Two Americans take a long journey in order to reconnect with their heritage, until a Holocaust tour group throws them off-piste - from the Best of Festivals section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Image and sound are brilliantly interwoven in the real-life story of architect László Tóth, before the film succumbs to indulgence and hubris - from the Screen International Critics' Choice of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]
Brazilian blend of psychosexual thriller, gangster caper, horror and Neo-noir reveals a little-known facet of Rio de Janeiro - from the Best of Festivals section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Harrowing documentary exposes the brutality of the Ukraine war in graphic detail, allowing no room for indifference - from Locarno, IDFA and the Black Nights [Read More...]
A solitary Ukrainian astronaut desperately seeks to reach the only other surviving human, in this tasteful blend of survival drama and dark comedy - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]
Young Chinese woman "prohibits" her terminal cancer-ridden lover from dying, in this epic urban drama with impressive artistic values - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
A widower returns to the seaside town where he fell in love with his wife, in Kōhei Igarashi's quiet and empathetic examination of loss - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Joshua Oppenheimer's first incursion into the world of fiction is a pointless and pretentious post-apocalyptical potboiler - from the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]
Turkish bride-to-be travels to Kosovo in order to meet her future husband, only to find out that she has little ownership over her body and her decisions - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Highly conversational Norwegian drama riffs on the tribulations of casual sex and cancer (it just doesn't show much!) - from the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]
In a career-defining performance, Fernanda Torres (with a helping hand from her mum) establishes Walter Salles's latest film as the ultimate Brazilian dictatorship drama - from the 68th BFI London, and also the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Fedstioval [Read More...]
Angelina Jolie and Maria Callas engage in a fierce battle for the spotlight, in Pablo Larrain's uneven biopic of the tragic diva - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]
Two girls aching for a world beyond their town take to modelling, in this Lithuanian feature about adolescence - from the 28th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
A contract killer finds herself in a world of sleaze and violence, in a movie that fails to hit viewers - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Gifted teen decides to explore her sexuality at her own accord, but any missteps could have serious consequences for her and her family - Indian coming-of-age drama is in cinemas on Friday, September 20th [Read More...]
Filthy genius movie from India bludgeons the beauty standards of both Bollywood and Hollywood, while refreshingly allowing women to find pleasure in sex - in cinemas on Friday, November 29th [Read More...]
Biography of bullish Romanian tennis player Ilie Năstase looks back at his sport achievements as well as at his less praiseworthy - from the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]
Holocaust animation about a baby thrown out of a train window offers a slimmer of hope to audiences, in this unusual addition to the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival (also showing at the Tallinn Black Nights) [Read More...]
New York pole dancer marries the spoiled child of a Russian millionaire, in Sean Baker's high-octane class struggle comedy (a movie with a crucial touch of empathy, and many parallels to Tangerine) - Palme d'Or winner is in cinemas on Friday, November 2nd [Read More...]
A deeply scarred Renate Reinsve delivers an impressive performance, in this ambitious classroom drama - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]
Not even Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Uma Thurman rescue Paul Schrader's unreliable memory drama from utter boredom - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
In his cinematic dissertation of grief, Rúnar Rúnarsson focuses his attention on two young women shedding tears for the same person each in their own way - humbling Icelandic drama shows at the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]
Biologist-turned-journalist living in Southern Ukraine seeks truth and justice, is this extremely clumsy political comedy - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Iranian widow seeks love and affection in a society that blatantly denies women autonomy, freedom and the simple pleasures of life - gently subversive drama shows at the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]
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...]
