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Unmoored

Caroline Ingvarsson
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 10-11-2023

Can a seemingly happy marriage survive after the husband has been accused of sexual assault? British indie raising uncomfortable questions is in cinemas on Friday, August 15th [Read More...]

Mo Mamma

Eeva Mägi
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 09-11-2023

Impressive Estonian feature starts out as a Beckettian horror before turning into something endearing and heartfelt - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Oxygen Station (Kysneva Stantsiia)

Ivan Tymchenko
2023

Victor Fraga - 09-11-2023

The little-known history of Crimean Tatars is the backbone of this disjoined tale of romance and political dissent - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Patient#1

Rezo Gigineishvili
2023

Victor Fraga - 09-11-2023

Creepy allegory of Soviet authoritarianism and political delusion is aesthetically and narratively compelling - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Vera and the Pleasure of Others (Vera y el Placer de los Otros)

Romina Tamburello, Federico Actis
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 09-11-2023

Argentinian coming-of-age drama features sex scene after sex scene, with a bizarre twist of Jean-Luc Godard thrown in - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

One Life

James Hawes
2023

Victor Fraga - 08-11-2023

Anthony Hopkins stars as the "British Schindler", a London stockbroker who saved 669 Czechoslovakian children from almost certain death at WW2 - now on VoD [Read More...]

The gorgeous meeting of cinema and casino!

 

Mariano Garcia - 07-11-2023

Our writer Mariano Garcia investigates the art of decor and design in films about the world of gambling, while also revealing his favourite flicks that were filmed inside a real casino [Read More...]

Martin Scorsese’s latest movie sparks debate over intermissions

 

Mariano Garcia - 03-11-2023

While Scorsese's is almost unanimously acclaimed amongst viewers, the idea that viewers that viewers should enjoy a break halfway through such a long film does not enjoy universal popularity [Read More...]

The Narrow Bridge

Esther Takac
2023

John McDonald - 02-11-2023

Four Israeli and Palestinian individuals who have lost their loved ones find the will to forge ahead without becoming intoxicated by hate, in this heartwarming documentary - from the UK Jewish Film Festival [Read More...]

Embers

Christian Cooke
2023

Anton Bitel - 01-11-2023

In Christian Cooke’s therapeutic drama, a sexual surrogate helps an incarcerated, deeply disturbed man break out of himself in order to make parole - dirty gem of a British drama premieres at the 31st edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Foremost by Night (Sobre Todo de Noche)

Victor Iriarte
2023

David Villalmanzo - 27-10-2023

Film programmer Víctor Iriarte's directorial debut is an intriguing revenge tale about stolen babies and sorority, and the near-perfect blend of noir and art cinema - from the 68th Valladolid International Cinema Week [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Brittany Snow

 

Paul Risker - 25-10-2023

American actor-turned-director Brittany Snow reveals the biggest hurdle she had to overcome in order to become a filmmaker, talks about eating disorders, seeing through the curtain of "perfection", and much more - in an exclusive interview (from Raindance) [Read More...]

Blood for Dust

Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington
2023

John McDonald - 23-10-2023

A traveling salesman slips into a life crime in order to provide for his wife, in this steady and authentic American indie - from the 31st edition of Raindance [Read More...]

La Singla

Paloma Zapata
2023

David Villalmanzo - 23-10-2023

Documentary (with a few fictional elements thrown in) seeks to restore the legacy of deaf gypsy flamenco dancer Antonia Singla, a figure long lost from public sight - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Warhol

Adam Ethan Crow
2023

Anton Bitel - 22-10-2023

Adam Ethan Crow’s real-time feature takes an ageing shock jock on a long dark night of the soul - British indie premieres at the 31st edition of the Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

White Plastic Sky (Műanyag Ég-bolt)

Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
2023

Chris Simpson - 19-10-2023

Retiring at 50 takes on a new meaning in this Hungarian rotoscope animation set in a very bizarre future - from the 41st Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

Dusty & Stones

Jesse Rudoy
2023

John McDonald - 19-10-2023

A couple of cowboys from Swaziland (now Eswatini) are just… living the dream – and yet, even in their dreams, this would have been hard to accomplish - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

We are Guardians

Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman 
2023

Victoria Luxford - 18-10-2023

The Amazon Rainforest becomes a battleground for the planet, in this thoughtful American-Brazilian doc about the true cost of deforestation - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Sex with Sue

Lisa Rideout
2023

Victoria Luxford - 18-10-2023

Canadian [Read More...]

Satan Wants You

Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor
2023

John McDonald - 17-10-2023

This almost unbelievable Canadian documentary tells a story of the the occults, satanism, manipulation, and especially deceit; an event so dramatic and unholy that it kicked off the “Satanic Panic [Read More...]

