A Different Man
Wacky American indie sets out to create a modern-day, metalinguistic Beauty and the Beast with real facial disfigurement as a device, and a brilliant Adam Pearson - on VoD on Monday, December 30th [Read More...]

The Adamant Girl (Kottukkaali)
Young Indian woman becomes completely silent after learning about her arranged marriage - quietly poignant and gently humorous drama is in Competition at the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Small Things Like These
Excruciatingly boring drama about Magdalene laundries boasts a top-drawer cast (including Cillian Murphy and Emily Watson) and has absolutely nothing relevant to say - on VoD on Monday, December 16th [Read More...]

My Favourite Cake (Keyke Mahboobe Man)
Iranian widow seeks love and affection in a society that blatantly denies women autonomy, freedom and the simple pleasures of life - gently subversive drama is now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

The Letter Writer
Emirati drama about young Arab infatuated with the picture of a British woman uses Imperialism and language barrier as a gauge for platonic love - on VoD on February 14th in the US, and on February 19th in the UK [Read More...]

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Retrofuturistic animation ponders on authoritarianism and the suppression of individualism; the outcome is loud and messy - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Occupied City
Steve McQueen’s monumental new doc takes its time mapping Amsterdam under Nazi occupation, and blending it with images captured during the Covid pandemic - on VoD on Monday, March 18th [Read More...]

City of God {Cidade de Deus)
Filthy classic that catapulted Black Brazilian talent to the forefront, and inspired filmmakers worldwide, still presents us with an objective lesson in pragmatism - back in cinemas on Friday, February 23rd [Read More...]

Grey Bees
Two old male loners "enjoy" a colourless life in the grey zone of Donbass, immediately before Russian invades Ukraine - anti-war allegory premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Lost in the Night (Perdidos en la Noche)
Mexican psychological thriller about a young man seeking justice for his mother's disappearance boasts multidimensional characters and unexpected twists - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

We Are on Air (Estamos no Ar)
Three members from three different generations of a Portuguese middle-class family are equally lonesome and desperately seeking action - wacky little comedy premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Natatorium
Icelandic family have a bizarre, borderline pathological and incestuous, relationship with their own swimming pool - creepy drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam/also showing at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

She Fell to Earth
A rock from outer space falls onto Earth and transforms into a young woman with the ability to read people's memories - children's fantasy premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

El Águila y el Gusano
Mexican drama tries to tie a number of disparate stories about loneliness and heartbreak, in a film that's ambitious however undernourished - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Steppenwolf
Adilkhan Yerzhanov's quirky child organ theft drama is highly stylised, violent and visually arresting; it's almost a samurai film - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Praia Formosa
Audiences experience the dirty side of Brazilian history as a 19th century slave wakes up in present-day Rio - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Portrait of a Certain Orient (Retrato de um Certo Oriente)
Three Arabs migrate from Lebanon to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, in this tale of passion, religion, cultural barriers and male competition - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Swimming Home
Psychosexual thriller about naked stranger gatecrashing into a family villa in Greece ruminates on philosophy, psychoanalysis, dance, overgrown pubes and mysterious holes - on VoD on Wednesday, July 23rd [Read More...]

Yohanna
Challenged by thieves, police raids and child exploitation, Catholic nun forsakes her own religious and moral principles - Indonesian drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

The Rim (La Parra)
Spanish drama about mistaken identity and death in an ugly and decadent port city is beautifully dissonant and strangely elegant, with a distinctive auteurial voice - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Schneewittchen
Anti-fairytale movie without images sets out to subvert the essence of the film experience, but instead just poisons and kills it - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Terrestrial Verses
Faceless oppressors mortify ordinary Iranians of both sexes and all walks of life - cunning tribute to individual and artistic freedom shows at the 53rd International Fillm Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Avant-Drag
Hyperpolitical drag queens decolonise the streets of the Greek capital; their message will resonate with transgressive artists elsewhere - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

My Hair Hurts (Mi Fanno Male i Capelli)
A woman losing her memory reclaims her connection to reality after seeing Monica Vitti on film, in this highly intertextual drama - a beautifully deluded Alba Rohrwacher dazzles the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

