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Victor Fraga - 28-04-2017

Heartwrenching tale of organ donation is extremely profound and graphic in its depiction of a transplant - yet it will stir your emotions, not your stomach - compulsory watching for everyone out now in cinemas [Read More...]

Handsome Devil

John Butler

Victor Fraga - 27-04-2017

This warm and tender Irish drama about homophobic bullying in a boarding school is simple and lighthearted on the surface, but the message is no less pertinent and compelling - on Disney + UK on Friday, July 29th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

James Gunn

Jeremy Clarke - 26-04-2017

Hollywood eye candy with grime lovingly rubbed into its very fabric: second outing for Marvel franchise Guardians Of The Galaxy is unexpectedly and refreshingly dirty and subversive - out in cinemas [Read More...]

The Public Image is Rotten

Tabbert Fiiller

Maysa Monção - 26-04-2017

Johnny Rotten thrives on controversy, but underneath there's a far more gentle and mellow human being - new doc at Raindance [Read More...]

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Alexandra Dean

Maysa Monção - 24-04-2017

Not just a pretty face: the tragic story of the Austrian-born Hollywood star whose beauty overshadowed her extraordinary scientific skills - in cinemas Friday, March 9th [Read More...]

Chief Kunstable Jason Williamson talks dirty

Victor Fraga - 24-04-2017

Following the launch of Bunch of Kunst last week, a slow-burn doc about the ferociously anti-establishment British duo Sleaford Mods, singer Jason Williamson talks to DMovies about music, cinema and politics [Read More...]

The Promise

Terry George

Victor Fraga - 23-04-2017

Under the false premise of celebrating a people's resilience, saccharine-doused romance set against the Armenian genocide is but a poorly crafted piece of American propaganda - don't waste your time and your money! [Read More...]

The Strange Coalescence of Dirty Dancing and Blue Velvet

Steve Naish - 23-04-2017

The blithely joyous musical and David Lynch's somber cult classic have more in common than it may seem at first; in fact, the two films are cinematic bedfellows - British born and Canada based writer Steve Naish digs under the surface of both films and unearths their dirty and hidden facets [Read More...]

Machines

Rahul Jain

Maysa Monção - 21-04-2017

Who is the real machine here: the one with gears or the one with hands? Doc exposes the working conditions of textile factory workers in Gujarat (India), contrasted against the vibrant colours of the garments being manufactured [Read More...]

Say NO to extreme surveillance!!!

Dirty Movies team - 20-04-2017

Last night DMovies held the screening of Andrew Tiernan's UK18 at the Regent Street Cinema in London; the movies offers a nightmare vision into what the UK will look like next year once RFID chip are implemented inside us; and it was followed by a very passionate debate about civil liberties [Read More...]

Bunch of Kunst

Christine Franz

Victor Fraga - 19-04-2017

Meet the angriest band in the UK, and find out what is it that fuels their wrath. Here's a clue: it's NOT immigrants "stealing English jobs"! [Read More...]

The Transfiguration

Michael O'Shea

Zeva Oelbauma/ Sabine Krayenbühl

Jeremy Clarke - 18-04-2017

An extraordinary portrait of teen angst, framed by the character of a boy obsessed with vampires and set in a bleak and soulless housing estate in New York [Read More...]

Letters from Baghdad

Victor Fraga - 18-04-2017

Gertrude Bell is often overlooked as an ardent champion of Iraq independence in the early 20th century, and her criticism of British meddling in the Middle East remains astonishingly accurate; doc made by two women and voiced by Tilda Swinton rescues her legacy - now available for digital streaming [Read More...]

Mulholland Drive is a very dirty La La Land

Maysa Monção - 17-04-2017

Our writer Maysa Monção reveals the six reasons why she thinks that David Lynch's cult classic Mulholland Drive, which is out in cinemas again right now, is a deeply twisted and dirty La La Land [Read More...]

Dragonfly

Andrew Tiernan

Victor Fraga - 11-04-2017

Andrew Tiernan's indie-neo-noir-flirts-with-occultism has a delectable photography throughout and a very nice surprise in store at the end [Read More...]

Clash

Mohamed Diab

Victor Fraga - 11-04-2017

Almost entirely set in a police van during the protests following the Arab Spring, this claustrophobic and intense fiction lends a whole new meaning to the phrase "insider's view" [Read More...]

Fabergé: a Life of its Own

Patrick Mark

2014

Victor Fraga - 11-04-2017

New doc reveals the most expensive Easter egg ever made, created by a man whose history and legacy have come to epitomise the cravings of the super rich [Read More...]

Destruction Babies

Tetsuya Mariko

Jeremy Clarke - 10-04-2017

In the streets and shopping malls of a Japanese city, an unstoppable man punches his way through anyone who stands up to him and fights. You too will be punched in the face! Out now on Blu-ray and DVD [Read More...]

