood

Marina Hillquist - 21-07-2024

Marina Hillquist investigates the recent history of casinos in mainstream cinema, and reveals the achievements, the challenges and also the dark side of gambling in film [Read More...]

Cheryl’s favourite dirty movies

Cheryl Cooper - 20-07-2024

Our young reader Cheryl Cooper selects six dirty films of various genres that allow for a very intense, memorable cinema experience [Read More...]

How to plan a movie-themed casino night

Nash Raymond - 20-07-2024

Nash Raymond offers some sizzling advice to all of those who wish to throw an incredible part combining your favourite movie characters and the casino [Read More...]

Dirty WW2 movies that made a mark in history

Mariano Garcia - 20-07-2024

Mariano Garcia remembers three very different movies that used the biggest conflict known to mankind as a backdrop and a device for change [Read More...]

The Top 10 hottest summer movies

DMovies' team - 17-07-2024

We have picked 10 dirty movies bursting with beauty and passion, as well as pain and anger, all of them taking place under the unforgiving summer sun [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Gabriel Mayo

Paul Risker - 16-07-2024

Paul Risker interviews the director of A Weird Kind of Beautiful, a very dark drama about friendship; they talk about single location stories, the pandemic, improvisation, misogyny, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

This Closeness

Kit Zauhar

2024

André Vital Pardue - 15-07-2024

Awkward and bizarre Airbnb interactions offer commentary on forged intimacy, in this micro-budget, sharp American indie - available now on Mubi [Read More...]

Cinema’s dirtiest anti-heroes: the characters you love to hate

Paola Christensen - 15-07-2024

Paola Christensen investigates the complex psychology of the most equally reviled and cherished characters in the history of cinema, and concludes that the line between good and evil is wafer-thin [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the two-hearted filmmakers

Victoria Luxford - 15-07-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Rory McHarg and Bret Miller, the two directors of A Two Hearted Tale, a colourful documentary about a peculiar beer label and a heartwarming local story [Read More...]

A long hard road of grit and glee

Lobo Pasolini - 10-07-2024

As Queen Priscilla turns 30, Lobo Pasolini looks back at the queer classic that combined comedy, splendour and tragedy, and changed the history of cinema [Read More...]

Games for lovers of genre cinema

Mariano Garcia - 10-07-2024

Mariano Garcia investigates the connection between genre film and genre games, while also revealing the most important creations in each category [Read More...]

No film lovers on their underwear: our verdict of the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary

Victor Fraga - 08-07-2024

For the first time, DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attends the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the last one of the large European festivals on his list; these are the winners, our dirty picks, and impressions [Read More...]

Banzo

Margarida Cardoso

2024

Victor Fraga - 07-07-2024

Very sad disease kills plantation labourers in Africa, in this extremely sombre allegory of Portuguese colonialism - from the Crystal Globe Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Second Chance

Subhadra Mahajan

2024

Victor Fraga - 07-07-2024

Big-city woman escapes to the idyllic Himalayas in order to recover from a physical and also from a psychological wound - Indian drama premieres at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Cabo Negro

Abdellah Taïa

2024

Victor Fraga - 06-07-2024

Two young Moroccans experience homosexual love and prostitution, in this delicate tale of oppression and liberation - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Nothing in its Place (Hiçbir Sey Yerinde Değil)

Burak Çevik

2024

Victor Fraga - 06-07-2024

Ultranationalists bust left wing pacifist cell, in the real-life story set in Turkey during the late 1970s - from the Proxima Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Tiny Lights (Svetylka)

Beata Parkanová

2024

Victoria Luxford - 05-07-2024

We are invited to view the trials of a family through the eyes of their youngest member - Beata Parkanová’s inventive, thoughtful drama is in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Mark Cousins

Victor Fraga - 05-07-2024

DMovies's editor Victor Fraga interviews Irish director Mark Cousins at Karlovy Vary, where he showcases his latest creation at the Crystal Globe Competition; they talk about the relationship between painting and the moving image, playing films backwards, neurodiversity as a catalyst for creativity, tattoos, the new UK PM, Palestine, and more [Read More...]

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Mark Cousins

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-07-2024

Painting the painter: Mark Cousins's new doc offers a peculiar glimpse into the life and work of Scottish painter Wilhelmina "Willie" Barns-Graham - on VoD on Monday, February 3rd [Read More...]

