Young Chinese woman "prohibits" her terminal cancer-ridden lover from dying, in this epic urban drama with impressive artistic values - Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
US-born evangelical movement threatens to destroy Brazilian democracy, in Petra Costa's new political doc - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Despite the gloomy cancer topic, John Crowley's new creation (featuring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh) remains a very traditional romcom - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Documentary about Charles Chaplin's alleged gypsy heritage is superficial, confusing and romanticised - from the the 72nd edition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Young man grapples with the ashes of his estranged father, in this very warm Peruvian tale of homophobia, loss and reconciliation - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
A widower returns to the seaside town where he fell in love with his wife, in Kōhei Igarashi's quiet and empathetic examination of loss - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Footage from 1974 shows Paul McCartney and Wings caught in the midst of their creative spontaneity, and loving it - in cinemas on Friday, September 26th [Read More...]
Argentinian piece of autofiction sees former women inmates reenact their time behind bars with music, passion, colour and flair - from the the 72nd edition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
A mostly lifeless Pamela Anderson stars in Gia Coppola's well-worn comment on ageism in the entertainment industry - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Marianne Jen-Baptiste is the bitter wife, mum and sister from hell, in Mike Leigh's stormy family drama - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival. [Read More...]
Albert Serra provokes and tortures his viewers by putting them at the heart of the bullring, staring at the eyes of the agonising, dying animals - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
A philosopher faced with his own mortality immerses himself into a palliative care unit in search of comfort and inspiration - Costa-Gavras's new cinematic tour-the-force is in the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Filthy old ghost haunts three women on various video devices - clever teen scream horror is a refreshing addition to the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
The fascinating real-life story of Chilean feminist murderess becomes an achingly conventional and vaguely confusing Netflix drama - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Entertainment journalist feigning UFO landings becomes trapped in his own web of fantasy and delirium, in this harmless Argentinean comedy based on a real-life story - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Puerto Rican doc celebrates the bond between trees and people, while also peeling off the toxic layers of colonialism - from the Atlanta Film Festival [Read More...]
Kiyoshi Kurosawa remakes his own child abduction and organ trafficking revenge thriller, this time on French soil... and he remains determined to tortured viewers - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Francois Ozon's tale of failed grandmotherhood moves and engages, despite a few clunky twists and turns - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
The director of Cannes steps into the shoes of the "realisateur" and raises the human gaze to a previously unconceivable level - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Joshua Oppenheimer's first incursion into the world of fiction is a pointless and pretentious post-apocalyptical potboiler - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Kindness and compassion prevail in Pilar Palomaro's brutally honest portrayal of terminal disease - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Turkish bride-to-be travels to Kosovo in order to meet her future husband, only to find out that she has little ownership over her body and her decisions - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
The first successful prosecution of a Spanish politician for harassment becomes a poignant drama, boasting strong performances and credible developments - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Ralph Fiennes stars as a dignified dean charged with moderating the papal conclave from hell - from the San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Ultra-processed, insipid and indigestive: the umpteenth remake of the 1974 erotic classic tastes like the cheapest fast-food meal ever - Audrey Diwan's new creation opens the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]
Two inseparable best friends dream of setting up a business together, until a mysterious woman casts a spell and the unvarnished truth spills out... from the Heartland Film Festival [Read More...]
Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar’s debut feature patiently introduces audiences to the delicate routine of rural South Africans - from the Orizzonti section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Kate Winslet stars as iconic war photographer Lee Miller, in this insightful yet dispirited biopic of a woman partly erased from history - in cinemas on Friday, September 13th [Read More...]
Chinese-American doctor has to grapple with her passion for acting and her undocumented mother, in this non-judgmental take on the American Dream - from the HollyShorts Film Festival [Read More...]
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...]
Family differences and serendipities punctuate this "modern" portrait of Iran - artist-turned-filmmaker showcases his debut feature in the Venice Days strand of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Wang Bing's final entry in the trilogy of Chinese workers in the shortest instalment, at a "mere" 153 minutes of observational cinema - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Herdsman becomes a hesitant horseback performer for Chinese tourists, in this exquisite arthouse drama from Inner Mongolia - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival. [Read More...]
Portuguese warehouse picker in Scotland seeks to inject small doses of meaning and joy into her thankless existence - British social realist drama premieres at Tiff and San Sebastian [Read More...]
Highly conversational Norwegian drama riffs on the tribulations of casual sex and cancer (it just doesn't show much!) - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Sicilian mafioso and cunning politician play cat and mouse, in this prolonged and prosaic psychological thriller - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Anger morphs into murderous thoughts, in this quiet and slow character study from Turkey - from the Orizzonti section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Two desperate parents scramble to find their missing baby girl, on a quest aided by surveillance technology - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Takeshi Kitano's completely bonkers slapstick crime thriller from hell gets moody festival audiences lolling - from the the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Spectacular piece of slow cinema from Georgia dissects the female body with raw fervour - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Karim Shaaban's short film dramatises his experience directing a commercial to depict the Faustian deal we've made with capitalism - from the Cleveland International Film Festival [Read More...]
Italian director sets out to celebrate pornography, but instead legitimises the old prejudices she aimed to denounce - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Todd Phillips's sequel to his own 2019 movie is an elegant and profound blend of musical fantasy and courtroom drama - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Sicilian soldier stirs the relative peace of a large Italian family, in this beautiful yet soporific drama - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
A widowed father of two sons despairs as his eldest mingles with fascists, in this effective social realist drama set in France - from the the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Ukrainian filmmaker reflects on the normalisation of war, in a documentary dotted with haunting snippets of everyday life - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Farming villagers of Scotland grapple with meddling outsiders, in Athina Rachel Tsangari's rich yet protracted new drama - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of William Burroughs's early short novel (starring a drug-addicted, randy Daniel Craig) is an anodyne blend of strawberry fantasy and vanilla erotica - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Asif Kapadia's blend of documentary and sci-fi is a disappointing mess, undecided about its priorities - from the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Aude Léa Rapin's sci-fi offers a grim representation of a dystopian French state that has emerged into a high-surveillance, low-tolerance society - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
A lawyer suffering from a bizarre neurological condition embarks on a road trip, but is his journey real or imaginary? French drama premieres in the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
Almodovar's first feature film in English is an amusing and enlightening meditation on cancer and suicide, and a lot less melodramatic than his Spanish movies - GOLDEN LION WINNER at the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]