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes Of Apollo

David Fairhead

Linda Marric - 10-04-2017

Doc retells fascinating anecdotes from the "founding fathers" of the Apollo space programme; sadly women are conspicuous in their absence, but the filmmaker finds a clever solution for such lack of representation [Read More...]

I am Michael

Justin Kelly

Jeremy Clarke - 03-04-2017

James Franco plays real life gay rights activist, magazine publisher and blogger Michael Glatze who undergoes a crisis of identity and religion to become a straight, married Christian pastor - out now on DVD and VoD [Read More...]

Raw (Grave)

Julia Ducournau

Victor Fraga - 03-04-2017

We have a very dirty surprise for you: bloody disgusting French horror about vegetarian-turned-cannibal will keep your head spinning and your stomach churning - out in cinemas this week! [Read More...]

We got diversity all wrong!!!

Victor Fraga - 30-03-2017

Liberals like myself like to embrace and demand diversity, but we often come up with flawed arguments; Fassbinder has taught me that this can backfire with catastrophic consequences - Victor Fraga reflects on the 1974 classic 'Fear Eats the Soul', as the film is made available on Mubi [Read More...]

Free Fire

Ben Wheatley

Maysa Monção - 28-03-2017

Ben Wheatley's latest feature Free Fire is a bizarre and yet effective hybrid of opera and thriller, and it is guaranteed to keep your adrenaline pumping throughout - now on DVD, Blu-ray and EST [Read More...]

The man with the nightmare vision

Victor Fraga - 28-03-2017

Andrew Tiernan, the director of the dystopian extreme surveillance sci-fi UK18, talks about the rise of neofacism, why he thinks the UK is moving in the wrong direction, how his work with Derek Jarman influenced his latest project, and much more! [Read More...]

Graduation (Bacalaureat)

Christian Mungiu

Maysa Monção - 27-03-2017

Overcoming endemic corruption is a mammoth task for Romanians; the consequences for individuals striving to make a living are extremely toxic - in new film by the director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [Read More...]

All These Sleepless Nights (Wszystkie Nieprzespane Noce)

Michal Marczak

Paulo Cesar Toledo/ Abigail Spindel

Linda Marric - 26-03-2017

Embark on a one-night binge into self-discovery throughout the streets of Warsaw with Michal and Krzysztof, in a semi-fictional feature by Michal Marczak - this week at the Barbican [Read More...]

Waiting for B

Victor Fraga - 26-03-2017

Beyoncé is far more than a pop star to these Brazilians queueing for two months to see their idol: she's an instrument for personal liberation in more ways than you can imagine - from Fringe! Queer Film Fest [Read More...]

I Love You Both

Doug Archibald

Victor Fraga - 25-03-2017

How much can two loving twins share? What about the same man? Lighthearted and heartfelt American LGBT romcom tests the allegiances of twins Krystal and Donnie - from BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival [Read More...]

Out of Iraq

Eva Orner/ Chris McKim

Petra von Kant - 23-03-2017

The humbling story of the impossible love between two gay Iraqi soldiers, which succeeds against all odds - from the BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival. [Read More...]

Jesús

Fernando Guzzoni

Victor Fraga - 22-03-2017

Disturbing Chilean drama uses a famous real-life homophobic crime as a gauge for the strained relationship between a father and a son - streaming now with DMovies [Read More...]

Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico)

Marcelo Caetano

Victor Fraga - 21-03-2017

This brand new LGBT feature is a sexy, candid and colourful eulogy to Brazil's rich racial an sexual diversity - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

Centre of my World (Die Mitte der Welt)

Jakob M. Erwa

Victor Fraga - 20-03-2017

This fairy tale teen gay romance set in Germany takes a very unexpected turn, but not in the direction many LGBT fans would expect - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

The Good Postman

Tonislav Hristov

Maysa Monção - 17-03-2017

In a refreshing and welcomed twist on the rampant xenophobia intoxicating Europe, a Bulgarian postman campaigns to bring refugees into his ageing village [Read More...]

The filmmaker who denounced the Brazilian coup d’état

Victor Fraga - 14-03-2017

The director of the internationally-acclaimed Brazilian drama Aquarius flies to London for his film release, and he talks to Victor Fraga from DMovies about fiery topics such as greedy real estate developers and the coup d'état in Brazil last year [Read More...]

The Eyes of my Mother

Nicolas Pesce

Victor Fraga - 14-03-2017

Ouch, that hurts! Eye-gouging and bloodcurdling American horror blends old-fashioned Lynchian and Cronenbergian devices to surprising results [Read More...]

Personal Shopper

Olivier Assayas

Victor Fraga - 14-03-2017

This very unusual French ghost movie is a kaleidoscope of genres, references and nationalities, hardly comparable to anything you've seen before - on Disney + UK on Friday, July 22nd; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Get Out

Jordan Peele

Tim Grabham/ Jasper Sharp

Jeremy Clarke - 13-03-2017

She’s white, he’s black, they’re urban, he needs to meet her parents who live in a house on a huge estate out of town. His question: are they racist? - now now DVD, Blu-ray and VoD [Read More...]