Rude to Love (Ai ni ranbou)

Yukihiro Morigaki

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-07-2024

Japanese housewife descends into madness after husband threatens to end their childless marriage, and comes up with a very bizarre proposition - in the Official Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Human Hibernation

Anna Cornudella

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-07-2024

Quiet and exuberant arthouse film ruminates on the sensory bond between humans and animals - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Two sides of the same coin?

Joshua Polanski - 04-07-2024

Using Deborah Correa's The War Between as a case study, Joshua Polanski reflects about the dangers of bothsideism, the gaze of the white man, and romanticising soldiers [Read More...]

Pierce (Cì Xin Qiè Gŭ)

Nelicia Low

2024

Victor Fraga - 03-07-2024

Two brothers fence for their dignity, in this strange tale of fraternal loyalty and queer love - in the Official Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Loveable (Elskling)

Lilja Ingolfsdottir

2024

Victor Fraga - 03-07-2024

Maria's perfect, happy marriage begins to collapse for no apparent reason, in this this humanistic Norwegian drama - in the Official Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Stranger (Ju Wai Ren)

Zhengfan Yang

2024

Victor Fraga - 03-07-2024

People find catharsis and oppression within the walls of their hotel room, uuin this mysterious episodic drama from China - at the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Jethro Waters

Eoghan Lyng - 02-07-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of Gunfighter Paradise, an intriguing drama set in a very trigger-happy US; they talk the Coen Brothers, pro-gun ammunition, anti-gun artillery, religion and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Trans Memoria

Victoria Verseau

2024

Victoria Luxford - 01-07-2024

Thailand is the setting for a journey of reflection, identity, and pain in a deeply emotional documentary - from 58th Karlovy Vary International Film, Festival [Read More...]

Spheres

Daniel Zimmermann

2024

Victoria Luxford - 01-07-2024

Swiss filmmaker Daniel Zimmermann spins us in circles in this self-describedyy "essay with images" - from the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Windless

Pavel G. Vesnakov

2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 01-07-2024

Memories resurface and hell breaks loose when a man returns to his Bulgarian hometown to in order sell his late father’s flat - showing with Klassiki goEast [Read More...]

Our verdict of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival

Victor Fraga - 01-07-2024

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the nascent and promising film festival of Malta; he describes his experience, lists the winners and his dirty picks [Read More...]

Life (Hayat)

Zeki Demirkubuz

2024

Victor Fraga - 01-07-2024

Desperate young man travels from small-town Turkey to Istanbul in the hope of finding his missing fiancee, in this "dreamy" portrayal of love and deception - in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

Tuesday

Daina Oniunas-Pusić

2024

Victor Fraga - 30-06-2024

Desperate mother refuses to accept the fate of her terminally-ill daughter, as a creepy bird becomes a proxy for Death - surreal teen fantasy drama is in cinemas on Friday, August 9th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Jaione Camborda

Victor Fraga - 29-06-2024

Live from the Mediterranean Film Festival: DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the Spanish director of The Rye Horn, the dark and visceral sorority tale that won the latest edition of San Sebastian [Read More...]

A New Kind of Wilderness

Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

2024

Victor Fraga - 29-06-2024

Off-the-grid family are forced to return to civilisation after the mother tragically passes away - on various VoD platforms now [Read More...]

Palazzina LAF

Michele Riondino

2024

Victor Fraga - 28-06-2024

Factory cleaner is "promoted" to spy level in order to rat on his colleagues, in this real-life working class drama from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Casino stories turned into dirty movies: fact versus fiction

Marina Hillquist - 28-06-2024

Marina Hillquist reveals how Hollywood blends fact and fiction in casino movies based on true events, while also exploring the real stories these classics [Read More...]

From the screen to the casino floor: the movies that question gambling

Paola Christensen - 28-06-2024

Paola Christensen takes a brutally honest look at some of the most important gambling films in the history of cinema, revealing both the allure and the dangers of the game [Read More...]

To a Land Unknown

Mahdi Fleifel

2024

Victor Fraga - 28-06-2024

Transactional human beings and accidental places: Palestinian refugees resort to a life of crime in order to survive and be reunited with their loved ones in Europe - on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Mother, Country (El Pais de Mi Madre)

Pablo Navarrete

2024

Dr. Marcela Pizarro Coloma - 27-06-2024

Pablo Navarrete focuses on his family in a simple yet poignant story about Chile’s traumatic past [Read More...]

