victorfraga, Author at DMovies

Smiling Georgia

Luka Beradze

2024

Victoria Luxford - 10-06-2024

No laughing matter: The lengths some politicians are willing to go in order to retain power can leave voters toothless - painful Georgian doc premieres at the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

The Contestant

Clair Titley

2024

Victoria Luxford - 10-06-2024

Japanese male is confined to a room naked and without food for more than a year, in a sadistic experiment that helped to spawn reality television - in cinemas on Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

National Anthem

Luke Gilford

2024

Victoria Luxford - 10-06-2024

Luke Gilford’s debut feature shows us what queer expression without restraint truly looks like, against the masculine backdrop of the Old West - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound

Antony Crook

2024

Steve Naish - 07-06-2024

Rockumentary offers colourful insight this British brand of elegant and introspective post-rock music; strangely, the "stars" are conspicuous in their absence - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Kneecap

Rich Peppiatt

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 07-06-2024

Irish-singing, insult-hurling, drug-taking and politically incendiary hip-hop band from Belfast earn an adrenaline-inducing piece of autofiction - on VoD on Monday, October 7th [Read More...]

About Dry Grasses (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

2023

Nataliia Serebriakova - 05-06-2024

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest cinematic marathon puts viewers right into the heart of Anatolian winter, facing a Chekhovian existential crisis - on VoD on Monday, October 7th [Read More...]

The Top 5 dirtiest James Bond casino moments

Paola Christensen - 05-06-2024

Our writer Paola Christensen looks at half a century of James Bond movies and unearths some of the luckiest and most unbelievable casino moments exclusively for you! [Read More...]

Three thought-provoking sci-fi movies that gave us a real glimpse into the future

Mariano Garcia - 04-06-2024

Mariano Garcia selects three thought-provoking sci-fi movies that allow us to glimpse into a dirty future, with many bizarre ramifications (particularly AI) widely seen in our very present [Read More...]

The Dead Don’t Hurt

Viggo Mortensen

2024

Victoria Luxford - 04-06-2024

Part-love story, part-revenge thriller, part-feminist Western revision, Viggo Mortensen's sophomore feature (on the director's seat) shows scrappy ambition, and gets flanked by two stellar performances - in cinemas on Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

Furiosa could lead to an influx of post-apocalyptic content

Martin Escribador - 04-06-2024

Martin Escribador suggests that the latest entry to the Mad Max franchise will have a widespread impact far beyond the film industry, in many other fields of entertainment [Read More...]

The superpower of dirty film angles

Maria - 03-06-2024

Mariano Garcia argues that camera angles are a fundamental weapon in a film producer’s arsenal, and he uses four classic examples in order to support his bombastic argument [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Jonas Trueba

Nataliia Serebriakova - 03-06-2024

Ukrainian movie critic Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Spanish director behind the happy-go-divorce drama The Other Way Around, which premiered in Cannes last month; they talk about his career, the good side of separations, a lesson that he learnt from his filmmaking father, making low-budget films, and more! [Read More...]

The Other Way Around (Volvereis)

Jonas Trueba

2024

Nataliia Serebriakova - 03-06-2024

A Spanish couple decides to throw a divorce celebration party, and the preparations are well underway... in cinemas on Friday, July 11th [Read More...]

Anywhere the Wind Blows

Jay Liu

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 03-06-2024

Stylised and punchy short film packs a great deal into a compact runtime, equating sex with violence - from the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in Cannes [Read More...]

How about a deep dive into Mediterranean film?

DMovies' team - 30-05-2024

The 2nd edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival boasts an exciting combination of regional and international cinema, and - with the action taking place in a sultry Malta in late June - the event is guaranteed to get hot in more ways than one! [Read More...]

Raindance keeps getting younger – just how do they do that???

DMovies' team - 29-05-2024

As the 32nd edition of the UK's favourite indie film festival approaches, we look at their impressive programme, and discuss with their team their focus on first and second features, the move to a sultry June, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid

Paul Risker - 28-05-2024

Paul Risker interviews the woman behind A Home on Every Floor, a movie blending the spoken work and a miniature childhood home; they discuss the housing topic in cinema, economic inequality in Norway, subjective memories, transformative filmmaking, and a lot more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the Mexican dreamer

Eoghan Lyng - 28-05-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews Laura Plancarte, the director of "tactile" documentary Mexican Dream; they talk about making observational cinema, challenging European misconceptions of Mexico, gratitude towards #MeToo, and much more [Read More...]