Carol is a great film, just not a very dirty one

Victor Fraga - 12-03-2017

Outstanding acting? Tick. Superb direction? Tick. Greatest LGBT film of all times? I don't think so! Dirty movie? NO WAY!! Todd Haynes's Carol is indeed a masterpiece, but it also represents the consummation of the gay bourgeois ideal, making it a thoroughly sanitised piece of cinema [Read More...]

The Creeping Garden

2014

Jeremy Clarke - 07-03-2017

You wouldn’t make a documentary about slime mould unless you found it fascinating. These two filmmakers clearly do so and their enthusiasm is likely to win you over [Read More...]

Burning Sands

Gerard McMurray

Maysa Monção - 06-03-2017

Is humiliation the way towards humility? Callous drama about hazing rituals in the US is our highlight of the week on Netflix [Read More...]

I am not your Negro

Raoul Peck

Victor Fraga - 03-03-2017

Yes, it's that black and white: the future of the US will only be as bright or as dark as the future of the negroes - one of the best films if 2017 in now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Freaks is a radical diversity statement

Victor Fraga - 28-02-2017

Nearly a century on, Tod Browning's Freaks remains the most radical and misunderstood statement for diversity in film ever made [Read More...]

Moonlight and intersectionality

Victor Fraga - 27-02-2017

Moonlight's Oscar win was a tremendous achievement in the struggle against racism and homophobia; now let's be careful not to confuse intersectionality with sectarianism [Read More...]

Transpecos

Greg Kwedar

Maysa Monção - 26-02-2017

Seeing it from the other side: Transpecos by Greg Kwedar explores the subject of immigration in the US-Mexican border, except that this time from a very unusual perspective: the agents [Read More...]

Mimosas

Oliver Laxe

Gustavo Jahn/ Melissa Dullius

Maysa Monção - 25-02-2017

Take a spiritual journey into the heart of the Arab world and challenge your very own religious convictions - in cinemas [Read More...]

This is how I made it to Netflix

Maysa Monção - 24-02-2017

The winner of this year's Sundance Macon Blair answers our dirty questions, and reveals how his unclassifiable and unpronounceable dirty movie ended on your TV set in less than a month! [Read More...]

Muito Romântico

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2017

Brazilian couple draws inspiration from German literature, Brazilian music and their very own experience as immigrants in order to create their first feature film, a very personal and multilayered concoction [Read More...]

We are X

Stephen Kijak

Linda Marric - 20-02-2017

Meet the exotic Japanese who've rocked the world for 35 years with their exhilarating performances, outlandish costumes and... the hysterical fall-outs! In cinemas on February 28th [Read More...]

Elle

Paul Verhoeven

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2017

Verhoeven's latest movie is a sensual ballad of visceral sex and dysfunctional relationships, elegant in its eccentricity and deliciously repulsive in its pathology, starring Isabelle Huppert - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

Bones of Contention

Andrea Weiss

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2017

Is it about time Spain unearths the bones of Federico García Lorca and uncover its dirty history? Or should the past be left undisturbed? Doc searches for the answer, at Berlinale [Read More...]

Without Name

Lorcan Finnegan

Maysa Monção - 17-02-2017

A hypnotic experience that suddenly descends into eco-horror, Lorcan Finnegan's new film will grip you from the very first minute - out in cinemas this weekend [Read More...]

On the Beach at Night Alone (Bamui Haebyun-Eoseo Honja)

Hong Sang-soo

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2017

Korean indie director examines the love life of a famous actress taking some time out, and achieves something previously deemed impossible - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Bar (El Bar)

Álex de la Iglesia

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2017

Spanish cult director Álex de la Iglesia creates a convincing mock-horror/thriller, guaranteed to keep you cringing and laughing for nearly two hours - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Colo

Teresa Villaverde

Victor Fraga - 15-02-2017

The silent collapse of a Portuguese family due to the effects of the economic crisis makes for languid and painful watching, a rich feast for lovers of prolonged torment and gloom - watch it now at home on ArteKino [Read More...]

The Misandrists

Bruce LaBruce

Victor Fraga - 14-02-2017

Man-hating female revolutionaries do not want equality, and instead they have established an alternative society of their own - Bruce LaBruce's latest movie is out on DVD April 30th [Read More...]

Multiple Maniacs

John Waters

1970

Victor Fraga - 13-02-2017

This hearty feast of murder, blasphemy, cannibalism and sheer bad taste is guaranteed to give you food poisoning - does John's classic Multiple Maniacs remain the dirtiest movie ever made? [Read More...]

Discreet

Mathews Travis

Victor Fraga - 11-02-2017

Meditative and sensorial movie about anonymous sex and dysfunctional family relations is now available for digital streaming [Read More...]

Final Portrait

Stanley Tucci

Victor Fraga - 11-02-2017

How do you paint the portrait of an American brute and degenerate? Alberto Giacometti has the answer ... or maybe not - in cinemas this week [Read More...]

