Anywhere the Wind Blows
Stylised and punchy short film packs a great deal into a compact runtime, equating sex with violence - from the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in Cannes [Read More...]

The Seed of the Sacred Fig
At the height of the The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a civil servant gets promoted to role that will challenge his morals, and compromise the integrity of his family - Mohammad Rasoulof's heart-stopping new drama is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, March 17th [Read More...]

The Substance
Coralie Fargeat's deliciously bonkers body horror is a grotesque, groovy and hilarious riff on sexism, ageism, and the absurd beauty standards forced upon women - in cinemas on Friday, September 20th [Read More...]

All We Imagine As Light
Filthy genius movie from India bludgeons the beauty standards of both Bollywood and Hollywood, while refreshingly allowing women to find pleasure in sex - On all major VoD platforms on Monday, March 17th [Read More...]

Nasty: More Than Just Tennis
Biography of bullish Romanian tennis player Ilie Năstase looks back at his sport achievements as well as at his less praiseworthy - from the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

The Most Precious of Cargoes (La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises)
Holocaust animation about a baby thrown out of a train window offers a slimmer of hope to audiences, in this unusual addition to the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival - in cinemas on Friday, April 4th [Read More...]

Flow
A boat full of cats, dogs and birds struggle to survive, in a world drowning under floods - Oscar-winning Latvian animation is on VoD on Friday, April 25th [Read More...]

Niki
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...]

Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf)
A long prison stint separates two desperately infatuated young lovers, but time does not heal their wounds - very familiar love story is in cinemas on Friday, August 15th [Read More...]

September Says
In this stylistic but underwhelming adaptation of Daisy Johnson's Sisters, the truth comes flooding in after a family moves back to Ireland - in cinemas on Friday, February 21st [Read More...]

The Story of Souleymane (L’Histoire de Souleymane)
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 - in cinemas on Friday, October 17th [Read More...]

Anora
New York pole dancer marries the spoiled child of a Russian millionaire, in Sean Baker's high-octane class struggle comedy (a movie with a crucial touch of empathy, and many parallels to Tangerine) - Palme d'Or winner is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, January 20th [Read More...]

Grand Tour
Miguel Gomes's new film has the aesthetic ambitions and also some topical similarities with his masterpiece Taboo, yet the soporific travelogue of Asia slips into artistic banality - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Viet and Nam
In this spectral piece of slow cinema, two gay men reconcile their dirty and underground job with love - LGBT+ drama infused with positivity premieres at the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Norah
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...]

Motel Destino
Fugitive finds shelter inside one of Brazil's pervasive sex hotels, in Karim Ainouz's colourful but tepid psychosexual thriller - on VoD on Monday, November 17th [Read More...]

The Village Next to Paradise
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 68th BFI London Film Festival. [Read More...]

Dog on Trial (Le Proces du Chien)
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...]

Marcello Mio
Chiara Mastroianni in incorporates her late, famous father into her life (moustache, fedora hat et al) - in Christophe Honore's sweet but unremarkable piece of autofiction premieres in the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino's new drama is an ambitious tribute to his native Naples and to gorgeous nymphets: a pompous, verbose and superficial comment on "beauty" - now on VoD [Read More...]

The Kingdom (Le Royaume)
A teenager bonds with her father, but his criminal past catches up with them - uneven mobster flick from France is on VoD on Monday, September 8th [Read More...]

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Raoul Peck retraces the footsteps of the "recorder of the Apartheid", first in his native South Africa and then in "soulless" New York - solemn and potent documentary is on VoD on Monday, April 7th [Read More...]

Santosh
Widow takes up her husband's job in the Indian police, becoming one of the few female faces in this hardened, testosterone-fuelled environment - on VoD on Tuesday, May 6th. [Read More...]

The Shrouds
David Cronenberg revisits familiar themes such as body mutilation and morbid sexual attraction in his new sci-fi horror, a very personal movie with significant religious elements - in cinemas on Friday, July 4th [Read More...]