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad Rasoulof

2024

Victor Fraga - 28-05-2024

At the height of the The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a civil servant gets promoted to role that will challenge his morals, and compromise the integrity of his family - Mohammad Rasoulof's heart-stopping new drama is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, March 17th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Sarah Young

John McDonald - 27-05-2024

John McDonald interviews Sarah Young, the director of the deceptive "perfectly married couple" movie Not Him; they talk about domestic violence, the paranormal as a horror device, her upcoming comedy horror series, and a lot more [Read More...]

The Substance

Coralie Fargeat

2024

Victor Fraga - 27-05-2024

Coralie Fargeat's deliciously bonkers body horror is a grotesque, groovy and hilarious riff on sexism, ageism, and the absurd beauty standards forced upon women - in cinemas on Friday, September 20th [Read More...]

All We Imagine As Light

Payal Kapadia

2024

Joshua Polanski - 27-05-2024

Filthy genius movie from India bludgeons the beauty standards of both Bollywood and Hollywood, while refreshingly allowing women to find pleasure in sex - On all major VoD platforms on Monday, March 17th [Read More...]

The Most Precious of Cargoes (La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises)

Michel Hazanavicius

2024

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2024

Holocaust animation about a baby thrown out of a train window offers a slimmer of hope to audiences, in this unusual addition to the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival - in cinemas on Friday, April 4th [Read More...]

Flow

Gints Zilbalodis

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 25-05-2024

A boat full of cats, dogs and birds struggle to survive, in a world drowning under floods - Oscar-winning Latvian animation is on VoD on Friday, April 25th [Read More...]

Niki

Céline Sallette

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 25-05-2024

From period blood to incest, Charlotte Le Bon packs a lot into her magnificent portrait of iconic French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle - live from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf)

Gilles Lellouche

2024

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2024

A long prison stint separates two desperately infatuated young lovers, but time does not heal their wounds - very familiar love story is in cinemas on Friday, August 15th [Read More...]

September Says

Ariane Labed

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 24-05-2024

In this stylistic but underwhelming adaptation of Daisy Johnson's Sisters, the truth comes flooding in after a family moves back to Ireland - in cinemas on Friday, February 21st [Read More...]

The Story of Souleymane (L’Histoire de Souleymane)

Boris Lojkine

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 24-05-2024

Asylum seeker does some deep soul-searching as he prepares for an immigration interview, in a gritty French drama dotted with little gestures of kindness - in cinemas on Friday, October 17th [Read More...]

Anora

Sean Baker

2024

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2024

New York pole dancer marries the spoiled child of a Russian millionaire, in Sean Baker's high-octane class struggle comedy (a movie with a crucial touch of empathy, and many parallels to Tangerine) - Palme d'Or winner is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, January 20th [Read More...]

Grand Tour

Miguel Gomes

2024

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2024

Miguel Gomes's new film has the aesthetic ambitions and also some topical similarities with his masterpiece Taboo, yet the soporific travelogue of Asia slips into artistic banality - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Viet and Nam

Truong Minh Quý

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 23-05-2024

In this spectral piece of slow cinema, two gay men reconcile their dirty and underground job with love - LGBT+ drama infused with positivity premieres at the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Norah

Tawfik Alzaidi

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 23-05-2024

Saudi woman risks her reputation and engagement in order to save an art piece, at at time female nationals operated at whim of their husbands and creative expression was seriously frowned upon - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Motel Destino

Karim Ainouz

2024

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2024

Fugitive finds shelter inside one of Brazil's pervasive sex hotels, in Karim Ainouz's colourful but tepid psychosexual thriller - on VoD on Monday, November 17th [Read More...]

The Village Next to Paradise

Mo Harawe

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 22-05-2024

A gravedigger, a seamstress and a child fight for their survival inside a ruthless society, in this achingly sorrowful and spellbinding drama from Somalia - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival. [Read More...]

Dog on Trial (Le Proces du Chien)

Laetitia Dosch

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 22-05-2024

PAWplexing in its resolve, Laetitia Dosch's biting new comedy about a woman fighting for the pooch's right to live stems from true events - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Marcello Mio

Christophe Honoré

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2024

Chiara Mastroianni in incorporates her late, famous father into her life (moustache, fedora hat et al) - in Christophe Honore's sweet but unremarkable piece of autofiction premieres in the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Parthenope

Paolo Sorrentino

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2024

Paolo Sorrentino's new drama is an ambitious tribute to his native Naples and to gorgeous nymphets: a pompous, verbose and superficial comment on "beauty" - now on VoD [Read More...]