Four dirty gambling movies you haven’t heard of!

 

Marina Hillquist - 16-10-2023

Marina Hillquist deep dives into the past 5o years of film and dig four little-known dirty gems that portray gambling in ways you could never anticipate! [Read More...]

All of Us Strangers

Andrew Haigh
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 16-10-2023

Gentle queer romance descends into elaborate trip down memory lane, as British filmmaker Andrew Haigh blurs the lines between the physical, the imaginary and the supernatural - on VoD on Monday, April 8th [Read More...]

Ferrari

Michael Mann
2023

Nick Kouhi - 14-10-2023

Michael Mann’s first feature film in nearly a decade is fascinated by the significance, both personal and historical, that name carries for its chief figures - in cinemas on Tuesday, December 26th [Read More...]

PÖFF reveals its diverse and scrumptious movie selection

 

Victor Fraga - 13-10-2023

The 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the line-up of their Official Competition strand: a bubbling cauldron of 20 films from the various corners of the planet! [Read More...]

Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese
2023

Jeremy Clarke - 12-10-2023

A returning WW1 veteran marries into Oklahoma’s Osage Indian tribe at the time of the Osage Indian Murders  - Martin Scorsese's filthy genius new drama premieres at the BFI London Film Fesstival; in cinemas on Friday, October 20th [Read More...]

Eureka

Lisandro Alonso
2023

Nick Kouhi - 12-10-2023

Viggo Mortensen is a Danish gunslinger in search of his daughter, in this pseudo-Western authored by one of Argentina's most modest yet striking filmmakers - from the 61st New York Film Festival [Read More...]

Coup de Chance

Woody Allen
2023

David Villalmanzo - 11-10-2023

Woody Allen’s first French-language feature is a morality tale about writers, adultery, murder and, of course, chance; while not a masterpiece, his 50th (and most likely last) film is a worthy addition to his extensive filmography [Read More...]

Still Working 9 to 5

Camille Hardman, Gary Lane
2023

Isy Santini - 10-10-2023

Star-studded American doc about the barriers that women still have to overcome at the workplace has a sobering message: the struggle for Equal Rights that began in the 1970s is far from over - from the Doc'n Roll Film Festival [Read More...]

A garden full of poetry: PÖFF announces First Feature Competition titles

 

Eoghan Lyng - 10-10-2023

Eoghan Lyng, one of DMovies' oldest writers, is due to attend the 27th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and unearth the dirty gems from the First Feature Competition; he takes a look at the programme and shares his first impressions [Read More...]

Apolonia, Apolonia

Lea Glob
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 09-10-2023

Danish documentarist portrays the iridescent life of French figurative painter Apolonia Sokol - from the 67th edition of the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the BFI London Film Festival’s Director Kristy Matheson

 

Victor Fraga - 04-10-2023

As the 67th edition of the largest film festival in the UK begins, we asked the woman at the helm what is it that makes the event special, how movies get selected, what film-lovers should look out for, and much more! [Read More...]

Hit Man

Richard Linklater
2023

Nick Kouhi - 03-10-2023

Professor supplements his income by providing technical support for the New Orleans Police Department's Murder-for-Hire outfit, in Richard Linklater's partially successful Neo-noir - now on Netflix [Read More...]

The Blue Star (La Estrella Azul)

Javier Macipe
2023

David Villalmanzo - 02-10-2023

Unconventional portrait of long-forgotten Spanish musician Mauricio Aznar takes viewers on a transcontinental journey of self-discovery (between Spain and Argentina) - from the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival.  [Read More...]

Our verdict of San Sebastian: a sea full of delicious film treats

 

Victor Fraga - 02-10-2023

DMovies attended the 71st edition of one of the most prestigious and diverse film festivals in the world for the third consecutive year; check out the main winners, the surprises and our dirty pick [Read More...]

Poor Things

Yorgos Lanthimos
2023

Nick Kouhi - 02-10-2023

Yorgos Lanthimos repackages history with an exquisite singularity as well as a faux-provocative attitude, fearful of pushing audiences to look beyond their own bodies - Golden Lion winner is in cinemas on Friday, January 12th [Read More...]