Out of Season (Hors-Saison)

Stéphane Brizé

2024

Victor Fraga - 27-06-2024

Regret and nostalgia dominate Stéphane Brizé's breezy tale of unrequited love - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Movies would not be the same with cryptocurrency

Mariano Garcia - 26-06-2024

A bribe, a show of power, a target for a heist: Mariano Garcia remembers the dirty movies where money plays a prominent roles, and asks what cinema would be like if cryptocurrency became the norm [Read More...]

Backstage

Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane

2024

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2024

Arab dancers "without borders" get lost in the Moroccan forest, in this ambitious yet clumsy international co-production of four countries - in the Official Competition of the 2nd [Read More...]

Meeting with Pol Pot (Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot)

Rithy Panh

2024

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2024

The impossible love affair of press and propaganda: three French journalists are invited to interview the leader of the Khmer Rouge, only to find out that their mission isn't feasible at all - in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

I Saw the TV Glow

Jane Schoenbrun

2024

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2024

Two best friends get sucked in by their favourite television show, and their minds are shaken up "like a snow globe" - psychedelic teen drama is on VoD on Monday, September 30th [Read More...]

Negu Hurbilak

Ekain Albite, Mikel Ibarguren, Adrià Roca, Nicolau Mallofré

2024

Victor Fraga - 25-06-2024

Entirely spoken in Basque, this quiet and sombre political drama peeks into the sad life of a lone separatist living in hiding - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Nocturnes

Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan

2024

Victor Fraga - 25-06-2024

Observational nature doc offers insight into the life of moths and the human beings researching them, in a film experience oscillating between the hypnotic and the soporific - in selected cinemas on Friday, December 6th [Read More...]

A Two Hearted Tale

Rory McHarg, Bret Miller

2024

Victoria Luxford - 24-06-2024

The story behind a beer label becomes an enticing stroll through personal history in this colourful local film [Read More...]

Our lowdown on the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania

Victor Fraga - 22-06-2024

For the third consecutive year, DMovies attends one of the largest and most exciting film celebrations of Eastern Europe; check out our dirty picks, the winners, and also our questions to the Festival founder and President Tudor Giurgiu [Read More...]

Where Elephants Go

Catalin Rotaru
Gabi Virginia Sarga

2024

Victor Fraga - 21-06-2024

Highly experimental, bonkers Romanian film follows three lonely citizens of Bucharest as desperately seek to inject meaning into their lives - in the Official Competition of the 23 Tiff Romania [Read More...]

The Old Bachelor

Oktay Baraheni

2024

Victor Fraga - 21-06-2024

Father and son battle for the love of a seductive young woman, in this elegant however prosaic Iranian drama-turned-crime-thriller from Iran - in the Official Competition of the 23rd Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Jay Liu

Eoghan Lyng - 21-06-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of Anywhere the Wind Blows, a ":punchy" and queer love story from Hong Kong; they talk about LGBTQ+ ideologies in the Chinese region, the "guilt of comfort experienced by refugees, Joachim Trier, Robin Campillo, and more! [Read More...]

The Hypnosis (Hypnosen)

Ernst de Geer

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-06-2024

Awkwardness reigns supreme, in this very Scandinavian drama about a young woman "transformed" by a single hypnosis session - on VoD on Friday, August 16th [Read More...]

The Dreamer (L’homme d’Argile)

Anaïs Tellenne

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-06-2024

French artist becomes infatuated with the non-conventional body of a one-eyed man, and proceeds to immortalise her ageing subject - exquisite French drama available online as part of MyFrenchFilmFestival [Read More...]

The Other Son (El Otro Hijo)

Juan Sebastián Quebrada

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2024

Colombian teen grapples with grief and guilt after his brother's untimely death, in this tale of fraternal love, complicity, and tacit rivalry - in competition at the 32nd edition of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Simone Baumann

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2024

Just as Raindance kicks off with a special celebration of German cinema, we talk to the Managing Director of German Films about the past, the present and the future of movies from the largest country in Europe [Read More...]

The Exorcism

Joshua John Miller

2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 18-06-2024

Banking on Russell Crowe’s newfound love relationship with b-horror, this new flick (about a troubled actor shooting a supernatural film) has virtually nothing to offer viewers - on VoD on July 22nd [Read More...]