The Kingdom (Le Royaume)

Julien Colonna

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 21-05-2024

A teenager bonds with her father, but his criminal past catches up with them - uneven mobster flick from France is on VoD on Monday, September 8th [Read More...]

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Raoul Peck

2024

Victor M Fraga - 21-05-2024

Raoul Peck retraces the footsteps of the "recorder of the Apartheid", first in his native South Africa and then in "soulless" New York - solemn and potent documentary is on VoD on Monday, April 7th [Read More...]

Santosh

Sandhya Suri

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 21-05-2024

Widow takes up her husband's job in the Indian police, becoming one of the few female faces in this hardened, testosterone-fuelled environment - on VoD on Tuesday, May 6th. [Read More...]

The Shrouds

David Cronenberg

2024

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2024

David Cronenberg revisits familiar themes such as body mutilation and morbid sexual attraction in his new sci-fi horror, a very personal movie with significant religious elements - in cinemas on Friday, July 4th [Read More...]

My Sunshine

Hiroshi Okuyama

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 20-05-2024

Hiroshi Okuyama fills audiences with joy, in a film about people skating, dancing and enjoying the little moments of life alongside like-minded strangers - live from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Limonov – The Ballad

Kirill Serebrennikov

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2024

Biopic of misanthropic Russian writer is dissonant with the self-righteous, futile and unpleasant subject portrayed; plus it barely feels Russian - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Black Dog (Gou Zhen)

Hu Guan

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 20-05-2024

Returning to his home town, ex-convict Lang distrusts everyone he meets until he encounters an animal as lost as he is - on VoD on Monday, January 27th [Read More...]

Lula

Oliver Stone

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2024

Oliver Stone and Rob Wilson's biopic of "the most popular politician on Earth" traces the trajectory of the three-time Brazilian president as he overcomes personal and political obstacles of all sorts - live from Cannes [Read More...]

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Boku No Ohisama)

Rungano Nyoni

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 19-05-2024

In this dazzlingly inventive African drama, three women are reunited under grief and love - from IndieLisboa [Read More...]

The Damned

Roberto Minervini

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 19-05-2024

Curious and unexperienced soldiers traverse the Old West, in this slow American Civil War drama - in cinemas on Friday, January 10th. [Read More...]

Caught by the Tides (Feng Liu Yi Dai)

Jia Zhangke

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2024

Jia Zhangke's latest portrait of the China is profound, laborious and meditative, dotted with snippets of joy, and perhaps his most difficult film to date - UK premiere takes place at the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Emilia Perez

Jacques Audiard

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2024

BEST SONG AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR WINNER: fiery trans gangster musical is fuelled by explosive Mexican soap opera devices; the outcome is guaranteed to blow you away - Cannes Jury and Best Actress winner is now on Netflix [Read More...]

Something Old Something New Something Borrowed (Algo Viejo, Algo Nuevo, Algo Prestado)

Hernán Rosselli

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

The daughter of powerful sports betting lord investigates her father mysterious demise, in this at times inscrutable docufiction from Argentina - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Girl with the Needle (Pigen Med Nalen)

Magnus von Horn

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

A seamstress faces the terrifying consequences of becoming pregnant by her boss, while an underground adoption agent seeks to relocate babies - on VoD on Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

Armand

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2024

A deeply scarred Renate Reinsve delivers an impressive performance, in this ambitious classroom drama - from IndieLisboa [Read More...]

The Shameless

Konstantin Bojanov

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2024

In this bold queer drama from India, two sex workers must reconcile their love for one another with their personal faiths and circumstances - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Kinds of Kindness

Yorgos Lanthimos

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

Yorgos Lanthimos's eerie-silly display of altruism feels like a David Lynch film remade by Peter Greenaway - on VoD on August 27th [Read More...]

Oh Canada

Paul Schrader

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

Not even Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Uma Thurman rescue Paul Schrader's unreliable memory drama from utter boredom - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Holy Cow (Vingt Dieux)

Louise Couvoisier

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 17-05-2024

A bereaved son must make some hard-earned cash, and sees cheese as his answer - on VoD on Monday, September 8th [Read More...]

Three Kilometres to the End of the World (Trei Kilometri Pana la Capatul Lumii)

Emanuel Parvu

2024

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Solemn and austere drama explores the dark machinations of homophobia in rural Romania, with a familiar yet jarring story bursting with subtleties - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Bird

Andrea Arnold

2024

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Andrea Arnold's ultra-British blend of social realism and magical realism is uneven yet fascinating to watch - on VoD on Tuesday, January 7th [Read More...]