Toll (Pedágio)

Carolina Markowicz
2023

Victor Fraga - 30-09-2023

Road toll worker slips into a life of crime in order to pay for her son's gay conversion therapy, in this spectacularly dirty Brazilian piece of absurd realism - in competition at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Great Absence

Kei Chika-Ura
2023

Victor Fraga - 30-09-2023

A young man tries to make peace with the father who once abandoned him is now slowly succumbing to dementia - Japanese drama is in Competition at the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Dance First

James Marsh
2023

Victor Fraga - 30-09-2023

Gabriel Byrne stars as Irish writer Samuel Beckett, in this concise yet very conventional and contrived biopic of a literary genius - from the 41st Turin Film Festival and the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Close your Eyes (Cerrar los Ojos)

Victor Erice
2023

Victor Fraga - 29-09-2023

Victor Erice returns to filmmaking after a three-decade hiatus, crafting a protracted, moody and profound reflection on memory, cinema and reconnection (with a twist) - On VoD on Monday, June 24th [Read More...]

The Royal Hotel

Kitty Green
2023

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2023

Two young backpackers take up jobs at a watering hole from hell in the Australian desert, frequented by lewd miners and shady characters of various sorts - female revenge thriller is in cinemas on Friday, November 3rd [Read More...]

Red Island (L’Île Rouge)

Robin Campillo
2023

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2023

French military families prepare to depart from Madagascar in the early 1970s, in this disjointed, irritating and misfiring tale of decolonisation (partially redeemed by the final 15 minutes) - on VoD on Monday, April 29th [Read More...]

A Journey in Spring (Chun Xing)

Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang
2023

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2023

A lone widower freezes his dead wife in the hope of keeping her company into eternity, in this Taiwanese piece of slow cinema (with a social twist) - in the Official Selection of the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Rye Horn (O Corno)

Jaione Camborda
2023

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2023

Maria has to juggle seafood harvesting, midwifery and illegal abortions, in this dark and visceral drama set during the 1970s in rural Galicia, Northwestern Spain - Golden Shell winner is in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

The Beast (La Bête)

Bertrand Bonello
2023

Nick Kouhi - 27-09-2023

Bertrand Bonello's drama about two would-be lovers bearing the same name is intellectually rigorous as well as stylistically dazzling, and perhaps his most audacious work to date - on VoD on Friday, July 5th [Read More...]

Puan

María Alché , Benjamín Naishtat
2023

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2023

Philosophy professor fights to preserve his position and his legacy, in Argentinean lighthearted comedy with distinct political flavours - from the Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

The Podcasting Revolution: how audio content is changing the film and media landscape

 

Mariano Garcia - 26-09-2023

Mariano Garcia investigating a revolution that's taking place right in front of our eyes; the implications for the cinema and media world are enormous, and you too can leverage them [Read More...]

The Successor (Le Successeur)

Xavier Legrand
2023

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2023

The artistic director of a famous fashion house in Paris returns to Canada for his estranged father's funeral, only to uncover a dirty secret he could never fathom - bizarre yet strangely gripping crime drama premieres at the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Un Amor

Isabel Coixet
2023

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2023

Isabel Coixet delivers a superb meditation on the contradictory sentiments of love, compassion, contempt and complicity, set in the rural, mountainous region of Rioja - from the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival/ 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Sultana’s Dream (El Sueño de la Sultana)

Isabel Herguera
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2023

Young Spanish woman who no longer feels safe in her own country travels to India in search of a Utopian society ruled by women - animation premieres at the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Practice (La Práctica)

Martín Rejtman
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2023

Yoga instructor has to juggles a divorce and a broken meniscus, in this Chilean deadpan comedy about unreliable memories and reconnections - on Mubi on Friday, February 26th [Read More...]

Ex-Husbands (aka Men of Divorce)

Noah Pritzker
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2023

Four men in the same family and of the three generations grapple with the trappings of heterosexual matrimony, this very lighthearted and conventional American romcom - from the 41st Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Raven Jackson
2023

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2023

Deeply sensory piece of slow cinema explores the life of a Black American woman in the Deep South, as her legacy is carried across four generations - from the 67th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

MMXX

Cristi Puiu
2023

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2023

Cristi Puiu's new creation is a highly conversational, cryptic and esoteric examination of a Romania crippled by corruption, Covid and micro-aggressions of all sorts - live from the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Socialist Realism (El Realismo Socialista)

Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento
2023

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2023

Unfinished satirical drama about convulsing Chilean workers on the eve of the 1973 military coup gets a new lease of life 50 years later - from the 41st Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

Fingernails

Christos Nikou
2023

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2023

Riz Ahmed and Jessie Buckley star in this excruciatingly painful romcom about two "love instructors" who measure romance by ripping out their clients' fingernails - closing film at the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

They Shot the Piano Player (Dispararon al Pianista)

Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
2023

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2023

Animated documentary investigates the disappearance of [Read More...]

