Minding the Gap
Three young men find a healing tool in skateboarding for their dysfunctional family lives - documentary set in Illinois is out in cinemas Friday, March 22nd, and on VoD on Monday, March 25th [Read More...]

Doozy
Part live action, part animated! Biographical documentary Doozy offers a creative yet partial portrait of TV legend Paul Lynde - in selected cinemas across the UK from Tuesday, April 23rd [Read More...]

Under the Silver Lake
David Robert Mitchell's neo-noir is a surreal LA fantasy with a terrific Andrew Garfield and a problematic male gaze - now streaming on Mubi [Read More...]

So Long My Son
Wang Xiaoshuai's weepie is a highlight of Berlinale, with a vastly and rapidly changing China the political backdrop for intense family tragedy - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]

Varda by Agnes (Varda par Agnès)
Agnès Varda's latest documentary essay takes us on a trip through her incredible career in this skilfully delivered primer - on BFI Player, Mubi and Amazon Prime in May 2023 [Read More...]

The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg's semi-autobiographical new film is an incredible doomed love story, an excruciating depiction of toxic romances and drug addiction - now available on VoD; available for free on Mubi for a month from October 25th. [Read More...]

Bait
British film about Cornish fishermen fending off gentrification isn't just the best film made about Brexit, it's a feat of craftsmanship - now available on Digital [Read More...]

The Ground Beneath My Feet (Der Boden unter den Fuessen)
Austrian film reflects the coldness and sterility of corporate life; sadly, the film itself is also airless and bleak - on BFI Player in June (Pride month) [Read More...]

Mid90s
Too cool for school? Jonah Hill's directorial debut about skater boys tries to be fashionable and funny about the titular years; the outcome is only partly effective - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Plagiarists
Think that nothing is original anymore? Peter Parlow's film disagrees, using well worn tropes in order to tell you something new - Live from Berlinale [Read More...]

At Eternity’s Gate
Willem Dafoe makes for a perfect Vincent Van Gogh in a new biopic of the artist directed by painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel - in cinemas and Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, March 29th [Read More...]

Ray & Liz
Richard Billingham mines his own memories of poverty-stricken Black Country life for a striking British debut filled with powerful performances - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Bathtubs over Broadway
Gleeful doc sheds light on the often overlooked “industrial musical”, while also celebrating one man's devotion to comedy and ironic entertainment - live from Rotterdam [Read More...]

Diamantino
Absurdist comedy from Portugal mocks football, celebrity culture, gender identity and more, with a very likeable Cristiano Ronaldo surrogate at the heart of the story - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Roma
Alfonso Cuarón's latest epic is one for the history books, and it deserved every single one of the 10 Oscar nominations that it received - now streaming on Netflix [Read More...]

The 12th Man
Survival epic about lone survivor of a Norwegian resistance boat during WW2 uses devices of mainstream war genre to convincing results - in cinemas and also on VoD on Friday, January 4th. [Read More...]

One Cut of the Dead (Kamera o Tomeru na!)
Ultra dirty, low-budget Japanese meta-comedy-horror lives up to its ambitions and delivers a bounty of surprises - on VoD, DVD and BD on Friday, January 28th [Read More...]

Bobbi Jene
Young, controversial and ambitious American dancer Bobbi Jene Smith uses her body as a tool for personal liberation - watch doc now with Walk This Way [Read More...]

Sorry to bother you, BFI and Picturehouse!!!
As the BFI London Film Festival draws to a close, Ben Flanagan highlights a stark contradiction between the proletarian message of films such as SORRY TO BOTHER YOU and the corporate attitude of the Festival organisers [Read More...]

Burning (Beoning)
Korean director borrows filmic devices from Hitchcock, crafting breathtaking sequences with rigorous handheld camerawork; Ben Flanagan describes it as "film of the year" - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Suspiria 
Luca Guadagnino's remake of Dario Argento's supernatural horror classic shares little DNA with the 1977 movie, excelling in originality and electric performances; yet it's not without imperfections - in cinemas Friday, November 16th. [Read More...]

School’s Out (L’Heure De La Sortie)
Just child's play? Substitute teacher suspect's there's something Machiavellian about his students, and that they may have been involved in his predecessor's suicide - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Michael Haneke’s happy weekend in Britain
The emblematic Austrian director attends the latest Picturing Austrian Cinema Symposium organised by Dr Frederick Baker (University of Cambridge) and Dr Annie Ring (University College London), where he reveals the dirty secrets of his latest film, explains that he favours "no method" and why his camera always pans in the wrong direction! [Read More...]

A deep-dive into Austrian Cinema
Our journalist Ben Flanagan attends the Picturing Austrian Cinema symposium organised by the University of Cambridge since 2014; the event - which was also attended by no less than Michael Haneke - challenges preconceptions, unearths dirty gems and reveals the hidden facets of a cinema little known to many Brits [Read More...]

The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Because some things just can't be changed! American indie about gay conversion therapy that stunned Sundance earlier this year is finally out in the UK - on BFI Player on Monday, June 6th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Tracking Edith
Austro-British photographer who led a double life as a secret agent for the KGB is the subject of documentary directed by her own nephew - in cinemas Friday, July 27th [Read More...]

Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado
The sequel to Denis Villeneuve's neo-Western from three years ago is a reactionary piece of filmic drivel, teeming with prejudices, glaring falsehoods and sheer American propaganda - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

In the Shadows (Gali Guleyan)
I think I'm going paranoid! Blend of neo-noir and kitchen sink realism set in the streets of Delhi will keep you unseated for most of its duration - from the London Indian Film Festival [Read More...]

Our lowdown on Sheffield Doc/Fest
Our new dirty writer Ben has attended the latest edition of the largest documentary film festival in the UK and third in the world; he shares the highlights of a very positive experience! [Read More...]

Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Twisting your filmic perceptions! Free-form and elliptical doc transforms the mundane life of impoverished Alabama county into hypnotic storytelling masterpiece - in cinemas Friday, January 18th [Read More...]

Black Mother
Tenderness, charm and guile! Director of Beyonce's Lemonade takes you on a dizzying spiritual and political journey through the live of the vibrant females of Jamaica - in cinemas Friday, November 2nd [Read More...]

Shirkers
The mystery of the stolen slasher! Would-be film star steps behind the camera 20 years later in order to find out what happened to the director and the reels of the movie that was never completed, and her journey is profoundly personal and fascinating - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Gun No 6
Killing, British style: slick doc heavily influenced by Alan Clarke deals with the subject of gun crime in the UK, deep-diving into the psychology of the perpetrators - from Sheffield Doc/Fest [Read More...]

Generation Wealth
Mega-rich, vulgar and grotesque: meet the people with more money than sense, and who unabashedly embrace and brandish their superlative lifestyle - now available for digital streaming [Read More...]