An Unfinished Film

Ye Lou

20924

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Foreign-produced Chinese docufiction follows the footsteps of a filmmaker as he attempts to revive an old project, only for Covid to put a spanner in his works again - live from Cannes [Read More...]

When the Light Breaks

Rúnar Runarsson

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 16-05-2024

In his cinematic dissertation of grief, Rúnar Rúnarsson focuses his attention on two young women shedding tears for the same person each in their own way - humbling Icelandic drama is on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Wild Diamond (Diamant Brut)

Agathe Riedinger

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2024

Nineteen-year-old "influencer" uses her cosmetically-enhanced body as a weapon for social ascension, in this palpable and visceral French drama - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte)

Quentin Dupieux

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2024

Quentin Dupieux’s new creation succeeds as a high-octane exercise on metalanguage, yet it fails as a comedy - on VoD on Wednesday, January 22nd [Read More...]

Simon of the Mountain (Simón de la Montaña)

Luis Federico

2024

John McDonald - 15-05-2024

Argentinean debut feature explores the severity of mental illness, deep diving into taboo relationships and questions of morality - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Ghost Trail (Les Fantomes)

Jonathan Millet

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2024

A Syrian refugee living in Germany travels to France in order to trace the footsteps of his former torturer, in this convoluted blend of mystery and drama - in cinemas on Friday, September 19th [Read More...]

The top 6 grittiest Las Vegas-themed movies

Mariano Garcia - 14-05-2024

The glitz, glam and the allure of Sin City also make for a great location for some of the grittiest movies. Our reader Mariano Garcia picks the top dirtiest movies set in the largest city of Nevada, and the list includes some surprising entries! [Read More...]

Mexican Dream (Sueno Mexicano)

Laura Plancarte

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 11-05-2024

A Mexican woman elects to take fertility treatment in the hope of producing a child, boasting a fire and courage as she does so - from Hot Docs [Read More...]

Not Him

Sarah Young

2024

John McDonald - 10-05-2024

Sarah Young’s short film about the "perfectly married couple" will send you on an intense journey of anxiety and stress that feels astronomically longer than its 15-minute run time [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Deborah Correa and Ron Yungul

Joshua Polasnki - 07-05-2024

The director and the writer/exec producer of The War Between, a brand new Civil War drama about two frenemy soldiers from opposing sides, discuss the origins and the challenges of the project with Joshua Polanski [Read More...]

Lenita – Traces of a Lady

Dácio Pinheiro

2024

Victor Fraga - 02-05-2024

Finely crafted documentary rescues the work and the personal history of a pioneering however long-forgotten fashion-photographer-turned-horse-breeder from Brazil [Read More...]

Poor Things where you never expected!

Pedro Garcia - 01-05-2024

Our reader Pedro Garcia came across Yorgos Lanthimos's dirty movie Poor Things in a very unexpectedly clean place: Disney Plus; he shares his thoughts about the peculiar experience [Read More...]

The 4 dirtiest love scenes in 50 Shades of Grey

Mariana Hallquist - 01-05-2024

Our reader Mariana Hallquist dissects the controversial sexual psychothriller from 2015, and reveals the steamy, the unexpected and the downright filthy scenes (including their timecode!) [Read More...]

Lie with Me

Clement Virgo

2005

Mariano Garcia - 01-05-2024

Thought-provoking, romantic drama movie about a sexually aggressive woman attracted to a deranged male lacks a concise storyline and in-depth characters - on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Red Herring

Kit Vincent

2023

Victor Fraga - 01-05-2024

Following a terminal brain tumour diagnosis, young British man sets out to challenge and to document his relationship to his parents - now available on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Civil War

Alex Garland

2024

- 30-04-2024

Alex Garland's all-American "post-apocalyptical" drama slips into bang-bang banality and ends up with absolutely nothing to say - in cinemas on Friday, April 12th [Read More...]

Will The Wolf Man be the dirtiest werewolf movie ever made?

Mariano Garcia - 23-04-2024

A reboot for the 1941 dirty classic is due next year, and it is set to feature Christopher Abbott in the starring role - but will it exceed the original? [Read More...]

Keep the Bugs Out of My Soup!!!

Tyrone Evans Clark

2022

Petra von Kant - 23-04-2024

Conceptual Czech animation originally inspired by a videogame is full of enchantment and playful designs; the project was spearheaded by a multtiskilled artist best known as Tyy Renaissance [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Hamoody Jaafar

Paul Risker - 23-04-2024

Paul Risker interviews the director of a basketball documentary that transports viewers to the front seat of the stadium; they talk about serendipities, racial politics in segregated Michigan, cinema as a transformational experience, fatherhood, and much more! [Read More...]