The Boy and the Heron

Hayao Miyazaki
2023

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2023

Co-founder of Studio Ghibli crafts a semi-autobiographical animation populated by an orphaned boy, nosey old ladies, and angry, duplicitous birds of all sorts - in cinemas on Tuesday, December 26th [Read More...]

Kalak

Isabella Eklöf
2023

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2023

Young nurse with a dirty secret finds little joy in the company of his own family, instead seeking solace in broken relationships with his patients - Greenland-set, cold-hearted drama shows at the Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

How to write a dirty movie summary essay: comprehensive tips and techniques

 

Marina Hillquist - 16-09-2023

Master the art of writing a compelling movie summary essay with our detailed guide. Learn how to structure, analyse, and present your observations effectively for any film.  [Read More...]

A Day and a Half (En Dag och en Halv)

Fares Fares
2023

Dimitris Passas - 14-09-2023

Swedish hostage drama morphs into confessional car journey, but this potentially gripping story is crippled by a poor script - out now on Netflix [Read More...]

Raindance: “younger” and more audacious than ever?

 

DMovies' team - 13-09-2023

As the UK's favourite indie festival announces its programme, with a strong focus on young and nascent filmmaking talent, we take a look at their selection, and ask the two artistic directors what is it that makes these directors special [Read More...]

The top 10 Campest movies of all time!

 

Isy Santini - 11-09-2023

From fur coats, giant hairdos, banging fists and vivacious overacting to inappropriately twee songs and even a cat that barks, Isy Santini scours the history of cinema in search of the most unnatural, exaggerated and yet sincere movies and movie scenes ever made [Read More...]

Arthur & Diana

Sara Summa
2023

John McDonald - 10-09-2023

French movie about two siblings on a road trip deftly bridges the barrier between documentary and fiction - from the 48th Toronto International Film Festival [Read More...]

On the Pulse (Vivant)

Alix Delaporte
2023

Gaelle Biguenet - 10-09-2023

Based on the filmmaker’s own experience as a news agency intern, French drama offers an intimate picture of the daily pressures both driving and afflicting investigative reporters - from the 80th Venice Film Festival [Read More...]

Paradise is Burning (Paradiset Brinner)

Mika Gustafson
2023

Lia Gomez-Lang - 07-09-2023

An absent mother leaves her three daughters to fend for themselves, and find solace and joy in each other's company - thoughtful Swedish drama is in cinemas on Friday, August 30th [Read More...]

Touched

Claudia Rorarius
2023

Louis Roberts - 05-09-2023

Provocative and unabashed German film portrays the sexually intensive relationship between plus-size model and a paraplegic dancer - Best Performance Leopard winner at Locarno [Read More...]

A Life on the Farm

Oscar Harding
2023

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2023

The long-lost, seemingly crude and tasteless home movies of Charles Carson are in reality bursting with tenderness and poetry - dirty British doc is in cinemas on Friday, September 8th [Read More...]

Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi)

Selman Nacar
2023

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2023

A Turkish lawyer has to contend with a number of moral dilemmas as she defends a vulnerable client, while also grappling with the fate of her vegetative mother - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire Humaniste Cherche Suicidaire Consentant)

Ariane Louis-Seize
2023

Gaelle Biguenet - 03-09-2023

Young vampire is just too sensitive to kill, in this sad, hopeful and luminous addition to a well-worn genre - in cinemas on Friday, October 11th [Read More...]

The role of casino in science fiction narratives

 

Marina Hillquist - 01-09-2023

Our reader Marina Hillquist dissects some of her favourite science-fiction franchises (in film and television), and explains how a very familiar game crept its way and even helped to construct the story [Read More...]

The Dive

Maximilian Erlenwein
2023

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2023

A deep-sea diving journey in Malta turns into a nightmare for two young sisters as one of them becomes trapped by a landslide - survival thriller is in cinemas on Friday, August 25th [Read More...]

The Oceans Are the Real Continents (Los Océanos son Los Verdaderos Continentes)

Tommaso Santambrogio
2023

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2023

Italian director captures five Cubans of three different generations as they patiently dwell in a town where [Read More...]

The film deity who knows it all!

 

Dimitris Passas - 30-08-2023

Dimitris Passas looks at three dirty movies that breach the rules of objectivity by inserting an omniscient narrator, and injecting the story with high irony and humour [Read More...]

Dirty and educational: movies that can teach students

 

Mariano Garcia - 29-08-2023

This informative guest post focuses on film education and how movies for students can help youngsters in the learning process. It offers various films that a student can watch and learn from them. [Read More...]

In defence of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

 

Euan McGrath - 29-08-2023

Reader Euan McGrath responds to article entitled "Whitewashing the Miscreant", in which DMovies' editor Victor Fraga argues Christopher Nolan's new film has dangerous, imperialistic undertones; he believes that the movie is honest and realistic [Read More...]