Day Tripper

Yanqi Chen

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2024

Wacky, deadpan comedy traverses an ordinary winter day inside a heavily polluted city of Northern China - from the 32nd edition of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Christian Friedel

Victor Fraga - 17-06-2024

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews one of the most talented German actors of the present day as he arrives in the UK for a very special celebration of German cinema, during the 32nd edition of Raindance; they talk about The White Ribbon, The Zone of Interest, scripted dialogues, spontaneity, combining a film career with music, and much more [Read More...]

My Killer Buddy (Io e il Secco)

Gianluca Santoni

2024

Victoria Luxford - 17-06-2024

Revenge, imagination, and fatherhood are all explored in this emotionally charged drama from Italy, playing at the 32nd edition of the Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Summer Brother (Zomervacht)

Joren Molter

2024

Victor Fraga - 17-06-2024

Young Brian must look after his severely disabled brother, after his careless father "borrows" him for a scorching summer in a chaotic trailer park - gentle and raw drama is in Competition at the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Girls Will Be Girls

Shuchi Talati

2024

Victor Fraga - 17-06-2024

Gifted teen decides to explore her sexuality at her own accord, but any missteps could have serious consequences for her and her family - Indian coming-of-age drama is on VoD on Monday, December 23rd [Read More...]

The Performance

Shira Piven

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2024

Jewish American tap dancer has to stomp his way to the top of the Nazi regime, in what's possibly the worst film adaptation of Arthur Miller ever made - from the 23rd edtion of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

1286

Alisher Utev

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2024

Sombre and elegiac Kazakh drama observes the shocking repercussions of modern-day slavery, and unbridled sadism - from the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Infested (Vermine)

Sébastien Vaniček

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2024

Claustrophobic spider horror keeps viewers on the edge of their seat, as flesh-eating arachnids terrify a suburban council block in France - available for streaming on various platforms [Read More...]

DogMan

Luc Besson

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-06-2024

Luc Besson's fanciful and bizarre allegory of animal love and crossdressing is resolutely barking mad - [Read More...]

When Evil Lurks (Cuando Acecha la Maldad)

Demián Rugna

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-06-2024

Argentinean horror offers a "rotten" twist on the well-worn zombie genre, in a movie as mangled and gruelling as the victims portrayed - on various VoD platforms in July [Read More...]

Handling the Undead (Håndtering av Udøde)

Thea Hvistendahl

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 13-06-2024

Norwegian director reinvents the zombie movie, replacing gore with tragic and decaying existences - from Sundance London [Read More...]

Searching for Amani

Debra Aroko
Nicole Gormley

2024

Victoria Luxford - 12-06-2024

Murder, climate change and hope all play a big part in a bereaved young Kenyan’s search for the truth - touching documentary premieres at the 32nd Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Sting Like a Bee

Leone Balduzzi

2024

John McDonald - 12-06-2024

Leone Balduzzi's debut feature takes viewers on a journey of rural Italy, and into the lives of young people terrified of Aids and enamoured with a three-wheeled vehicle - from the 32nd Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Animal

Sofia Exarchou

2024

Nataliia Serebriakova - 12-06-2024

Sofia Exarchou's filthy genius sophomore feature exposes the animalistic routine of resort animateurs in Greece - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Satu – Year of the Rabbit

Joshua Trigg

2024

John McDonald - 12-06-2024

Two starry-eyed fantasists help each other as they face the bumpy road ahead, in this classic coming-of-age tale set in the mountains and the jungle of Northern Laos - on VoD on Monday, January 26th [Read More...]

Sisterhood (HLM Pussy)

Nora El Hourch

2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 11-06-2024

Building upon the principles of #MeToo, Nora El Hourch demonstrates that female emancipation often comes from a place of privilege - French-Moroccan drama premieres in the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

The Click Trap

Peter Porta

2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 11-06-2024

Beyond the state-of-the-art talking heads, quick edits and eerie music, an unsettling truth unravels: tech companies control us in more ways than one - creepy doc premieres at the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Árni

Dorka Vermes

2024

John McDonald - 11-06-2024

Hungarian tale about a mundane and soulless travelling circus and their handyman is in reality a riff on loneliness and animal love - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Marcus Vetter

Paul Risker - 11-06-2024

Paul Risker interviews Marcus Vetter, co-director of War and Justice, a documentary about the International Criminal Court (ICC), from Nuremberg to theatres of war in Ukraine and Palestine; they discuss international accountability, the complexity of a global court, arrest warrants, "innocence", transformative filmmaking and much more [Read More...]