My Top 5 dirtiest arthouse movies

Mariano Garcia - 22-04-2024

Mariano Garcia picks the five dirtiest non-mainstream flicks that have shaken him to the core, and helped him to reevaluate the film experience as a whole - every student should watch and analyse these movies [Read More...]

Swede Caroline

Finn Bruce
Brook Driver

2023

Victor Fraga - 18-04-2024

This very British hybrid of mockumentary and deep fake television is as juicy and plump as the vegetables portrayed, but also a little overgrown - in cinemas on Friday, April 19th [Read More...]

Tomorrow’s Freedom

Georgia Scott
Sophia Scott

2022

Victor Fraga - 15-04-2024

Palestine's most popular and inspirational leader (often compared to Mandela) becomes the topic of this insightful yet patchy documentary - in cinemas on Friday, April 26th [Read More...]

Back to Black

Sam Taylor-Johnson

2024

Victor Fraga - 15-04-2024

Despite a string of cliches and platitudes, Amy Winehouse's biopic is a thoroughly entertaining nostalgia-fest - in cinemas on Friday, April 12th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Shaun Dozier

Eoghan Lyng - 11-04-2024

The director of The Problem of the Hero, a drama about two American playwrights grappling with racism and misogyny 80 years ago, discusses the deceptive language of theatre, steering away from the "truth", the importance of "offending" viewers, how power relations have changed, and much more - in exclusive interview [Read More...]

The First Omen

Arkasha Stevenson

2024

Victor Fraga - 09-04-2024

Star-studded, elegant prequel of 1976 classic pays tribute to several horror movies, but not without some clumsy twists and turns - in cinemas on Friday, April 5th [Read More...]

The Top 5 dirtiest cricket movies ever made!

Mariano Garcia - 03-04-2024

Our writer Mariano Garcia reveals that cricket isn't just one of the most watched games on TV all over the world; it has also made a big impact on the silver screen! [Read More...]

Alfred Hitchcock gets a dirty film guide!

Eoghan Lyng - 02-04-2024

Eoghan Lyng reviews HITCHOLOGY, a film-by-film guide to the style and themes of the greatest filmmaker to have ever walked the earth; check out the biggest highlights here [Read More...]

The Trouble with Jessica

Matt Winn

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 02-04-2024

A dinner party turns sour when one of the guests elects to kill herself - funny yet uneven British comedy is on VoD on Monday, August 5th [Read More...]

Urban Jungle

Ken Loach

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 01-04-2024

An unrecognisable Penelope Cruz and a gun-toting, animalistic Brian Cox star in what's probably Ken Loach's most unabashedly romantic film (a Liverpool-set drama about a socialist builder and his Palestinian lover) - in cinemas on Friday, April 5th [Read More...]

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus

Neo Sora

2024

John McDonald - 26-03-2024

Ryuichi Sakamoto's final performance is captured by his son Neo Sora, in this heartwarming celebration of a multifaceted artist who influenced many people in the film world - on VoD on Friday, May 3rd [Read More...]

Silver Haze

Sacha Polak

2023

Victor Fraga - 22-03-2024

Loosely based on Vicky Knight's own tragic life, British drama depicts a strong young woman struggling to hold together her highly fractured existence - on VoD on Monday, May 13th [Read More...]

Green Border (Zielona granica)

Agnieszka Holland

2024

Agnieszka Piotrowska - 19-03-2024

Ordinary Poles are faced with difficult ethical choices as refugees grapple with horrors at the Polish-Belarusian border - Agnieszka Holland's politically-charged new drama is on VoD on Monday, August 2nd [Read More...]

Elaha

Milena Aboyan

2024

Victor Fraga - 13-03-2024

A young Kurdish-German bride-to-be seeks a hymenoplasty in order to gain the trust of her partner and her conservative community, in this simple and authentic drama - in cinemas on Friday, April 26th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Elan Golod

Eoghan Lyng - 12-03-2024

Eoghan Lyng talks the to first-time Israeli-American documentarist about his heartwarming creation: a movie about a retired Jewish guard recalling the atrocities that he witnessed with his own eyes through dazzling cartoons [Read More...]

The film queens that never were

Mariano Garcia - 08-03-2024

Our writer Mariano Garcia glimpses into the unmade Cleopatra movies, and reveals teh dirty secrets and the reasons why the projects never took off the ground [Read More...]

