Psychedelic coming-of-age thriller from Mexico exposes systemic neglect and the tragic predicament of young people in the margins of society - in Berlin theatres from March 21st [Read More...]
A grieving parent must confront some unpleasant memories, in this excellent British drama raising profound questions - in cinemas on Friday, March 27th [Read More...]
Jessie Buckley doubles as author and anarchist, in Maggie Gyllenhaal's wicked and wild adaptation of Mary Shelley's horror classic - in cinemas on Friday, March 6th [Read More...]
Male stripper has to fight performative masculinity, thus turning his body into a killing machine - playful proof of concept premieres at the Sapporo International Film Festival [Read More...]
Old man walks around and observes post-apocalyptical world, in Super 8 movie replete with abstract images, ambiguity and rumination - from the Slamdance Film Festival [Read More...]
Bold and uncompromising Greek film reinterprets subversive French poet Arthur Rimbaud by weaving together the stories of more recent queer icons - from the Forum Expanded Section of the Berlinale [Read More...]
Rape drama from the United States offers shallow meditation on child trauma and American law enforcement - Sundance winner is in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Australian director of acclaimed psychological horror Relic turns her attention to the minefields of the weight loss industry, materialising a medical-school lesbian horror - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
American filmmaker registers the final years of her much older artist friend, in an unessential documentary with some very strange omissions - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Recovering alcoholic returns home after six months, but her broken family and collapsing dance business threaten to sink her deeper - Kornél Mundruczó's strange new film is in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Tradition and superstition chastise two African women, in this peculiar tale of female oppression and marginalisation - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Japanese government locks horns with employee of a disused fireworks factory, in this aesthetically exuberant however barely comprehensible anime - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Property developers torment old blues singer resisting eviction, in this masterpiece of nostalgia from Austria - in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Aspiring singer grapples with her selfish father and embarrassing family, in this lifeless German drama - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Mexican woman helps forsaken boy to find his ailing mother, in this tender tale of abandonment and reconnection - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Dutch filmmaker Muriel d'Ansembourg conjures a frank portrait of a small-scale porn business - from the Perspectives section of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Ian De La Rosa's skilful debut details the tender love story of a trans man and a cis woman in Southern Spain - from the Panorama section of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Berlin School's most widely recognised woman filmmaker delivers highly conversational and pointless drama - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Paraguayan director of The Heiresses returns with the biopic of a subversive DJ who tried to rock the small South American nation during a dictatorial takeover - from the Berlinale [Read More...]
Extraordinarily sensitive British drama about old age and consent blows away viewers, their ethics and morals - from the Official Competition 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Three "half-breed" outcasts fight for their survival in the Australian Outback, in this soporific cowboy drama - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Russians discuss their hopes and fears to a longing camera, in this artful documentary set during the invasion of Ukraine - from the Berlinale [Read More...]
Art dealer returns to his native Bulgaria in order meet with a prodigy painter, in this heartwarming meditation on national identify, family and individuality - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Former clown uses memories of laughter in order to guide her through duress, in Adrian Goiginger's real-life trauma drama - from the Panorama section of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Singaporean filmmaker takes viewers on a tragic yet colourful tour of his "booming" nation, in a movie with discernible social realist affinities - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Two corrupt and soon-to-be-exposed businessmen prepare for impending doom, in this quiet snd sombre crime drama from Belgium - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Sandra Hüller passes as male soldier and housemaster during 17th century Germany, in a bizarre tale of female empowerment based on real-life reports - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Tribal rivalry and superstition drive Turkish villager to the brink of insanity, with terrifying consequences - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Octogenarian love story from Brazil boasts a clever supernatural twist - charming and spooky romance shows in the Panorama section of the 86th Berlinale [Read More...]
Family-friendly, vibrant animation explores the nooks and crannies of the Brazilian rainforest through the eyes of a papaya seed - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
While rich people abandon earth , the less fortunate are left to contend with shoddy VR at home - supremely sad sci-fi from China premieres at the Berlinale [Read More...]
Incestuous American family seduce and fight each other atop the mountains of Catalonia, in Karim Ainouz's weirdest film to date - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Hybrid of doc and fiction peeks into loud and colourful celebrations in two very different countries - inventive tribute to Africa and the African diaspora is in the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
The unrealised sexual fantasies of a young woman turn into a killer demon, in this unusually sombre and dry queer horror from the Dominican Republic - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Twelve-year-old queer footballer is forced to grow up quickly, in the rural hinterlands of the Brazilian Northeast - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Ten-year-old has to rely on his judgement for the first time as he sets off on a small-town adventure, in this deceptively simple and profound Romanian film - from the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Overbloated, pointless and interminable: İlker Çatak transposes Turkish drama onto German soil for no redeemable reason - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Biopic of legendary, drug-addicted jazz pianist is mostly lethargic and tedious, in contrast to the life of its protagonist - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
The ethics of a dignified captain are put the ultimate test during the bloodiest coup in the history of Latin America - sombre and profound political thriller premieres in the Berlinale [Read More...]
Young Lesbian returns to her native Tunisia for her gay uncle's funeral, and is forced to confront a country where homosexuality is still illegal - from the Official Competition of the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Emerald Fennell's iteration's of Emily Brontë's classic is cheap, tacky and badly-written torture porn; not even Jacob Elordi's charms and Charli XCX's score can rescue it from doom - in cinemas on Friday, February 13th [Read More...]
Real love becomes a liability in Afghanistan, in Shahrbanoo Sadat's unapologetically mainstream and deeply affecting "feminist" drama - opening film at the 76th Berlinale [Read More...]
Byrdie O’Connor's documentary is a detailed register of Barbara Hammer's career, from her queer pioneer works in the '70s all the way to her death in 2019 - from Sundance and the Berlinale [Read More...]
Adults prepare the birthday party from hell, leaving children disturbed and traumatised - deeply personal and audacious animation premieres at Sundance [Read More...]
Scatology meets horror, in this Brazilian tribute to bad taste not entirely devoid of flavoursome bits - from the 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]
Far-left revolutionaries juggle radical politics, cigarettes and glam, in this historical thriller set in newly democratic Portugal - from the 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]
Filmmaker and actor tip their hat to late French philosopher Baudrillard and create a hybrid movie blending their own memories - from the 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]
Two Swiss filmmakers meditate on mortality, in this sensory and experimental movie - from the 55th international Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]
Two Syrian friends reframe archive images of protests as intimate reveries, in this micro-budget film about political defiance - from the 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]
Swedish documentary celebrates Sapphism, while weaving together family trauma and the memory of unrequited love - from the 55th Rotterdam International Film Festival [Read More...]
Polish art curator blends trauma, 1990s' fashion and tears collected from his audience, in a playful movie vaguely detached from time - from the 55th Rotterdam International Film Festival [Read More...]
Spanish woman thinks she's an ant, in this witty short film inspired by Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - from the Cerdanya Film Festival [Read More...]
