Paradise Not Lost (Gabrielius is Neprarastojo Rojaus)
Linas Mikuta’s documentary tracks a devout, divorcing couple’s attempts to maintain a happy environment for a son with special needs - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
Filipino rent boys make ends meet inside the gents and the local porn cinema, in this queer tale of fractured fraternity - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Murmuring Hearts
Patients in a rehabilitation centre discover religion and farm life, in this Lithuanian documentary - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I am a Flower
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: in this poetic animation from Germany, flower people struggle to find their identity, with some refusing to blossom - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Roots Unearthed (Kökleri Dışarıda)
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: tribute to the fading culture and identity of rural communities seeks to memorialise the fleeting beauty of life - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ada
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Chinese film offers a playful yet introspective exploration of two young Uyghur women’s journey to understand love - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Min’s Day Off
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: a loner delivers a sorrowful karaoke rendition, eliciting little empathy from the apathetic audiences - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Nostalgia in Red
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Estonian film offers a quiet and compelling exploration of memory and longing ,narrated within the progression of one single night - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

August
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: all-male family of three grapples with grief, alcohol, the inability to communicate and to move on - Estonian drama premieres in the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jackpot
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: two Romanian workers ponder the repercussions of hitting the jackpot, while imprisoned inside a cacophony of urban sounds - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Driving Lessons
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: father and daughter share life lessons as they navigate the war-ravaged streets of their city - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

When They Bloom
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: gorgeous feelings blossom with the arrival of the summer sun, in this wispy teen drama from Serbia - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Actor
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: an actor is mysteriously tied to the fate of his characters, in this cleverly structured Slovenian film - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Cry For Me
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Estonian filmmaker shines the spotlight on a very old and peculiar tradition, in this intimate, generation-bonding, and therapeutic short film - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Third Wheel (Kolmas Ratas)
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: audiences are thrown into the heart of a love triangle, in a Estonian film bursting with youthful energy and spontaneity - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Flower’s Journey
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Canadian-born, US-based director celebrates the life cycle of a flower with movement and dance, in a movie bursting with lyricism - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

How Much For This?
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: a beach peddler reassesses his ways after a kind missionary approaches his prospective buyers with a very unusual proposition - Estonian parable is in the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Car That Came Back From the Sea
FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: minimalistic animation set in Poland during the 1980s shows a drab and listless nation, contrasted against the colourful dreams of Western Europe - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tasty (Gardutė)
Two friends scam their way into a popular cooking competition on television, in this acidic criticism of the entertainment industry – from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival  [Read More...]

Mrs President (Prezidentka)
Cameras follow the Slovakian leader for the best part of two hours, and she remains a force of impressive honesty throughout - from the Doc@PÖFF Competition at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Last Party
A graduation party takes some surreal turns in Nicolas Dozol ambitious and reflective drama - from the Chelsea Film Festival [Read More...]

Castration Movie
Queer epic offers a multifaceted character study of trans girls, while keeping audiences hooked for a a whopping runtime - from Scotland's Weird Weekend [Read More...]

Venom: The Last Dance
In this sluggish comic book finale for Venom, the Symbiote fights for humanity in a work that is badly written and executed - on VoD on Tuesday, December 10th [Read More...]

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
Dirty queer classic from more than half a century ago boasts a whimsical quirkiness missing from present-day LGBT+ movies - from Scotland's Weird Weekend [Read More...]

Midas Man
A Jewish gay man with a posh voice struggles to find his place in Liverpool, until he comes across a band "bigger than Elvis" - Brian Epstein's biopic is on Prime Video on Wednesday, October 30th [Read More...]

Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots
Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn discuss their memories of media bias, slanderous comments and class struggles in a strangely moving documentary - on various VoD platforms on Friday, January 16th [Read More...]

Dad’s Lullaby
Traumatised Ukrainian veteran returns home and attempts to reconnect with his family, after leaving part of his soul on the battlefield - documentary premieres at the Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

The Birds Who Fear Death
Two brothers searching for their inheritance find a lot more in this thoughtful Canadian drama about indigenous heritage - from the Calgary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Dear Beautiful Beloved
Harrowing documentary exposes the brutality of the Ukraine war in graphic detail, allowing no room for indifference - from Locarno, IDFA and the Black Nights [Read More...]

Last Swim
In his feature-length debut, Sasha Nathwani brings us a poignant and reflective coming-of-age tale set against the hectic backdrop of central London - on VoD on Monday, May 5th [Read More...]

Nickel Boys
Two African Americans sent to a brutal juvenile institution see their dreams and aspirations destroyed, in this hypnotic yet uneven drama - in cinemas on Friday, January 3rd [Read More...]

Bananahead
An actor with a troubling legacy finds dreams come at a cost in this impressive horror-drama - from the HollyShorts Film Festival [Read More...]

Rhino Man
In this documentary about rhino poaching, viewers get to see a committed gang of rangers who want to stop the killings - from the Boulder International Film Festival [Read More...]

A Very Flattened Christmas
Shane Wallace’s comedy series reunion is a dopey but unfunny Christmas slasher - available on VoD [Read More...]

U are the Universe
A solitary Ukrainian astronaut desperately seeks to reach the only other surviving human, in this tasteful blend of survival drama and dark comedy - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Bound in Heaven (Kun Bang Shang Tian Tang)
Young Chinese woman "prohibits" her terminal cancer-ridden lover from dying, in this epic urban drama with impressive artistic values - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Apocalypse in the Tropics
US-born evangelical movement threatens to destroy Brazilian democracy, in Petra Costa's new political doc - in cinemas on Friday, July 11th, and on Netflix on Monday, July 14th [Read More...]

We Live in Time
Despite the gloomy cancer topic, John Crowley's new creation (featuring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh) remains a very traditional (and effective) romcom - on various VoD platforms on Monday, February 17th [Read More...]

Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
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...]

Ramon y Ramon
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...]

Super Happy Forever
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 - in cinemas on Friday, July 4th [Read More...]

One Hand Clapping
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...]

Reas
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...]

The Last Showgirl
A mostly lifeless Pamela Anderson stars in Gia Coppola's well-worn comment on ageism in the entertainment industry - on various VoD platforms on Monday, May 5th [Read More...]

Hard Truths
Marianne Jean-Baptiste is the bitter wife, mum and sister from hell, in Mike Leigh's stormy family drama - from Tiff Romania/ on VoD on Monday, March 31st [Read More...]

Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de Soledad)
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 - WINNER OF THE GOLDEN SHELL at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival, also showing at CPH:DOX [Read More...]

Last Breath (Le Dernier Souffle)
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...]

The Wailing (El Llanto)
Filthy old ghost haunts three women on various video devices - clever teen scream horror is a refreshing addition to the Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

In Her Place (El Lugar De La Otra)
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...]

The Man Who Loved UFOs (El Hombre que Amaba Los Platos Voladores)
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...]