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese

1976

Maysa Monção - 10-02-2017

If Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver was made today, Travis Bickle would murder burka-clad and Muslim women in general, claims Maysa Monção - the 1976 classic is out in cinemas now [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to John Waters

Victor Fraga - 10-02-2017

As we celebrate our one-year anniversary, we talked to the filthy American filmmaker across the pond about American obsessions, British choppers, the impending rerelease of the classic Multiple Maniacs, and... Donald Trump's taste in porn! [Read More...]

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Macon Blair

Maysa Monção - 09-02-2017

This unclassifiable dirty movie won the hearts of audiences at Sundance, and it's shortly coming to Netflix - now it's your turn to see it and decide what you think! [Read More...]

Martírio

Vincent Carelli

Lobo Pasolini - 07-02-2017

Look at the guarani-kaiowá indigenous people of Brazil in the eye, plus experience their culture, spirituality, strength and revolt firsthand, as they engage in a battle against eviction and genocide - screening on April 19th [Read More...]

LoveTrue

Alma Har'el

Victor Fraga - 05-02-2017

No family format is too unorthodox. No relationship is too unusual. Love is always the answer to a broken heart or a broken home. Astounding blend of documentary and fiction sheds the light of optimism on the most unlikely and dark places [Read More...]

Less salted caramel movies, please!!!

Julia Spatuzzi Felmanas - 03-02-2017

Moviegoer Julia Spatuzzi shares her frustration about the independent and art cinema circuit in London, where frills and treats seem to prevail over film choice, and foreign language movies are still the exception [Read More...]

UK18

Andrew Tiernan

Victor Fraga - 31-01-2017

Do you think that the UK is far from becoming a totalitarian regime? Think again. RFID chips are to be implemented inside each one of us from January 2018 - intrepid British sci-fi raises urgent questions about surveillance [Read More...]

Ken Loach, Cathy, Crisis and I

Julia Spatuzzi Felmanas - 30-01-2017

Did you know that Ken Loach's 1966 classic Cathy Come Home led to the creation of the national homelessness charity Crisis? Julia Spatuzzi shares her experience volunteering at the organisation and ponders the connection between cinema and reality [Read More...]

Loving

Jeff Nichols

Victor Fraga - 29-01-2017

Jeff Nichol's drama about the interracial marriage that triggered the invalidation of anti-miscegenation laws in the US acquires extra relevance in Trumpian era of fascism - out in cinemas Friday [Read More...]

Beatriz at Dinner

Miguel Arteta

Maysa Monção - 25-01-2017

Salma Hayek is a Mexican immigrant who exposes the ugly face of the Los Angeles aristocracy, revealing that Trump's wall is already firmly in place - live from Sundance [Read More...]

Call me by Your Name

Luca Guadagnino

Maysa Monção - 24-01-2017

This modern take on Death in Venice is an emotional, rapturous and sensual queer love story taking place in northern Italy, and it immediately stole the heart of the audience at Sundance - in cinemas [Read More...]

Manifesto

Julian Rosefeldt

Maysa Monção - 24-01-2017

A chameleonic Cate Blanchett delivers a highly unorthodox and inventive history masterclass to cinema-lovers - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Testing Bechdel

Lina Samoili - 23-01-2017

Our writer Lina Samoili looks at the modern relevance and the shortcomings of the Bechdel test, and asks whether still it's an accurate gauge of female representation in cinema three decades after its creation [Read More...]

T2 Trainspotting

Danny Boyle

Jeremy Clarke - 23-01-2017

Trainspotting’s four male protagonists run into each other two decades later; the outcome is a nostalgia fest over-reliant on the convoluted plot and gimmicks of the original film [Read More...]

Winnie

Pascale Lamche

Maysa Monção - 23-01-2017

Repeatedly arrested, constantly monitored and unjustly vilified, the living legend Winnie Mandela remains a role model for Black women and human rights campaigners all over the world - at Hot Docs London [Read More...]

Whose Streets?

Sabaah Folayan

Maysa Monção - 22-01-2017

The angry cry of the unheard: doc gives a voice to the Ferguson rioters, revealing the inconvenient truths omitted by television - right now from the Sundance Film Festival [Read More...]

Bitch

Marianna Palka

Maysa Monção - 22-01-2017

What would you do if your spouse went, quite literally, barking mad? Deeply provocative film by Scottish filmmaker is out in cinemas [Read More...]

Jackie

Pablo Larraín

Victor Fraga - 19-01-2017

Biopic of the most remembered and revered first lady of the US is touching and effective, with Natalie Portman delivering a very convincing and rivetting performance - yet the grandiose tone of the film dissonates from the Chilean directors's more uncurby works - in cinemas Friday [Read More...]

The scariest Friday the 13th EVER

DMovies team - 18-01-2017

This Friday just sit back but DON'T turn your television on: what you will see is far more unsettling than any horror film you've seen in your life, and it could haunt you forever! [Read More...]