The top four dirtiest shark movies!

Paola Christensen - 06-03-2024

Sharks are fascinating creatures, but they’re best observed from afar (which may explain why they’ are such a popular movie theme);.there have been some classic shark movies over the years, and here are four of the best. [Read More...]

Cinematic representation of historic sports events: truth versus fiction

Mariano Garcia - 06-03-2024

Mariano Garcia investigates the fraught relationship between reality and fiction with dirty sport movies to hand, and he reveals that filmmakers take liberties in order to forge a more inspiring narrative [Read More...]

The Problem of the Hero

Shaun Dozier

2023

Eoghan Lyng - 01-03-2024

Two playwrights disagree on a scene, but this has as much to say about their backgrounds as it does their writing acumen; American drama set 80 years ago highlights some very familiar facets of racism and misogyny [Read More...]

Ian Christie dissects Powell and Pressburger

Victor Fraga - 27-02-2024

Film historian Ian Christie talks to DMovies' editor Victor Fraga about 21st century audiences and their relation to the iconic British filmmaking duo, P&P's influence on other artists, the late Queen, and much more - read our exclusive interview, in partnership with Doesn't Exist [Read More...]

Baldiga – Unlocked Heart (Baldiga – Entsichertes Herz)

Markus Stein

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 26-02-2024

Queer photographer from Germany openly exposed his life in a bid to remove HIV stigma from generations to come - from the Panorama Dokumente section of the Berlinale [Read More...]

Crowning the dirtiest movies: our verdict of the 74th Berlinale

Victor Fraga - 26-02-2024

Our editor Victor Fraga attended the 74th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival as a journalist and also the producer of a film in the Panorama section; this is what he thought of the event [Read More...]

The Dennis Hopper songs that will get you moving!

Steve Naish - 26-02-2024

British born, Ontario-based writer Steve Naish reveals the dirty tunes that helped to define. lift and illuminate the movies of late American auteur Dennis Hopper [Read More...]

Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill

Andy Brown
Brian Lindstrom

2023

Eoghan Lyng - 26-02-2024

Singer-songwriter Judee Sill never received her due, but this documentary shows that the ballads, and the balladeer, are deserving of her listener's attention [Read More...]

Nathan-ism

Elan Golod

2023

Eoghan Lyng - 26-02-2024

Retired Jewish guard recalls his experiences of Nazi Germany through his cartoon work, in this documentary of admirable beauty [Read More...]

Shambhala

Min Bahadur Bham

2024

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2024

Young woman happily marries three brothers in rural Nepal, before a controversial pregnancy disrupts their fragile harmony - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Teaches of Peaches

Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer

2024

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2024

Filthy Canadian singer based in Berlin celebrates the 20th anniversary of her most transgressive work; she remains as sweaty and sexy as ever - from the Panorama Dokumente section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

My New Friends (Les Gens d’à Côté)

André Téchiné

2024

Duda Leite - 23-02-2024

Isabelle Huppert stars as a grieving policewoman searching for a new meaning in life, in a misfire from octogenarian French auteur André Téchiné - from the Panorama section of the 74th Berlinale [Read More...]

Sasquatch Sunset

Nathan and Daniel Zellner

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 23-02-2024

Writer-director brother duo Nathan and Daniel Zellner conjure into existence American folklore creature, the sasquatch, most commonly known as Big Foot - unbelievably realistic film is on VoD on August 5th [Read More...]

Time Bandits is a wildly underrated film

Eoghan Lyng - 23-02-2024

Our long-time writer and huge Terry Gilliam fan Eoghan Lyng argues in favour of a film that has been wildly underrated and misunderstood [Read More...]

Black Tea

Abderrahmane Sissako

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2024

After shockingly dumping her husband-to-be at the altar, African woman starts a new life in Taiwan, in a movie with the visual panache of Wong Kar-Wai - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Sons (Vogter)

Gustav Möller

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2024

Motherly instincts and extreme violence collide to devastating results, in this Scandinoir prison drama from Denmark - in the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn)

Meryam Joobeur

2024

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2024

Young man groomed by Isis returns to his Tunisian family of farmers with a mysterious wife; the woman harbours a dark secret under her purple niqab - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Seven Veils

Atom Egoyan

Canada

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2024

Inexperienced theatre director has to "remount" Richard Strauss's Salome after her predecessor suddenly dies, only to realise some macabre parallels with her own personal story - from the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Gloria!