Apocalypse Clown

George Kane
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-08-2023

Three failed clowns get together in order to forcibly draw some laughter, joy and blood from those who stand on their path - clumsy Irish comedy in cinemas on Friday, September 1st [Read More...]

La Ronde

Max Ophüls
1950

Victor Fraga - 24-08-2023

Viennese men and women engage in a vertiginous battle for love and lust, in this charming and unusual French anthology - in cinemas on Friday, September 8th, as part of the Save Curzon Mayfair campaign [Read More...]

Afire (Roter Himmel)

Christian Petzold
2023

Victor Fraga - 24-08-2023

Christian Petzold's new creation is an inventive and profound meditation on the deceitful machinations of the creative mind - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Top 5 bestselling movies of 2022: Hollywood hits back

 

Marina Hillquist - 23-08-2023

Due to the pandemic, a lot of movie productions were put on hold. Some movies released in 2022 turned out to be one of the best-selling movies of all time as Hollywood hits back. [Read More...]

Critical Zone (Montagheye Bohrani)

Ali Ahmadzadeh
2023

Victor Fraga - 18-08-2023

Drug dealer offers comfort, redemption and liberation to some of the most vulnerable people of Tehran - ultra-subversive, scream-out-loud Iranian movie wins the Golden Leopard at the 76th Locarno Film Festival; showing at Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

Dreaming & Dying (Hao Jiu Bu Jian) 

Nelson Yeo
2023

Daniel L. Mattock  - 17-08-2023

Bad omens, unrequited love, and the deep-sea mythical rise above the shoreline for a trio of reuniting friends in Nelson Yeo’s surreal Singaporean drama - from the 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival.   [Read More...]

Whitewashing the miscreant

 

Victor Fraga - 17-08-2023

Oppenheimer is one of the most unabashed and toxic apologias of American Imperialism I have seen in my life, cunningly camouflaged as historical reflection; it seeks to to justify the unjustifiable by brushing over historicity, and by robbing victims of their identity [Read More...]

From the Leopard’s mouth: our verdict of the 76th Locarno Film Festival

 

Victor Fraga - 16-08-2023

Victor Fraga attended 2023's edition of one of the most exciting and surprising film festivals in Europe and the world; these are the dirty gems that he came across, and the biggest winners [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Tsai Ming-Liang

 

Victor Fraga - 15-08-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga met with the iconic Taiwanese filmmaker as he prepared an exhibition and received a major prize at the 76th Locarno Film Festival; they talked about slow cinema, gay marriage in Taiwan, and... lots of sex! [Read More...]

Dammi

Yann Demange
2023

Louis Roberts - 11-08-2023

British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed excels as a man grappling with his clashing cultural identities, in French-Algerian director’s bold new film - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

La Vedova Nera

Julian McKinnon, Fiume
2023

Victor Fraga - 11-08-2023

Italian teen is caught in a fantasy world of murder, sex and cinema, in this Franco-Italian pithy and vibrant tribute to giallo - from the Pardi di Domani section. of the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Behind the scenes: how the digital gaming industry draws inspiration from movies

 

Mariano Garcia - 11-08-2023

Mariano Garcia dissects the DNA and investigates the many traits that connect two of the very well-known entertainment industries [Read More...]

Remember, Broken Crayons Colour Too

Urša Kastelic
2023

Victor Fraga - 10-08-2023

Deeply poetic Swiss documentary about Jamaican trans woman excels in inventiveness - from the Pardi di Doman section of the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere (Nuit obscure – Au Revoir Ici, n’Importe Où)

Sylvain George
2023

Victor Fraga - 08-08-2023

Moroccan prepubescent teens fight for survival on the deserted streets of Spanish exclave Melilla, in this cold and distant Swiss-French documentary - from the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

What Remains

Ran Huang
2023

Louis Roberts - 08-08-2023

Stellan Skarsgard and Andrea Riseborough star in psychological crime drama about serial killer in a Scandinavian psychiatric hospital - on VoD on Monday, July 15th [Read More...]