David Lynch’s dirty secret

Petra von Kant - 17-01-2017

In order to celebrate his 71st birthday, we have picked seven extremely unusual and uncredited works by the enygmatic American filmmaker: television commercials! [Read More...]

Road to the Well

Jon Cvack

Victor Fraga - 16-01-2017

This exquisite and delectable blend of Lynchian suspense and neo-noir murder is guaranteed to keep you hooked for nearly two hours and brooding over it for hours to come - watch this hidden gem now online [Read More...]

Irreplaceable (Médicin de Campagne)

Thomas Lilti

Victor Fraga - 12-01-2017

What happens when a headstrong and tenacious doctor constantly dealing with dying patients becomes ill with an incurable disease? Can he step out of the caretaker's shoes into the receiving end? [Read More...]

Neither nun nor hoe

Maysa Monção - 10-01-2017

Maysa Monção chooses her 10 favourite dirty women in the history of cinema, in an eclectic list full of delicious surprises - she transcends the dichotomy between the passive female and feminism [Read More...]

Blaxploitalian – 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema

Fred Kuwornu

Victor Fraga - 08-01-2017

Italy is still at odds with Black representation in cinema and media; doc exposes a country that has done remarkably little in order to fight discrimination [Read More...]

If Only I Were that Warrior

Valerio Ciriaci

Angelo Boccato - 05-01-2017

Lest we forget Italy's brutal colonial past - new doc available now on VoD exposes the wounds of Italian fascism in Africa, and how war criminals were never brought to justice - thanks to Britain! [Read More...]

Endless Poetry (Poesía sin Fin)

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Jeremy Clarke - 04-01-2017

Jodorowsky’s second film in his autobiographical cycle takes up where 'The Dance Of Reality' left off, following his life in Chile as a young man as he defies his family to live as a poet - available now on Mubi! [Read More...]

A Monster Calls

J. A. Bayona

Maysa Monção - 03-01-2017

The never-ending sad story: a child find his comfort zone in a fantasy world populated by a very unusual monster - now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Another year, another coup d’état, another film

Julia Spatuzzi Felmanas - 02-01-2017

DMovies remembers the 1993 doc Beyond Citizen Kane and the 2016 Brazilian coup d'état in an interview with the film producer John Ellis, as we make a very exciting announcement [Read More...]

2016 was just a freaky horror movie!!!

Victor Fraga - 28-12-2016

This year wasn't real! It just a like a very scary horror flick that you couldn't wait for it to finish. The difference is that you couldn't walk out of the cinema. Now it's finally over... OR NOT!!! [Read More...]

The Darkest Dawn

Drew Casson

Linda Marric - 28-12-2016

Is it possible to bring a fresh twist on the well-worn found footage genre? 'The Darkest Dawn' is both entertainment and technically accomplished, but the script has too many loose ends - out in cinemas in January [Read More...]

Are you ready for change?

Maysa Monção - 28-12-2016

Are you prepared for 2017? We say that we want change, but we stick to familiar elements, scared of having to adapt. Now it's the time to spill the paint and do something genuinely novel, like Jackson Pollock and Ed Harris! [Read More...]

Silence

Martin Scorsese

Jeremy Clarke - 28-12-2016

Scorsese questions and tests the unwavering faith of the hidden Christians of Japan, and our allegience to the director remains just as steadfast - read our verdict on the director's latest movie, out on New Year's Day [Read More...]

Petting Zoo

Micah Magee

Victor Fraga - 27-12-2016

A dark tale of a harsh and callous red state that forces a teenage girl to gatecrash into adulthood, yet unable to make the most important decision of her life - digitally available for the first time now [Read More...]

Tangerine

Sean Barker

Petra von Kant - 21-12-2016

The loudest, messiest, filthiest and yet most touching and impressive Christmas present you could ever give to anyone; 2015 film shot on iPhone excels in humour, simplicity, compassion and humanity - on Amazon Prime on Sunday, May 2nd [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest films of 2016

DMovies team - 20-12-2016

British warfare, Chinese nostalgia, Kosovo transexuals, Iggy Pop, Brazilian resistence and much more - we have selected the filthiest films of the year so you can sit back and enjoy them! [Read More...]

The Coming War on China

John Pilger

Angelo Boccato - 20-12-2016

Think 2016 was a bad year? Think again! New doc by John Pilger exposes the dangers of an impending nuclear war between the US and China, and paints a pessimistic picture of our future [Read More...]

Ouch, that REALLY hurt!

Maysa Monção - 19-12-2016

These 10 directors abused their actors for real - from hair plucking to caning and psychological warfare - in order to elicit more realistic emotions in their film, leaving some of them permanently scarred [Read More...]

Rats

Morgan Spurlock

Victor Fraga - 17-12-2016

Watch this on an empty stomach! Take a very close and intimate look at our disgusting furry friends; their world might be filthy, but they more in common with us than you'd expect [Read More...]