My Sunshine
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...]

Limonov – The Ballad
Biopic of misanthropic Russian writer is dissonant with the self-righteous, futile and unpleasant subject portrayed; plus it barely feels Russian - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Black Dog (Gou Zhen)
Returning to his home town, ex-convict Lang distrusts everyone he meets until he encounters an animal as lost as he is - on VoD on Monday, January 27th [Read More...]

Lula
Oliver Stone and Rob Wilson's biopic of "the most popular politician on Earth" traces the trajectory of the three-time Brazilian president as he overcomes personal and political obstacles of all sorts - live from Cannes [Read More...]

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Boku No Ohisama)
In this dazzlingly inventive African drama, three women are reunited under grief and love - from IndieLisboa [Read More...]

The Damned
Curious and unexperienced soldiers traverse the Old West, in this slow American Civil War drama - in cinemas on Friday, January 10th. [Read More...]

Caught by the Tides (Feng Liu Yi Dai)
Jia Zhangke's latest portrait of the China is profound, laborious and meditative, dotted with snippets of joy, and perhaps his most difficult film to date - UK premiere takes place at the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Emilia Perez
BEST SONG AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR WINNER: fiery trans gangster musical is fuelled by explosive Mexican soap opera devices; the outcome is guaranteed to blow you away - Cannes Jury and Best Actress winner is now on Netflix [Read More...]

Something Old Something New Something Borrowed (Algo Viejo, Algo Nuevo, Algo Prestado)
The daughter of powerful sports betting lord investigates her father mysterious demise, in this at times inscrutable docufiction from Argentina - live from Cannes [Read More...]

The Girl with the Needle (Pigen Med Nalen)
A seamstress faces the terrifying consequences of becoming pregnant by her boss, while an underground adoption agent seeks to relocate babies - on VoD on Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

Armand
A deeply scarred Renate Reinsve delivers an impressive performance, in this ambitious classroom drama - from IndieLisboa [Read More...]

The Shameless
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...]

Kinds of Kindness
Yorgos Lanthimos's eerie-silly display of altruism feels like a David Lynch film remade by Peter Greenaway - on VoD on August 27th [Read More...]

Oh Canada
Not even Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Uma Thurman rescue Paul Schrader's unreliable memory drama from utter boredom - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Holy Cow (Vingt Dieux)
A bereaved son must make some hard-earned cash, and sees cheese as his answer - on VoD on Monday, September 8th [Read More...]

Three Kilometres to the End of the World (Trei Kilometri Pana la Capatul Lumii)
Solemn and austere drama explores the dark machinations of homophobia in rural Romania, with a familiar yet jarring story bursting with subtleties - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Megalopolis
Legendary American director Francis Ford Coppola has compiled a story that works as well onscreen as it would as a literary text - on VoD on Monday, December 16th [Read More...]

Bird
Andrea Arnold's ultra-British blend of social realism and magical realism is uneven yet fascinating to watch - on VoD on Tuesday, January 7th [Read More...]

An Unfinished Film
Foreign-produced Chinese docufiction follows the footsteps of a filmmaker as he attempts to revive an old project, only for Covid to put a spanner in his works again - live from Cannes [Read More...]

When the Light Breaks
In his cinematic dissertation of grief, Rúnar Rúnarsson focuses his attention on two young women shedding tears for the same person each in their own way - humbling Icelandic drama is on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
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...]

Wild Diamond (Diamant Brut)
Nineteen-year-old "influencer" uses her cosmetically-enhanced body as a weapon for social ascension, in this palpable and visceral French drama - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Red Road
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...]

The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte)
Quentin Dupieux’s new creation succeeds as a high-octane exercise on metalanguage, yet it fails as a comedy - on VoD on Wednesday, January 22nd [Read More...]

Simon of the Mountain (Simón de la Montaña)
Argentinean debut feature explores the severity of mental illness, deep diving into taboo relationships and questions of morality - live from Cannes [Read More...]

This Life of Mine (Ma Vie Ma Gueule)
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...]