Baan

Leoner Teles
2023

Victor Fraga - 08-08-2023

Two tormented young women bond through their afflictions and pains, in this unusually structured Portuguese drama - from the Best of Festivals section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Me and the Beasts (Las Bestia y Yo)

Nico Manzano
2022

Steve Naish - 08-08-2023

Venezuelan drama investigates the crippling desire to create a world of destruction, and the power of music in a damaged world - from the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Patagonia

Simone Bozzelli
2023

Victor Fraga - 07-08-2023

Italian teen dreams of eloping to a distant land with a slightly older man, in this twisted queer coming-of-age drama - from the 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Stepne

Maryna Vroda
2023

Victor Fraga - 07-08-2023

Ukrainian man returns to his precarious countryside village in order to tend his sick mother, in this beautiful yet monotonous riff on departure - from the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Permanent Picture (La Imatge Permanent)

Laura Ferres
2023

Victor Fraga - 06-08-2023

Gently subversive and achingly realistic Spanish drama investigates the impermanence of time, sentiments, and the complex relation between the image and the subject - in competition at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

The Vanishing Soldier

Dani Rosenberg
2023

Victor Fraga - 05-08-2023

Young Israeli soldier gets caught in the inescapable trappings of a society defined by military belligerence - from the Official Competition of the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Do not Expect too Much from the End of the World (Nu Astepta Prea Mult de la Sfârsitul Lumii)

Radu Jude
2023

Victor Fraga - 05-08-2023

Raju Jude presents his unsightly, messy and completely bonkers new movie, a caustic satire of a Romania intoxicated by film wizardry - in cinemas on Friday, March 6th [Read More...]

Manga d’Terra

Basil da Cunha
2023

Victor Fraga - 04-08-2023

Young Cape Verdean mother migrates to Lisbon in search of financial opportunities, but singing morna becomes her only reliable companion - from the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Sweet Dreams

Ena Sendijarevic
2023

Victor Fraga - 04-08-2023

Three very different women fight for their perceived home, in this exquisite allegory of Dutch colonial relations in Indonesia at the turn of the century - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta): [Read More...]

Yannick

Quentin Dupieus
2023

Victor Fraga - 04-08-2023

Artist and audience forge a toxic, love-hate relationship, in Quentin Dupieux's dirty, hilarious tribute to the (movie) theatre - in cinemas on Friday, April 5th [Read More...]

Slimane

Carlos Pereira
2023

Victor Fraga - 04-08-2023

LGBT+ people are hunted down and forced to live in hiding, in a not-so-distant Germany - moody piece of slow cinema premieres at the Pardi di Domani section of the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Paradise Europe (Du bist so Wunderbar)

Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes
2023

Victor Fraga - 03-08-2023

Young Brazilian gay man grapples the strange idiosyncrasies of Berliners as he desperately seeks accommodation - from the Pardi di Domani section of the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Kokomo City

D. Smith
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 02-08-2023

Fresh, frank and unapologetic documentary about four trans women was directed by a trans music-producer-turned-filmmaker struggling to make ends meet - on VoD on Monday, September 11th [Read More...]

Does Christopher Nolan look down on his women?

 

Victoria Luxford - 30-07-2023

Victoria Luxford writes in response to allegations that Christopher Nolan gives the female characters of Oppenheimer the "blow up doll" treatment, and that every single one of his films may have failed the Bechdel Test [Read More...]

AKA

Morgan S. Dalibert
France

Dimitris Passas - 28-07-2023

French undercover agent thriller starring Eric Cantona and Adam Franco features intense fight scenes, but fails to deliver the emotional punches - now on Netflix [Read More...]

Talk to Me

Danny and Michael Phillipou
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 28-07-2023

Australian supernatural horror about creepy hand that conjures spirits back into life recycles old genre devices to great results, and has the potential of establishing a film franchise - on VoD on Monday, September 18th [Read More...]

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan
2023

Victoria Luxford - 25-07-2023

Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy are both at their explosive best, in this artistically-led drama about the [Read More...]

Last Night of Amore (L’Ultima Notte di Amore)

Andrea Di Stefano
2023

Dimitris Passas - 25-07-2023

Italian crime thriller about retiring officer investigating the murder of his best friend excels in cinematography, score and performances - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Fragments of Sorrentino

 

Dimitris Passas - 24-07-2023

Dimitris Passas discusses some peculiar moments and facts in the life and the career of his favourite Italian director, revealing a multi-faceted artist who draws inspiration from many sources [Read More...]

The Immensity (L’Immensita)

Emanuele Crialese
2023

Daniel Theophanous - 24-07-2023

Prepubescent girl confronts a very conservative Rome of the 1970s in order to become a boy - trans drama starring Penelope Cruz and Luana Giuliani is on VoD on Monday, October 2nd [Read More...]

Barbie

Greta Gerwig
2023

Victor Fraga - 21-07-2023

Greta Gerwig's new creation is a grotesquely beautiful and indeed spectacular tale of sorority, complicity and female reconciliation - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?

Ben Sempey
2023

Dimitris Passas - 19-07-2023

Featurette examines the life and the achievements of the prolific American actor, but fails to make any astute observations and any exciting revelations - now on VoD [Read More...]

