Drift Away (Albatros)
Xavier Beauvois signs his name to an intimate story which also sounds a social alarm in an artfully pared-down film bursting with heart about a gendarme on the Normandy coast - in Competition at the Berlinale [Read More...]

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardeală cu Bucluc sau Porno Balamuc)
Romanian director Radu Jude holds a mirror up to the audience, and they might not like what they see - Golden Bear winner is on Prime VoD on Friday, January 28th; on regular VoD on Monday, February 21st [Read More...]

Memory Box
In Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's sweet but – oh, the irony – hardly memorable film, a girl gets to meet her teenage mother, but without any Marty McFly-like complications - French/Canadian/Lebanese co-production premieres at the Berlinale [Read More...]

Eye of the Storm
Documentary investigates the life and the work of late Scottish painter James Morrison, and it's as aesthetically accomplished as its subject - in virtual cinemas on Friday, March 5th [Read More...]

All Eyes Off Me (Mishehu Yohav Mishehu)
A fascinating portrait of Israeli youth, the film splits into three distinct parts to cleverly bring into question the power of sexual liberation - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
This Japanese trio of short stories explores the power of the past in inventive ways - Silver Bear winner is on all major VoD platforms on Friday, July 1st [Read More...]

Justine
A young queer woman from Brighton struggles with many tempers, in a movie bolstered by the protagonist's performance - on VoD on Friday, March 5th [Read More...]

The Scary of Sixty-First
This shallow American horror film delving into the world of conspiracy theories is deeply hampered by student-level acting - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

The World After Us (Le monde après nous)
The story of a writer as a young man is excellently compressed into a sleek 84 minutes in this affecting French film - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Brother’s Keeper (Okul Tıraşı)
A boarding school turns into a type of colonial prison in this tastefully told East Turkey-set moral fable - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Language Lessons
This delightful two-hander written by Mark Duplass is proof that just because your film is told remotely, you don't have to skimp on quality - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

The Owners
A seemingly harmless elderly couple have a surprise in store for a group of young thieves, in auspicious horror movie starring Maisie Williams - out on Monday, February 22nd [Read More...]

He Dreams of Giants
Two documentarists register Terry Gilliam's own Quixotic quest during the completion of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, revealing a resolute yet fallible artist - on VoD on Monday, March 29th [Read More...]

Dirty Feathers
A gorgeous portrait of life on the margins, this observational doc strikes us with both its directness and poetry — live from Berlin Film Festival [Read More...]

We (Nous)
This panoramic vision of banlieue life shows off the diversity of French metropolitan life, but lacks a central focus - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Last Forest (A Última Floresta)
The ancient Yanomami people live in harmony and balance with the environment, but their very existence is once again under threat thanks to Bolsonaro's murderous regime - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Great Gambler (Sabse Bada Zuari)
Indian classic combined traditional cinematic practices and laid the foundations of casino culture in Asian cinema - available now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

The Dissident
Wide-ranging documentary contextualises the tragic last days of Jamal Khashoggi in light of Saudi history, geopolitics and the pernicious influence of social media - from the online version of the Glasgow Film Festival [Read More...]

Mädchen in Uniform
Weimar Lesbian classic entirely made and acted by females excels in audacity and is chillingly prescient of the ensuing Nazi horrors - on Blu-ray, DVD, iTunes and Amazon prime on Monday, March 8th [Read More...]

I Care a Lot
Rosamund Pike stars as a evil Lesbian scammer in this easy-to-watch dark comedy, which offers no redemption whatsoever - available now on VoD [Read More...]

Rams
Warring sheep herder brothers is a concept with legs, let down by clichéd storytelling and lacklustre everything else - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]

Shook
A social media star becomes the target of a shocking, murderous online campaign, in this exhilarating American horror movie - exclusively on Shudder [Read More...]

Malcolm and Marie
A filmmaker and his girlfriend/muse attempt savage their relationship, raising questions about the essence of authorship, race and the male gaze - superb black and white drama is now available on Netflix [Read More...]

A Nightmare Wakes
The Frankenstein novel gets transposed into the life of Mary Shelley: the author gives birth to a monster just as she pens her masterpiece - on VoD on February 4th [Read More...]

Willy’s Wonderland
Maximum Cage rage as the Oscar-winner takes on killer animatronics, in a film that is more fun than it has a right to be – out on Digital platforms from 12th February [Read More...]

Dead Pigs
A critique of China's cultural aping of the American way of life, Cathy Yan's debut feature satirises commercialism and the Westernised idea of a successful life - on Mubi on Friday, February 12th [Read More...]

