Eoghan Lyng - 09-09-2024

Five characters give their impressions of life as queer people of colour, in a world divided by religion and righteousness - from the Bronzelens Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 19-08-2024

Swiss director follows a band of refugees as they travel across remnants of the Bosnian War, the stunning backdrop offering some strange healing - from the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-08-2024

Big city pushes young man battling severe mental health issues further into the abysm, in this tremendous Turkish drama - in the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 16-08-2024

Two girls aching for a world beyond their town take to modelling, in this Lithuanian feature about adolescence - in the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 15-08-2024

Fida Bizri explores the battles that devastated Lebanon, deciding that no ideology is worth the bloodshed that comes with it - in the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 13-08-2024

Three disparate figures congregate at a stunning Monaco house for Christmas; they discuss lifestyle choices, prostitution, 17th century kittens, and much more - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 13-08-2024

Amnesiac man experiences rebirth by reading his own musings from decades earlier, in a film with some peculiar similarities to Cinema Paradiso - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 12-08-2024

In this non-linear exploration of grief, two sisters stay true to their bond through good times and bad - Lithuanian drama is in the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

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 Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 11-08-2024

A woman haunted by her father's death and husband's adultery readies herself for the arrival of her daughter and sister - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 11-08-2024

Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 10-08-2024

A contract killer finds herself in a world of sleaze and violence, in a movie that fails to hit viewers - from the Official Competiton of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 10-08-2024

A lonely Italian is excited by a stranger's voice on the other end of the telephone, in this thoughtful but fragmented feature - from the main Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 09-08-2024

The news report of an infanticidal matriarch bewitches a Spanish mother and writer, in this impressive tale of maternal horror (with many a twist) - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 08-08-2024

A bold and brash, older sibling is tasked with breaking up with her sister's beau, only to find a prospective lover for herself - from the LA Shorts International Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 26-07-2024

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reprise their iconic roles in this expletive-loaded but lightweight comic book bonanza - in cinemas on Thursday, July 25th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 11-06-2024

Six-year-old Cléo isn't ready to give up her nanny Gloria, so they spend their last summer together on an island haunted by colonialism - on VoD on Monday, July 22nd [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 06-06-2024

Cutting between seven central characters in Syria and Greece, director Brandt Andersen paints a jarring fable about survival, sincerity and family - refugee drama premieres at the 32nd edition of Raindance/ also in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 05-06-2024

Colourful documentary reveals Americans desperate to show off their hidden weaponry, but ultimately fails to challenge the gun ownership epidemic - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 05-06-2024

A wayward teen leaves foster care behind, only to bump into a potential "mother" - dirty gem from Ireland premieres at the 32nd Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 26-05-2024

Biography of bullish Romanian tennis player Ilie Năstase looks back at his sport achievements as well as at his less praiseworthy "conquests" - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 25-05-2024

A boat full of cats, dogs and birds struggle to survive, in a world drowning under floods - Latvian animation premieres in the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

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...]

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 - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

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 - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

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 shows in the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]

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...]

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 Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

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...]

Eoghan Lyng - 21-05-2024

A teenager bonds with her father, but his criminal past catches up with them - uneven mobster flick from France shows premieres at the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

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 - live from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

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...]

Eoghan Lyng - 19-05-2024

In this dazzlingly inventive African drama, three women are reunited under grief and love - Rungano Nyoni showcases her latest creation in the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 19-05-2024

Curious and unexperienced soldiers traverse the Old West, in this slow American Civil War drama - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2024

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

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...]

Eoghan Lyng - 17-05-2024

A bereaved son must make some hard-earned cash, and sees cheese as his answer - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 17-05-2024

Legendary American director Francis Ford Coppola has compiled a story that works as well onscreen as it would as a literary text - in cinemas on Friday, September 27th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 16-05-2024

Pivoting the focus away from Max to Furiosa, George Miller presents a colourful, kaleidoscopic action spectacle - live from the 77th edition of Cannes; in cinemas on Friday, May 24th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 15-05-2024

Andrea Arnold's debut holds up due to its depiction of intrusive surveillance, complete with a randy and vengeful woman behind the controls - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 15-05-2024

A middle-aged woman questions her life through poetry and interactions with hospital inmates - French drama opens the Directors' Fortnight section of the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 14-05-2024

A triumph of 1920s silent cinema, this newly restored cut of the dirty classic benefits from an orchestral score, but the strength lies in the complexity and ambition of the script - live from Cannes [Read More...]

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...]

Eoghan Lyng - 31-01-2024

Audiences experience the dirty side of Brazilian history as a 19th century slave wakes up in present-day Rio - compelling drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

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...]

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 - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

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...]

Victor Fraga - 29-01-2024

Spanish drama about mistaken identity and death in an ugly and decadent port city is beautifully dissonant and strangely elegant, with a distinctive auteurial voice - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-01-2024

Anti-fairytale movie without images sets out to subvert the essence of the film experience, but instead just poisons and kills it - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-01-2024

Faceless oppressors mortify ordinary Iranians of both sexes and all walks of life - cunning tribute to individual and artistic freedom shows at the 53rd International Fillm Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-01-2024

Hyperpolitical drag queens decolonise the streets of the Greek capital; their message will resonate with transgressive artists elsewhere - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-01-2024

A woman losing her memory reclaims her connection to reality after seeing Monica Vitti on film, in this highly intertextual drama - a beautifully deluded Alba Rohrwacher dazzles the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-01-2024

Party turns into soul-searching drama, in this authentic British tale of abrupt and crude teenage coming-of-age rituals - live from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-01-2024

Three Japanese victims of sexual violence join forces in order to denounce the filmmaker who abused them and countless others - live from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]