The Eagle Huntress

Otto Bell

Maysa Monção - 15-12-2016

Breaking ranks on the wings of an eagle: the tribal girl who challenged social conventions through one of the most unlikely crafts - out in cinemas now [Read More...]

This is NOT just a film!!!

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2016

Real life imitates fiction! Some films are just so powerful that they just never come to a closure; we selected seven films where the character eventually found their way into the real world, often to tragic and catastrophic results [Read More...]

I Am Not a Serial Killer

Billy O'Brien

Gabe Turner/ Benjamin Turner

Maysa Monção - 09-12-2016

Is there a latent murderer inside each one of us? Chilling psychological thriller investigates the profoundly twisted mind of a sociopath, and raises questions about our very own sanity - out in cinemas now! [Read More...]

I Am Bolt

Angelo Boccato - 08-12-2016

Is there a man inside the machine? Doc about the fastest man on earth reveals the human side of an individual achiever best known for his superhuman performances - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Who needs a lesbian princess?

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2016

As the world speculates whether the magic cinema of Disney is ready to crown a lesbian princess, we raise a different question: do LGBT people need to embrace an institution as archaic as princesshood? [Read More...]

The neverending rape

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2016

Did Maria Schneider feel violated every time a viewer was aroused by the butter scene in 'The Last Tango in Paris'? And were we all silent accomplices of rape for four decades? [Read More...]

Magnus

Benjamin Ree

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2016

The winner takes it all: Magnus Carlsen became the youngest and highest-ranking chess player of all times three years ago, inspiring young people from all corners of the planet - but just how did we do it? [Read More...]

Psychotic film censors that kill!!!

Maysa Monção - 04-12-2016

Mad freedom- and joykillers are on the loose! Bizarre new laws banning "unconventional sex" online are about to be implemented in the UK, a very dangerous weapon in the hands of prudish censors; we look at likely implications for filmmakers, using Cronenberg's Crash as a case study [Read More...]

The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev

Tal Barda/ Noam Pinchas

Victor Fraga - 29-11-2016

Does music liberate or confine this family? Papa Alaev has the majestic voice of thunder and the overbearing hand of a despot, which he uses to chastise and control his family of musicians - Israeli doc looks at folk music and orthodox social norms [Read More...]

The Dreamed Ones (Die Geträumten)

Ruth Beckermann

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2016

A fugue into a tragic existence: the impossible love between Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann is the centrepiece of this very unusual Austrian film, where the poetic licence freely permeates the movie structure - in cinemas on Friday [Read More...]

Lust is a neon sign at the bottom of my heart

Maysa Monção - 27-11-2016

The day Francis Ford Coppola made me a woman; it all happened very quickly and in one of the shabbiest and seediest and places imaginable [Read More...]

The Truth Beneath

Lee Kyoung-mi

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2016

Elections to kill for! K-thriller combines the colourful and the morbid in a twisted tale of teenage angst, political campaigning and murder - from the London Korean Film Festival taking place right now [Read More...]

Urmila: My Memory is My Power

Susan Gluth

Victor Fraga - 23-11-2016

12 years a child slave: Nepalese women's rights activist Urmila Chaudary fights to save young girls in her country from the tragic fate that befell her at the age of just six, when she became a kamalari [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest film quotes of all times!

DMovies team - 22-11-2016

From Almodóvar to Billy Wilder, these dirty film lines will hit you like a ton of bricks, change your life and the way you see cinema! [Read More...]

Indignation

James Schamus

Maysa Monção - 21-11-2016

The land of the free? Here freedom comes at a price! US drama based on novel by Philip Roth juggles religion, sexuality, diversity and coming-of-age in the austere 1950s and questions core American values - out in cinemas now [Read More...]

Panic

Sean Spencer

Andreas Møl Dalsgaard/ Obaidah Zytoon

Petra von Kant - 17-11-2016

A dirty immigrant at your rear window! Indie thriller recycles classic Hitchcockian device, blending it with very modern problems endemic to London - now available on most VoD platforms [Read More...]

The War Show

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2016

The camera is my weapon: a circle of young and liberal friends register the Syrian conflict, from the colourful beginnings in 2011, when they were filled with hope for democracy, to the widespread chaos and hopelessness that prevail now [Read More...]

Gimme Danger

Jim Jarmusch

Maysa Monção - 15-11-2016

Deliciously dangerous pop: Jim Jarmusch's film about Iggy Pop and the Stooges is far more than your average rockumentary; it's an ingenious, dirty and loud tribute to the artists who sum up the very essence of rock'n roll - out in cinemas on Friday [Read More...]

The Great Trumptator

Victor Fraga - 14-11-2016

CHARLES CHAPLIN WAS RIGHT: DONALD TRUMP IS A LIAR. FROM OUR ARCHIVES - "Brutes have risen to power. But they lie!" Find out why the final speech of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator is more urgent than ever, and that Trump's empty promises are a mere cover for very dirty things to come [Read More...]