School’s Out Forever
This dystopian British drama has a satisfying amount of violence and carnage, mixed with laughter and emotion, yet ends disappointingly - also available on Skye Cinema and NOW on Thursday, June 24th [Read More...]

Greenland
American disaster movie is valiant attempt to surf between the more existential films that play on the end of the world scenario - now on VoD [Read More...]

The Nest
Jude Law and Carrie Coon play a bitterly unhappy couple trying to live the 1980s' high life, in Sean Durkin’s belated follow-up to 2011’s Martha Marcy May Marlene - in cinemas on Friday, August 27th [Read More...]

A Bend in the River
Colin Broderick’s second feature is a melancholic journey following a writer as he returns to his native County Tyrone in Northern Ireland after 26 years [Read More...]

Passing
A light-skinned black woman "passes" as white, in this quiet and impressive drama about the complexities of racial identity - on Netflix on Friday, November 12th [Read More...]

Castro’s Spies
Irish filmmakers Gary Lennon and Ollie Aslin deliver an informative and engaging documentary on the Cuban Five, a group of top-notch spies operating in 1990s Miami - from the Glasgow Film Festival [Read More...]

Erotica 2022
Polish men consistently oppress women in a variety of wicked and brutal ways, five female directors reveal - available on Netflix [Read More...]

Spiral
Set  in the midst of Clinton's America, a same sex couple are introduced to evils even greater than those that target LGBT clubs - out now on VoD [Read More...]

Judas and the Black Messiah
American biographical drama of African American activist is a rock-solid political crime drama, and it will make you indignant of the actions of the FBI - on VoD on Thursday, March 11th [Read More...]

Boys Feels: Desire in the Dark
NQV Media presents five short films from Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Croatia and Kosovo well worth looking into for their sensitive portrayal of masculine problems round achievement, protection and love - on VoD on Monday, February 8th [Read More...]

Pleasure
Naked and empowered: female-made, sexually explicit drama about Swedish woman to wants to break into the porn industry does not play into the notion that women are helpless victims - on all major VoD platforms on Friday, July 15th [Read More...]

Mayday
Sadness and our inner daydreamer are the central pillars of this American drama with hints of the Wizard of Oz - from Raindance [Read More...]

Prisoners of the Ghostland
A criminal is enlisted to rescue the governor's granddaughter from a possibly supernatural place, in crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Japanese filmmaker - in cinemas Friday, September 17th [Read More...]

In the Earth
Ben Wheatley's pandemic movie is a low-cost, lysergic and disorientating horror flick, cementing the Brighton-based director as one of the most imaginative filmmakers of Britain - live from Sundance [Read More...]

Wolfwalkers
This Irish animated flick is a beautiful tale of friendship, love and courage - from Le Arcs International Film Festival [Read More...]

Rose Island ( L’incredibile storia dell’Isola delle Rose)
Ever dreamt of erecting your own nation in the Mediterranean? Italian dramedy tells the true story of an extraordinary utopia, but sadly overplays the bizarreness of the tale, diminishing its epic nature - now on Netflix [Read More...]

The Queen of Black Magic
Indonesian horror haunted by mistakes of rhythm and tone becomes all bark and no bite - exclusively on Shudder now. [Read More...]

The Rental
Two couples on holiday suspect that there's something sinister with their rental house, in this welcome addition to the "secluded vacation spot" subgenre - American horror is available now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

The Capote Tapes
Documentary sheds on the life of the flamboyant and openly gay American writer, with a focus on his unfinished novel Answered Prayers - on VoD on Friday, January 29th [Read More...]

Persian Lessons
A Jew pretends to be Persian in order to avoid death in a concentration camp, only to be forced to teach the language over which he has no command - on Amazon Prime on Sunday, April 18th (and also on other platforms) [Read More...]

Baby Done
Professional tree climber Zoe is set to travel overseas, when a pregnancy changes everything she's worked for in her life - New Zealand comedy is on Digital on Friday, January 22nd [Read More...]

The Exception (Undtagelsen)
Four women work together in an NGO, in this Danish psychological thriller and interesting study of workplace bullying - on VoD on Friday, January 22nd [Read More...]

The Filmmaker’s House
British documentarist invites strangers into his house and captures the ensuing moments of both awkwardness and solidarity - in cinemas on Friday, June 25th [Read More...]

Hunted
Survivalist horror becomes a metaphor of both man’s conflict with nature, and present-day America - exclusively on Shudder on Thursday, January 14th [Read More...]