Margherita Vicario

2024

Victor Fraga - 21-02-2024

Five Italian women living in a Catholic institution in Venice join forces in order to confront the establishment, in this extremely cheesy and poorly acted musical - from the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

A Traveler’s Needs (Yeohaengjaui Pilyo)

Hong Sang-soo

2024

Victor Fraga - 21-02-2024

Isabelle Huppert stars as a happy-go-lucky and captivating French teacher living in Korea, in Hong Sang-soo’s breezy new drama - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

These three games are destined to become a dirty movie

Paola Christensen - 21-02-2024

Paola Christensen reveals three incredibly popular games that are inevitably destined for a movie adaptation, from a casino hit to a money printing game [Read More...]

A Bit of a Stranger

Svitlana Lishchynska

2024

Agnieszka Piotrowska - 20-02-2024

Four generations of women in Russian-occupied Ukraine explore family trauma and ethnic identity through brutally honest conversations - from the Panorama section ofnthe 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Devil’s Bath (Des Teufels Bad)

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2024

Extremely bleak and gruesome Austrian drama with a touch of Carl Dreyer and exec produced by Ulrich Seidl dissects an unhappily married woman as she slowly descends into madness - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]

Another End

Piero Messina

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2024

Gael Garcia Bernal and Renate Reinsve star in this extremely lame and predictable sci-fi from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Dahomey

Mati Diop

2024

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2024

Mati Diop's new creation is a deeply poetic rumination on French colonialism; she once again uses the Atlantic Ocean as a dark and sombre watershed - Golden Bear winner is in cinemas on Friday, October 25th [Read More...]

Henry Fonda for President

Alexander Horwath

2024

Duda Leite - 19-02-2024

Lengthy, in-depth character of the iconic Hollywood actor reveals a subversive, intelligent, and surprisingly self-loathing human being - from the Forum section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

La Cocina

Alonso Ruizpalacios

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2024

American myths of social integration, freedom and tolerance are bust, seared and broiled in this kitchen from hell - caustic social satire is now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Suspended Time (Hors du Temps)

Olivier Assayas

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2024

Olivier Assayas's autofictional Covid drama is light and gentle like a spring breeze, however mostly unremarkable - from the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Architecton

Victor Kossakovsky

2024

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2024

Non-narrative, almost entirely sensory film explores the rise and the collapse of the architecture of men and of nature; the outcome is strangely soothing - on VoD on Monday, March 10th [Read More...]

Love Lies Bleeding

Rose Glass

2024

Daniel Theophanous - 19-02-2024

The British director of psychological horror St Maud crosses the pond in order to create an equally convincing (and violent) tale of queer love - now also on Netflix [Read More...]

Sleep with Your Eyes Open (Dormir de Olhos Abertos)

Nele Wohlatz

2024

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2024

Chinese film entirely set in Brazil ruminates on rootlessness, wanderlust, and insurmountable cultural and linguistic barriers - from the Encounters section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

I Am Not Everything I Want To Be (Ještě Nejsem, Kým Chci Být)

Klára Tasovská

2024

Agnieszka Piotrowska - 18-02-2024

Czech photographer captures the ordinary lives of her countryfolk, just as major historical events reshape the nation's history - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

The Visitor

Bruce LaBruce

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 17-02-2024

A suitcase lands on the River Thames, and inside it lies a man who is both a sexual and a political deviant .... Bruce LaBruce's newest feature gets the thrust in quickly - live from the 74th Berlinale [Read More...]

The Editorial Office (Redaktsiya)

Roman Bondarchuk

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Biologist-turned-journalist living in Southern Ukraine seeks truth and justice, is this extremely clumsy political comedy - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Different Man

Aaron Schimberg

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Wacky American indie sets out to create a modern-day, metalinguistic Beauty and the Beast with real facial disfigurement as a device, and a brilliant Adam Pearson - on VoD on Monday, December 30th [Read More...]

The Adamant Girl (Kottukkaali)

Vinothraj PS

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Young Indian woman becomes completely silent after learning about her arranged marriage - quietly poignant and gently humorous drama is in Competition at the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Small Things Like These

Tim Mielants

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Excruciatingly boring drama about Magdalene laundries boasts a top-drawer cast (including Cillian Murphy and Emily Watson) and has absolutely nothing relevant to say - on VoD on Monday, December 16th [Read More...]