How to Have Sex
Party turns into soul-searching drama, in this authentic British tale of abrupt and crude teenage coming-of-age rituals - now on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Blue Imagine
Three Japanese victims of sexual violence join forces in order to denounce the filmmaker who abused them and countless others - live from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Under a Blue Sun
Israel's war machine becomes a literal proxy for Sylvester Stallone's Rambo, in this contemplative and broody art documentary - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Reinas
Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker uses the conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerilla group Shining Path as a chilling reminder of the perils afflicting everyday life - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Desire Lines
American documentary celebrates the diversity of transmasculine sexuality by exploring the lives of gay trans men, in a refreshing addition to LGBT+ representation - from the 40th edition of Sundance [Read More...]

In the Land of Brothers
Three members of an Afghan family start afresh as refugees in neighbouring Iran, only to find out that international fraternity is an elusive concept - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Evil Does Not Exist
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's reflection on Manichaeism is ambiguous, contemplative and gently gripping - on VoD on September 8th [Read More...]

Pure Unknown (Sconosciuti Puri)
A forensic scientist works hard in order to identify migrant corpses and offer the dead people and their families some closure and dignity - from the the Italian Doc Season at Bertha DocHouse on January 27th and 28th [Read More...]

The Civil Dead
Indie charm and comedy are not enough to elevate this grind of a buddy movie - in cinemas and on VOD, on Friday, January 19th. [Read More...]

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
The six-decade career of the daredevil German director becomes the topic of this comprehensive however conventional documentary, a film far less radical and controversial than the subject portrayed - in cinemas on Friday, January 19th; on VoD on Monday, February 19th [Read More...]

Saltburn
Emerald Fennell's psychosexual fantasy thriller adds some distinctive British upper-class flavours to some well-known Pasolini masterpieces, but ultimately fails to excite our editor - in cinemas on Friday, November 17th [Read More...]

Scala!!!
The wildest and filthiest cinema in the history of the United Kingdom becomes the subject of a documentary largely voiced by the artists that it provoked and inspired - in cinemas on Friday, January 5th; on VoD on Monday, January 22nd [Read More...]

Dream Scenario
Under the fun and easygoing direction of Norwegian filmmaker and screenwriter Kristoffer Borgli, Nicolas Cage plays a role that mirrors his very own journey - in cinemas on Friday, December 8th [Read More...]

Blank
In an attempt to escape from her reality, a troubled woman comes face to face with a nefarious android, in this duel between woman and AI - British sci-fi drama is available for digital download on Monday, January 8th [Read More...]

Back to Alexandria
Fanny Ardant and Nadine Labaki excel in this African-European co-production about growing up and returning home - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Three
Terrifying exorcist drama adapts Christian horror tropes into Muslim culture to exceptional results; this Emirati film will keep you on the edge of your seat - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Roxana
Quirky Iranian dramedy interrogates the nation's peculiar traditions and taboos - from the Official Competition of the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Omen
Congo born and Belgium-based Baloji’s debut feature is packed with original ideas and robust visual concepts, in an dazzling ode to the struggles of the African diaspora - international co-production of six African and European nations shows at from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

In the Shadow of Beirut
Two marginalised communities of Lebanon see no hope and no light, in gloomy doc about the country’s refusal and inability to integrate its most vulnerable people - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

24 Hours with Gaspar (24 Bersama Gaspar)
High-octane Indonesian drama about a man prescribed with 24 hours to live due to cardiac problems will not get your heart beating fast - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Mother of All Lies (Kadib Abyad)
Moroccan filmmaker puts the finger in her own family wounds... and twists it (!!!) - eerie, sobering and inventive documentary shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Teacher
Palestinian teacher grapples with his own secrets and emotions as he desperately fights to protect one of his students - fiery activist drama shows in the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Miles to Nowhere
Comedy portrays the trials and tribulations of Muslims in New Zealand with a very light-hearted touch, while exposing some very dark and insidious prejudices - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Hopeless
A young man suffering horrific domestic abuse slips into a life of crime in order to make ends meet - ultra-violent Korean drama shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Universal Theory (Die Theorie von Allem)
A Swiss scientist desperately seeks his elusive lover as reality breaks down into small pieces, in this overambitious metaphysical thriller - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Thiiird
A car mechanic [Read More...]