My Little Loves (Mes Petites Amoureuses)

Jean Eustache
2023

Daniel L. Mattock - 18-07-2023

French director's coming-of-age classic captures the brisk, memorable summer a boy becomes a man - from The Dirty Stories of Jean Eustache 4K retrospective at Film at the Lincoln Center [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Giona Nazzaro, Locarno’s Artistic Director

 

Victor Fraga - 14-07-2023

We catch up with the man at the helm of one the world's most diverse and exciting film festivals; he talks their [Read More...]

Mulholland Drive, Rashomon and Inception: the dizzying heights of “mise-en-abyme”

 

Dimitris Passas - 11-07-2023

Technique borrowed from literature has given cinema unlimited potential to create multilayered and spectacular stories-within-a-story, and these three films are some of the finest examples [Read More...]

Dirty, murky and grey: the beautiful crimes of Iceland

 

Dimitris Passas - 06-07-2023

Dimitris Passas dissects five Icelandic crime dramas, suggesting that the climate and the landscape of the remote Scandinavian nation permeate cinemas practices and indeed the soul of the locals [Read More...]

Our verdict of the 40th Munich International Film Festival

 

Victor Fraga - 29-06-2023

DMovies's editor Victor Fraga attends the second largest film festival of Germany for the first time, the event offers a heady mixture of international cinema, fast rides, abundant beer, parties and sun! [Read More...]

Sweet Sue

Leo Leigh
2023

Victor Fraga - 27-06-2023

Futile and inept young dancer and his new, exciting stepmother develop an intense relationship full of surprises - British cringe comedy with elements of kitchen sink is in cinemas and also on VoD on Friday, December 22nd [Read More...]

Too many bleeding hearts: in defence of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

 

Joshua Badroos - 27-06-2023

Joshua Badroos argues that the American directors's trademark quirkiness enhances the emotional impact of his latest movie, and that disliking his style is a trapping of "tragic" higher thinking [Read More...]

Reincarnation, luck and apathy: the most enigmatic cinema endings explained

 

Mariano Garcia - 27-06-2023

Mariano Garcia remembers the film endings that you will never forget, and elucidates the dirty secrets behind each one of them [Read More...]

The Body Politic

Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough
2023

Louis Roberts - 27-06-2023

Baltimore's young and visionary mayor jeopardises his career and even his personal life by embarking on a crusade against chronic violence from the streets of his city - from Sheffield Doc Fest [Read More...]

Clashing Differences

Merle Grimme
2023

Isy Santini - 27-06-2023

A women's association is forced comply with a demanding diversity checklist, in this engaging and funny riff on the repercussions of the identity movement, and the various ramifications of feminism - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

War and Justice

Marcus Vetter, Michele Gentile
2023

Louis Roberts - 26-06-2023

Documentary about the International Criminal Court is enrapturing and compelling, heightened by the real-life performance of Argentine prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo - from the 40th Munich Film Fest [Read More...]

It’s Burning (Es Brennt)

Erol Afsin
2023

Victoria Luxford - 26-06-2023

A shockingly racist confrontation symbolises a systemic problem in this prescient German drama - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Tiger Stripes

Amanda Nell Eu
2023

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2023

Completely bonkers, female-made Asian horror about schoolgirl slowly morphing into a tiger neither scares nor astounds viewers - in cinemas on Friday, May 17th. [Read More...]

Smoking Causes Coughing (Fumer Fait Tousser)

2023
 

Eoghan Lyng - 26-06-2023

In this anthology, Quentin Dupieux looks at the dangers of smoking, heavy machinery and human folly through a series of scintillating stories - on Mubi in August [Read More...]

The Settlers (Los Colonos)

Felipe Gálvez
2023

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2023

A "half-blood" Chilean, a Brit and an American are hired by a powerful landowner in order to decimate the indigenous people of remote Tierra del Fuego, in Southern Chile, in this enigmatic metaphor of the country's complex identity - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Edge of Everything

Pablo Feldman, Sophia Sabella
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-06-2023

Resolute and unyielding teen moves in with her father and stepmother following her mother's premature death, in this credible tale of grief and rejection - American indie premieres at the 40th Munich Film Festival [Read More...]

Rotting in the Sun

Sebastian Silva
2023

Victor Fraga - 25-06-2023

Filthy-queer-radical metafictional dramedy about suicidal Chilean filmmaker living in Mexico is hilarious, sexy, gruesome and tense in equal measures - on VoD on Monday, October 2nd [Read More...]