A United Kingdom

Amma Asante

Maysa Monção - 12-11-2016

Fake nostalgia or diversity statement? DMovies' writer Maysa Monção thinks that the widely-publicised British period drama about an interracial couple is a thinly-veiled celebration of British Imperialism, and that the social message is secondary [Read More...]

Sad Vacation: The Last Days of Sid and Nancy

Danny Garcia

Maysa Monção - - 10-11-2016

A one-way journey to hell - biopic of the first couple of punk blends real footage with reenactment, revealing a tragic and bleak symbiotic love story with a deadly sting - film is part of the Doc'n Roll Film Festival [Read More...]

Bruce LaBruce answers our dirty questions

Victor Fraga - 09-11-2016

"In Britain, they hacked my films to pieces" - DMovies met in Berlin with the queer progressive Canadian filmmaker in order to talk about censorship, radical feminists, bourgeois gays, deceptive politics, the perfect film role for the "hunky" Canadian head of government Justin Trudeau, and what he would do if he became Prime Minister [Read More...]

Arrival

Denis Villeneuve

Maysa Monção - 07-11-2016

Hello, is it peace you're looking for? Aliens have landed on Earth, and Amy has to decipher their parlance and figure out their intentions, before it's too late - finally available on Netflix [Read More...]

Alt.Russia

Charlie Targett-Adams

Victor Fraga - 07-11-2016

The longest tour of all times: rock-indie Placebo tour the vastness of the largest country on earth, and they uncover a lesser-known colourful, trendy and even subversive side of Russians - rockumentary is part of the Doc'n Roll Film Festival [Read More...]

Cool Cats

Janus Køster-Rasmussen

Maysa Monção - 06-11-2016

Still just a cat in a cage: despite all their talent, saxophonists Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon faced a tormented life of addiction, even as they went into self-exile in Denmark - film is part of the Doc'n'Roll Festival taking place right now [Read More...]

One Kiss (Un Bacio)

Ivan Cotroneo

Petra von Kant - 05-11-2016

I kissed a boy and he didn't like it: sweet-quickly-turned-sour teenage romance from Italy is a stark reminder that the mediterranean country has to face up issues of consent and homophobia - movie is out in the cinema and soon on DVD [Read More...]

The Last Family (Ostatnia Rodzina)

Jan P. Matuszyński

Pedro Miguel - 04-11-2016

The artist before the apocalypse: Surrealist painter Zdzisław Beksiński's dysfunctional family life prior to the rise to fame provides some fascinating clues into the mysteries of a very creative mind - view it online for free as part of the ArteKino Festival [Read More...]

Silence speaks up!!!

DMovies team - 03-11-2016

As we launch our platform for experimental cinema, the Birmingham based filmmaker Philip Brocklehurst talks about cinema as a tool for individual liberation, and shares with us some of his most personal and cherished pieces [Read More...]

Ken Loach answers our dirty questions

Victor Fraga - 01-11-2016

The veteran and legendary British filmmaker talks exclusively to DMovies about 2,300 Daniel Blakes, a government that deliberately murders people, nostalgic period dramas, Britishness, Brexit, immigration and whether Cathy would be homeless 50 years later! [Read More...]

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Louis Black

Maysa Monção - 01-11-2016

The most beautiful incoherence: biopic of the very unusual helmer who forges authentic relations at the expense of the integrity of his movie narratives could change the way you understand cinema - movie is out in cinemas this Friday [Read More...]

The Madness among Us (A Loucura entre Nós)

Fernanda Fontes Vareille

Victor Fraga - 31-10-2016

Beyond Jekyll and Hyde: highly feminine and tender Brazilian doc busts the myths of insanity, helping to shed the stigma of people living with mental health issues [Read More...]

The top 10 rock’n roll docs of all times

DMovies team - 30-10-2016

As he prepares for the latest edition of the Doc'n Roll Film Festival - possibly the UK's largest hybrid feast of cinema and music -, the event's founder and director Colm Forde shares with us his list of the 10 most impressive rock'n roll documentaries ever! [Read More...]

Cursed Be Your Name, Liberty (Maldito Sea tu Nombre, Libertad)

Vladimir Ceballos

1994

Victor Fraga - 29-10-2016

Finding freedom through Aids: extremely rare to be seen Cuban documentary reveals rockers that find liberty by injecting themselves with the HIV virus, at a time when this was almost synonymous with a death sentence - here they explain their twisted and frantic reasoning [Read More...]

Is this the most outrageous film festival ever?

Victor Fraga - 28-10-2016

A small, very unusual and vibrant film festival takes place every year in Berlin attracting a very enthusiastic following, but a four-letter word in the name of the event can be very misleading - are you able to guess what that is? DMovies is live right now unveiling the Festival's je ne sais quois [Read More...]

El Destierro

Arturo Ruiz Serrano

Victor Fraga - 26-10-2016

Who is your real enemy? The Spanish Civil War left the country with split allegiances and profound wounds; now a Polish woman could help two soldiers to overcome the rift - Spanish drama will open the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival on November 3rd [Read More...]

