Kill the Jockey (El Jockey)
Junky jockey watches his life crumble after a freak accident takes him off horse racing - wacky Argentinian comedy shows at Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Maria
Angelina Jolie and Maria Callas engage in a fierce battle for the spotlight, in Pablo Larrain's uneven biopic of the tragic diva - in cinemas on Friday, January 10th [Read More...]

Separated
Errol Morris's doc about Trump's family separation policy focuses on the self-proclaimed saviours, while never hearing the countless victims - from the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder star in Tim Burton's colourful and disjointed sequel to 1988's Beetlejuice, which is on VoD on Monday, October 21st [Read More...]

Agora
Three missing people make a mysterious return, in Tunisian drama glimmering with horror and religious undertones - from the 4rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Blink Twice
Pervy millionaire (Channing Tatum) lures young women into his sun-soaked, drug-fuelled Mexican villa, and subjects them to horrors a la Ari Aster and Jordan Peele - in cinemas on Friday, August 23rd [Read More...]

The Landscape and the Fury
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...]

New Dawn Fades (Yeni Safak Solarken)
Big city pushes young man battling severe mental health issues further into the abysm, in this tremendous Turkish drama - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Toxic (Akiplėša)
Two girls aching for a world beyond their town take to modelling, in this Lithuanian feature about adolescence - on VoD from Wednesday, August 6th [Read More...]

Starve Acre
The director of extraordinary religion drama Apostasy returns with a completely different film: an English folk horror that's visually exuberant and yet fails to engage and scare - on VoD on Monday, October 21st [Read More...]

Green Line
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...]

Foul Evil Deeds
Ordinary people behave badly, in this collection of mostly cold and banal short stories - British indie is in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
Tinto Brass's scandalous historical drama gets a major overhaul, removing the porny bits and inserting genuine horror into the story - on VoD on August 23rd [Read More...]

Mond
In her sophomore feature, Kurdwin Ayub explores the harsh reality of three sisters in Jordan, and the difficult choices their Austrian martial arts trainer has to make - from WatchAUT [Read More...]

The Cavalry
Alina Orlov uses horses as a proxy for abuse of authority in Israel, in this courageous [Read More...]

Cent Mille Milliards
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...]

Weightless (Sulla Terra Leggeri)
Amnesiac man experiences rebirth by reading his own musings from decades earlier, in a film with some peculiar similarities to Cinema Paradiso - from the BFI LFF [Read More...]

Transamazonia
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 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

Drowning Dry (Seses)
In this non-linear exploration of grief, two sisters stay true to their bond through good times and bad - Lithuanian drama shows at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Holy Electricity
Tato Kotetishvili’s debut feature offers a visual feast and also an intimate introduction to a vibrant and surreal Tbilisi - from the Cineasti del Presente section of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

The Sparrow in the Chimney
A woman haunted by her father's death and husband's adultery readies herself for the arrival of her daughter and sister - from IndieLisboa [Read More...]

Bogancloch
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Gender Reveal
Three extravagant, non-binary queers struggle to survive a very boring, heteronormative gender reveal party - wacky Canadian short shows in Tallinn [Read More...]

Death Will Come (La Mort Viendra)
A contract killer finds herself in a world of sleaze and violence, in a movie that fails to hit viewers - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Luce
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...]

Salve Maria
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...]

B(l)ind the Sacrifice
South African drama uses LGBT+ aspirations in order to twist religious doctrine, with bloodied consequences - from the 77th edition of Locarno [Read More...]

At Capacity
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...]

Deadpool & Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reprise their iconic roles in this expletive-loaded but lightweight comic book bonanza - on VoD on Tuesday, October 3rd [Read More...]

Janet Planet
Long summer at home tests mother-daughter relationship, in this impressive American drama focused on the unsaid, the insinuated and the minute details - in cinemas on Friday, July 19th [Read More...]

This Closeness
Awkward and bizarre Airbnb interactions offer commentary on forged intimacy, in this micro-budget, sharp American indie - available now on Mubi [Read More...]

Banzo
Very sad disease kills plantation labourers in Africa, in this extremely sombre allegory of Portuguese colonialism - from the Crystal Globe Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Second Chance
Big-city woman escapes to the idyllic Himalayas in order to recover from a physical and also from a psychological wound - Indian drama premieres at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Cabo Negro
Two young Moroccans experience homosexual love and prostitution, in this delicate tale of oppression and liberation - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Nothing in its Place (Hiçbir Sey Yerinde Değil)
Ultranationalists bust left wing pacifist cell, in the real-life story set in Turkey during the late 1970s - from the Proxima Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Tiny Lights (Svetylka)
We are invited to view the trials of a family through the eyes of their youngest member - Beata Parkanová’s inventive, thoughtful drama is in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Painting the painter: Mark Cousins's new doc offers a peculiar glimpse into the life and work of Scottish painter Wilhelmina "Willie" Barns-Graham - on VoD on Monday, February 3rd [Read More...]

Rude to Love (Ai ni ranbou)
Japanese housewife descends into madness after husband threatens to end their childless marriage, and comes up with a very bizarre proposition - in the Official Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Human Hibernation
Quiet and exuberant arthouse film ruminates on the sensory bond between humans and animals - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Pierce (Cì Xin Qiè Gŭ)
Two brothers fence for their dignity, in this strange tale of fraternal loyalty and queer love - in the Official Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Loveable (Elskling)
Maria's perfect, happy marriage begins to collapse for no apparent reason, in this this humanistic Norwegian drama - in the Official Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Stranger (Ju Wai Ren)
People find catharsis and oppression within the walls of their hotel room, uuin this mysterious episodic drama from China - at the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Trans Memoria
Thailand is the setting for a journey of reflection, identity, and pain in a deeply emotional documentary - from 58th Karlovy Vary International Film, Festival [Read More...]

Spheres
Swiss filmmaker Daniel Zimmermann spins us in circles in this self-describedyy "essay with images" - from the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Windless
Memories resurface and hell breaks loose when a man returns to his Bulgarian hometown to in order sell his late father’s flat - showing with Klassiki goEast [Read More...]

Life (Hayat)
Desperate young man travels from small-town Turkey to Istanbul in the hope of finding his missing fiancee, in this "dreamy" portrayal of love and deception - in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]

Tuesday
Desperate mother refuses to accept the fate of her terminally-ill daughter, as a creepy bird becomes a proxy for Death - surreal teen fantasy drama is in cinemas on Friday, August 9th [Read More...]

A New Kind of Wilderness
Off-the-grid family are forced to return to civilisation after the mother tragically passes away - on various VoD platforms now [Read More...]

Palazzina LAF
Factory cleaner is "promoted" to spy level in order to rat on his colleagues, in this real-life working class drama from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

To a Land Unknown
Transactional human beings and accidental places: Palestinian refugees resort to a life of crime in order to survive and be reunited with their loved ones in Europe - on various VoD platforms [Read More...]