American Utopia
This high-octane two-hour crash course on David Byrne filmed by Spike Lee is the dance extravaganza the world needs right now - on DVD and VoD on Monday, December 14th [Read More...]

About Endlessness
Roy Andersson's last film is less funny and yet no less potent than his previous features, and it is a fitting swan song for the peculiar Swedish auteur - on various VoD platforms from January 1st, 2020 [Read More...]

Rose: A Love Story
A couple living in the middle of nowhere while dealing with a strange illness see their winter wonderland turn into a freezing hell in this British psychological horror - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Being a Human Person
Auspicious documentary explores the life and work of acclaimed Swedish auteur Roy Andersson - in cinemas and Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, October 16th (premiere in Camden on Wednesday, September 16th) [Read More...]

Little Girl (Petite Fille)
Loving French documentary about seven-year-old transsexual girl is defiant in its innocent resistance - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Beans
Tracey Deer's debut feature is a coming-of-age drama investigating indigenous rights and identity in Canada from a very female perspective - from Raindance [Read More...]

Sócrates
Brazilian LGBT drama offers an unrelenting gaze into the abyss, in a world that unceremoniously turns its back on hopeless young men - now on VoD (including BFI Player) [Read More...]

The Masseur
This Filipino movie has more potential than its execution manages to accomplish, but its gay-for-pay topic is of great interest to LGBTQ+ audiences - from the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Memories of my Body (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku)
This highly lyrical Indonesian movie is a reflection on a life lived in full, exploring desire, looking for knowledge and embracing the intangible in an all-too-material world - from the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

On a Magical Night (Chambre 212)
Christophe Honoré unofficially reimagines Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol as a French sex comedy starring a Chiara Mastroianni at the top of her game - on VoD on Friday, June 19th [Read More...]

Ema
Pablo Larraín's latest film, about a female grappling with an infertile partner and adoption, is far more subversive than his previous historical dramas - now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Who You Think I Am (Celle Que Vous Croyez)
Thriller anchored by a sensual and committed performance by Juliette Binoche is an adult exploration of the dangers of deception - on VoD now also including Netflix [Read More...]

Goddess of the Fireflies (La Déesse des Mouches)
A girl descends into a hell of angst and addiction, in this powerful French-Canadian tale of misguided youth that premiered at the Berlinale [Read More...]

The Lawyer (Advokatas)
A corporate lawyer in Lithuania and a Syrian refugee in Serbia develop a romantic bond, in LGBT drama filmed between Vilnius and Belgrade - from BFI Flare [Read More...]

And Then We Danced
LGBT drama from Georgia is a tender coming-of-age tale about a male dancer and his partner vying for a spot in the National Ensemble - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Truth (La Vérité)
Koreeda plays with fabricated stories and memories, in his first drama outside Japan, starring Catharine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche - on Mubi in July/August [Read More...]

Downhill
In this remake of Force Majeure, a woman loses faith in her husband after he runs away from an avalanche, leaving her and their two children behind - in cinemas Friday, February 28th. [Read More...]

Come to Daddy
Bloody tale of parental bonding is a nasty piece of filmmaking with vast amounts of gallows humour, starring Elijah Wood - out on VoD on Friday, Febryary 21dt [Read More...]

The Twentieth Century
Wacky Canadian comedy-drama portrays the rise to power of a very queer and unorthodox Prime Minister - from the Berlinale [Read More...]

Thirty (Dreissig)
In this auspicious German drama, there are hardly any reasons to celebrate as Övünç enters the fourth decade of his life - watch it for free with ArteKino during the month of December only [Read More...]

Monos
New feature from Colombian filmmaker Alejandro Landes conjures up a psychedelic coming-of-age story, and a thriller with a generous dash of wackiness - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Peanut Butter Falcon
Twainesque road movie has enough charisma and confidence to rise above to rise above the average fare of American indies, starring Shia LaBeouf and Zack Gottsagen - now also available on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Where Hands Touch
Black girl meets white boy in Nazi Germany, what could go wrong? Romantic war drama raises questions about unshakeable national identity, in a story with many parallels to the Brexit narrative - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Sisters Brothers
Two siblings with a very peculiar surname embark on a wild wild journey, in French director's dark, amusing and yet profound Western - on Netflix on Friday, March 12th [Read More...]

Benjamin
Young filmmaker uses his own romantic life as the source material for his films, until one day one blossoming love changes the course of his career - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Pity
Greek man actively seeks attention and pity after his wife falls into a coma, in a quaint and twisted tale about out lack of time for each other - available throughout December with ArteKino [Read More...]

Love at First Child (Ange et Gabrielle)
L'amour reigns: French romcom about teenage pregnancy and failed fatherhood is pleasant enough to watch, but it slips way too often into the very predictable and old-fashioned - available on VoD [Read More...]

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L’Albero degli Zoccoli)
Try walking in my shoes: Italian classic set just before the turn of the 20th century is a harsh reminder that social mobility is an affront to the elites, and that those too busy surviving hardly have the time for political engagement - out in cinemas this week [Read More...]

Souvenir
Twelve points go to... Isabelle Huppert!!! The steely French actress plays an old Eurovision singer who fell into oblivion decades earlier, and now finds love with a younger man through her voice - in cinemas now! [Read More...]

Edith Walks
Take a walk on the wild countryside: travel almost 1,000 years back in time and join Edith the Fair in her pilgrimage towards the body of her husband tragically killed in the Battle of Hastings - Andrew Kotting's latest film is out in selected cinemas [Read More...]

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
How the King of Cool fell from grace: how extreme masculinity overconfidence, perfectionism led Steve McQueen's fall from grace - on DVD, Blu-ray and digital [Read More...]

Destiny (Der Müde Tod)
Fritz Lang's 1921 fable is a meditation on death and indifference; the film, set in Germany and three more countries, remains universal and indelible near 100 years later - restored version in cinemas and digital HD now [Read More...]

The Freedom to Marry
Freedom comes at a price: oc investigates the events that preceded the ruling that legalised gay marriage across the US, and the role of the eponymous organisation in the struggle - available now in the US and Canada [Read More...]

The Shepherd (El Pastor)
Old-fashioned Spanish country bumpkin hostile to change is tempted with the offer of a lifetime, in a plot extremely familiar to those who've seen the Brazilian classic Aquarius - in cinemas this weekend [Read More...]

8:30
When going full circle becomes inevitable: surreal Austrian comedy about a young salesman trapped on a train borrows devices from Lynch and Tarantino - in the East End Film Festival [Read More...]