The Persian Version

Maryam Keshavarz
2023

Victor Fraga - 24-06-2023

Persian-American filmmaker based in New York creates a semi-autobiographical dramedy about her family's complex national identity, with a few dirty secrets thrown in - in cinemas on Friday, March 22nd [Read More...]

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Anna Hints
2023

Victor Fraga - 24-06-2023

Estonian women tell their life stories, share their joys and pains, purge their demons, and make peace with themselves inside a tiny, steamy sauna - on VoD on Monday, January 8th [Read More...]

Fossil

Henning Beckhoff
2023

Victor Fraga - 24-06-2023

A mine worker refuses to accept the fast and explosive changes that have befallen his community - quiet and meditative German drama premieres at the 40th Munich Film Fest [Read More...]

My Name is Alfred Hitchcock

Mark Cousins
2023

Victoria Luxford - 22-06-2023

The Master of Suspense guides you through his work in Mark Cousins's illuminating new documentary - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, July 24th [Read More...]

In the Rearview

Maciek Hamela
2023

Louis Roberts - 22-06-2023

Almost entirely set on the director's own minibus, documentary about Ukrainian refugees impresses with its non-intrusive and casual approach - vital piece of filmmaking wins the top prize at Sheffield Doc Fest [Read More...]

La Syndicaliste (aka The Sitting Duck)

Jean-Paul Salomé
2023

Louis Roberts - 19-06-2023

A magnificent Isabelle Huppert stars as the head union chief of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse, in this real-life thriller - on VoD on Monday, August 21st [Read More...]

Medusa

Anita Rocha da Silveira
2022

Eoghan Lyng - 19-06-2023

Presented as a [Read More...]

Our verdict of 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival

 

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2023

DMovies attends one of the largest, most exciting, diverse and fast-growing festivals of Eastern Europe for the second year; here are the biggest highlights [Read More...]

Another Lottery Ticket (Inca Doua Luzuri)

Paul Negoescu
2023

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2023

Three Romanian lowlifes navigate the world of cryptocurrency, convinced that they have "won" six million euros - endearing comedy premieres at the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Between Revolutions (Intre Revolutii)

Vlad Petri
2023

Victor Fraga - 17-06-2023

An Iranian and a Romanian student reflect on the repercussions of the revolutions in their own nations, in this clever and moving documentary consisting entirely of archive footage (and with a twist!) - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Carbon

Ion Bors
2023

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2023

An unidentified, carbonised corpse embodies the futility of the little-known [Read More...]

Cesaria Evora

Ana Sofia Fonseca
2023

Ana Sofia Fonseca - 16-06-2023

The [Read More...]

Like a Fish on the Moon

Dornaz Hajiha
2023

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2023

Four-and-a-half-year-old mysteriously stops talking, leaving his devoted parents desperately scrambling for answers - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Family Time (Mummola)

Tia Kouvo
2023

Victor Fraga - 15-06-2023

Tensions reach boiling point during a Finnish family Christmas, in this extremely austere, Brechtian comedy drama - from the Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Nora (De Ce Ma Cheama Nora, Cand Cerul Meu e Senin)

Carla Teaha
2023

Victor Fraga - 15-06-2023

Subversive Romanian writer with flamboyant and charismatic personality is guaranteed to enthral even those (like myself) who never heard of her - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Stillness in the Storm (Gelditasuna Ekaitzean)

Alberto Gastesi
2023

- 15-06-2023

Basque tale of unrequited love in the vein of Truffaut and Hong Gang-soo is gently heartwarming and pleasant to watch - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Sunlight

Claire Dix
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 14-06-2023

In this redemptive Irish tale, a recovering addict finds the courage to live a life without his mentor and fellow [Read More...]

Daughter of Rage (La Hija de Todas las Rabias)

Laura Baumeister de Montis
2023

Victor Fraga - 14-06-2023

A young girl is abandoned by her mother and forced into child labour, in this Nicaraguan garbage dump tale of solitude and survival - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Patrick and the Whale

Mark Fletcher
2023

Victor Fraga - 14-06-2023

Nature documentarist attempts to communicate and to forge an emotional bond with two different sperm whales, in this fascinating tale of cross-species trust and affection - live from the Transylvania Film Festival [Read More...]

Dirty memories: three time capsules for the Wild West

 

Mariano Garcia - 12-06-2023

Mariano Garcia remembers three dirty movies that can take us back to the days old yore... and wish we would never return! [Read More...]

Sorcery (Brujería)

Christopher Murray
2023

Victor Fraga - 12-06-2023

Indigenous girl seeking revenge for her father's brutal assassination turns to black magic, in this hybrid blend of historical drama and fantasy from Chile - in cinemas Friday, June 14th [Read More...]