My Favourite Cake (Keyke Mahboobe Man)

Maryam Moghaddam Behtash Sanaeeha

2024

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Iranian widow seeks love and affection in a society that blatantly denies women autonomy, freedom and the simple pleasures of life - gently subversive drama is now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Layla Kaylif

Victor Fraga - 12-02-2024

The director of The Letter Writer, a film about a young Arab infatuated with the picture of an astounding English woman, talks about the origins of this labour of love; the movie is out on Amazon on February 14th (US) and 19th (UK) [Read More...]

The Letter Writer

Layla Kaylif

2024

Victor Fraga - 10-02-2024

Emirati drama about young Arab infatuated with the picture of a British woman uses Imperialism and language barrier as a gauge for platonic love - on VoD on February 14th in the US, and on February 19th in the UK [Read More...]

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Ishan Shukla

2024

Victor Fraga - 08-02-2024

Retrofuturistic animation ponders on authoritarianism and the suppression of individualism; the outcome is loud and messy - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Occupied City

Steve McQueen

2024

Duda Leite - 07-02-2024

Steve McQueen’s monumental new doc takes its time mapping Amsterdam under Nazi occupation, and blending it with images captured during the Covid pandemic - on VoD on Monday, March 18th [Read More...]

City of God {Cidade de Deus)

Fernando Meirellles

2002

Eoghan Lyng - 07-02-2024

Filthy classic that catapulted Black Brazilian talent to the forefront, and inspired filmmakers worldwide, still presents us with an objective lesson in pragmatism - back in cinemas on Friday, February 23rd [Read More...]

Our verdict of the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam

Victor Fraga - 05-02-2024

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended one of the most prominent film festivals of Europe (and one of the last big omissions on his busy events calendar) for the first time; these are his impressions [Read More...]

The top 10 dirty movie-themed slot games of the year

Marina Hillquist - 04-02-2024

Marina Hillquist reveals her favourite movie-themed slot games of 2024; the list includes action-themed titles, timeless classics; and a lot more [Read More...]

Grey Bees

Dmytro Moiseiev

2024

Victor Fraga - 04-02-2024

Two old male loners "enjoy" a colourless life in the grey zone of Donbass, immediately before Russian invades Ukraine - anti-war allegory premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Lost in the Night (Perdidos en la Noche)

Amat Escalante

2024

Victor Fraga - 03-02-2024

Mexican psychological thriller about a young man seeking justice for his mother's disappearance boasts multidimensional characters and unexpected twists - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

We Are on Air (Estamos no Ar)

Diogo Costa Amarante

2024

Victor Fraga - 02-02-2024

Three members from three different generations of a Portuguese middle-class family are equally lonesome and desperately seeking action - wacky little comedy premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Natatorium

Helena Stefánsdottir

2024

Joshua Polanski - 01-02-2024

Icelandic family have a bizarre, borderline pathological and incestuous, relationship with their own swimming pool - creepy drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam/also showing at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

She Fell to Earth

Susie Au

2024

Victor Fraga - 01-02-2024

A rock from outer space falls onto Earth and transforms into a young woman with the ability to read people's memories - children's fantasy premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

El Águila y el Gusano

Guita Schyfter

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 01-02-2024

Mexican drama tries to tie a number of disparate stories about loneliness and heartbreak, in a film that's ambitious however undernourished - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Steppenwolf

Adilkhan Yerzhanov

2024

Joshua Polanski - 31-01-2024

Adilkhan Yerzhanov's quirky child organ theft drama is highly stylised, violent and visually arresting; it's almost a samurai film - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Praia Formosa

Julia de Simone

2024

Eoghan Lyng - 31-01-2024

Audiences experience the dirty side of Brazilian history as a 19th century slave wakes up in present-day Rio - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The influence of blockbusters on iGaming

Mariano Garcia - 30-01-2024

Our writer Mariano Garcia carefully analyses impact that the big Blockbuster movies have on iGaming trends and popularity; his findings are rather sobering [Read More...]

Portrait of a Certain Orient (Retrato de um Certo Oriente)

Marcelo Gomes

2024

Victor Fraga - 30-01-2024

Three Arabs migrate from Lebanon to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, in this tale of passion, religion, cultural barriers and male competition - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Swimming Home

Justin Anderson

2024

Victor Fraga - 29-01-2024

Psychosexual thriller about naked stranger gatecrashing into a family villa in Greece ruminates on philosophy, psychoanalysis, dance, overgrown pubes and mysterious holes - on VoD on Wednesday, July 23rd [Read More...]

Yohanna

Razka Robby Ertanto

2024

Joshua Polanski - 29-01-2024

Challenged by thieves, police raids and child exploitation, Catholic nun forsakes her own religious and moral principles - Indonesian drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]