Gregory Porter: Don’t Forget Your Music

Alfred George Bailey

Maysa Monção - 25-10-2016

The everlasting note of jazz: the timeless and often overlooked Gregory Porter just wants to play music forever, whether it's in a toilet or the Royal Albert Hall - in intimate biopic at the Doc'N'Roll Festival next week [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest horror films of all times

DMovies team - 24-10-2016

This Halloween indulge in sex with aliens, watch Islamic spirits travel inside missiles, witness a child eat her parents, or perhaps have a forced sex reassignment surgery! Deep dive into the darkest, most twisted and thought-provoking horror films ever made [Read More...]

Paterson

Jim Jarmusch

Maysa Monção - 21-10-2016

Time to wake up! Jim Jarmusch's latest flick is a repetitive and sleepy poem about a bus driver, but sadly the director's distinctive wit and genius are mostly missing. And you may fall asleep during the movie, too. [Read More...]

It’s Only The End of The World (Juste la Fin du Monde)

Xavier Dolan

Maysa Monção - 19-10-2016

Who the hell stole my play? Maysa Monção writes a letter to the late French playwright Jean-Luc Lagarce letting him know that Xavier Dolan did a great job adapting his masterpiece to the silver screen; you wouldn't want the poor man rolling in his coffin! Available now on Mubi [Read More...]

Under the Shadow

Babak Anvari

Victor Fraga - 19-10-2016

The demon is in the missile: terrificaly scary horror from Iran blends the terrors of Iran-Iraq War with evil spirits from Islamic mythology known as Djinn, enveloped by thorny political and social issues - this is our first dirty Halloween treat this year for our readers [Read More...]

I, Daniel Blake

Ken Loach

Victor Fraga - 18-10-2016

Britain without dignity and self-respect: Ken Loach's latest drama is an emotional and stinging denunciation of modern Britain's socio-economic failures, and how the benefit system is literally killing people - now also available on Disney+ UK [Read More...]

In Pursuit of Silence

Patrick Shen

Pedro Miguel - 17-10-2016

Prick up your ears: the noises of modern life are killing your body and your soul, so instead deep dive into the healing powers of silence - meditative documentary by Patrick Shen is out on Friday [Read More...]

Neruda

Pablo Larraín

Victor Fraga - 16-10-2016

Redreaming the dreamer: biopic of the Chilean poet and politician Pablo Neruda is as imaginative and colourful as the man it portrays, and a fitting tribute to one of the most important voices of literature and communism in the 20th century - now on Blu-ray, DVD, and iTunes [Read More...]

Snowden

Oliver Stone

Maysa Monção - 14-10-2016

The wizard with a sickly body: Oliver Stone's biopic of one of the most subversive minds on earth does not address the political conjecture and notions of patriotism, instead painting a highly romanticised picture of a splendid man with a frail health [Read More...]

Aquarius

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Victor Fraga - 13-10-2016

The Brazilian weapon of resistance: played by the legendary Sônia Braga, Clara is a woman who uses nostalgia as a shield against her fast-changing and deeply corrupt society, as well as an instrument for both physical and emotional survival - now on Netflix! [Read More...]

What’s in the Darkness

Yichun Wang

Victor Fraga - 12-10-2016

Lewdness and misogyny lurking in the shadows of China: first-time director weaves grim murder mystery with girl's coming-of-age to good results - from the BFI London Film Festival ending on Sunday [Read More...]

Lo and Behold: Reveries of The Connected World

Werner Herzog

Maysa Monção - 12-10-2016

There's blood on the wire! Our internet addiction has horrific and deadly consequences for both mankind and nature; the unforgiving German director conducts brutal and urgent investigation of our dirty digital habits [Read More...]

Tramontane

Vatche Boulghourjian

Victor Fraga - 11-10-2016

Picking up fragments of history: blind Lebanese orphan seeks his real identity in this complex and multilayered drama, but sadly the truth is as shattered as the ruins from the Civil War - in cinemas [Read More...]

Manchester by the Sea

Kenneth Lonergan

Maysa Monção - 11-10-2016

As miserable as it gets: tale of a grumpy and cantankerous lonely man excels in its unusual storytelling format, turning an ordinary story of family mishaps into a fascinating movie with a top-drawer cast [Read More...]

Don’t Blink – Robert Frank

Laura Israel

Lina Samoili - 10-10-2016

The photographer who hit the road and beat it: new doc is a comprehensive study of the "most influential photographer alive", his bold compositions, his spontaneity as well as his connection to the Beat Poets - this is part of the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Christine

Antonio Campos

Victor Fraga - 10-10-2016

Staring death in the face: the live television suicide of news reporter Christine Chubbuck in 1974 is the subject of this dour and psychologically complex drama, an ingenious study of emotional collapse and American obsessions [Read More...]

Safari

Ulrich Seidl