Tag: film review

Redmond Bacon - 12-04-2022

Modern civilisation and simplicity come into conflict in this ambitious Bolivian city-symphony - on VoD on Monday, May 30th [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 20-07-2020

A happily married Parisian wife takes control of her life in unexpected ways, in director Josephine Mackerras’s empowering debut feature - on VoD from Friday, July 24th. [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 07-02-2020

There's no denying its production values, but Takashi Miike's First Love is a vapid crime caper that's outlandish to a fault - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 13-12-2019

Inspired by the stories of his grandfather, Sam Mendes has made the biggest and best First World War film of the 21st century - now also available on Netflix [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 02-12-2019

Director Kim Longinotto presents a short history of Sicilian culture with photojournalist Letizia Battaglia as the focaliser - in cinemas Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 26-11-2019

In this National Geographic documentary, director Feras Fayyad captures the bravery and perseverance of besieged doctors fighting to save the people of Damascus - out in UK cinemas Friday, December 6th. [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-11-2019

Roma immigrant has to fight for her and her family's survival in Germany in both physical and metaphorical ways, in this psychological drama with a punch of political commentary - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 29-09-2019

Nigerian director Chinonye Chukwu considers the emotional impact of capital punishment, and the outcome is mostly lifeless - on VoD on Friday, July 17th [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 24-09-2019

Sylvester Stallone sleepwalks into a litany of violence in this gnarly swansong to his defining character - on VoD Friday, May 21st [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 23-09-2019

Veteran filmmaker Taghi Amirani investigates British involvement in the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat - in virtual cinemas across the UK, Ireland, the US and Canada from Friday, August 21st [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-08-2019

The devil has never been this adorable before, in this documentary about a group of American progressives who appropriated the Antichrist for the libertarian crusade - in cinemas and VoD [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 30-06-2019

Nicolas Roeg's horror masterpiece is back in cinemas nearly 50 years after its original release, and it remains a harrowing reminder of our impermanence, and the immutability of our future - out on Friday, July 5th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2019

Aspiring actress has to grapple with lewd and manipulative filmmaker, in cleverly multilayered psychological drama from China - on Mubi on Tuesday, July 13th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 06-05-2019

Renowned mountaineer pierces together his momentous life with the help of books and images from the past, as he encounters his worst enemy ever: memory loss - in cinemas Friday, May 10th. [Read More...]

- 05-05-2019

Strangers on their way to a wedding bond through their mutual hate of pretty much everything and everyone they know, in romcom featuring Keanu Reevs and Winona Ryder - in cinemas Friday, May 10th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 02-05-2019

Till death do us part? Daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a female campaigning for the death penalty, in British-American romance starring Kate Mara and Ellen Page at the top of their game - on VoD on Monday, August 5th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 13-03-2019

Director of Embrace of the Serpent delivers crime drama set in Colombia of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, as indigenous traditions are quickly corrupted by the booming drug trade - in cinemas Friday, May 17th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2019

Animated doc featuring British playwright David Hare examines the ugly wall imprisoning Palestinians, described as "the perfect crime" - in selected cinemas from February 27th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2019

Ridley Scott's classic is one of the most subversive films ever made for more reasons than one, and it's getting a 4k restoration just in time for its 40th anniversary - in cinemas Friday, March 1st [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-02-2019

Argentinean film about three LGBT friends who encounter an alien at granny's has echoes of Alfonso Cuaron and Nicolas Roeg - winner of the Teddy Bear award in Berlin [Read More...]

Pablo Staricco - 17-02-2019

Fractured mind, fractured filmmaking! Experimental director and young actress deliver an audacious and jarring study of mental illness, often blurring the line between performance and reality - now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Fiona Whitelaw - 17-02-2019

Ugly problems surface when dysfunctional family goes on holidays in dejected seaside town, in British dirty gem starring Samantha Morton and Billie Piper - available for digital download on Monday, February 25th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-01-2019

Irish horror about mother convinced that her son isn't her son anymore recycles old suspense tropes, and is effective enough to keep you hooked for 90 minutes - premieres on Friday, January 25th at Sundance and then out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 1st [Read More...]

Ben Flanagan - 24-01-2019

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...]

Ron Fogel - 19-01-2019

What do you get when you mix a Western revenge story with a martial arts film, taking place in Indonesia? Here's your answer - now available on all major VoD platforms. [Read More...]

Charlies Jones - 17-01-2019

A former detective infiltrates a prison island in order to avenge the murder of his family, in colourful yet soulless South Korean martial arts flick - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Lucas Pistilli - 30-11-2018

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...]

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2018

Four half-sisters in Colombia meet for the first time at their father's funeral, and they travel across the country in order to prevent the youngest one from being taken in by social services - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2018

Feuding couple have to conceal a dead body in their flat during their extravagant Diwali party, in dark comedy investigating India's "a-moral" values and traditions - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ben Flanagan - 16-10-2018

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...]

Ben Flanagan - 15-10-2018

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...]

Redmond Bacon - 02-10-2018

Japanese artist who arrived in New York in the 1950s challenged the male orthodoxy of the art world; her highly stylised, Pop-Art like patterns are perfect for the Instagram age - in cinemas Friday, October 5th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-09-2018

The shining facets of filmmaking! Two very subversive artists of different media (film and photography) and very distant generations join forces in order to create a lawless tribute to spontaneity and ephemerality - in cinemas Friday, September 21st [Read More...]

Petra von Kant - 08-02-2018

A tale of two dragons: Bruce Lee's epic battle against Wong Jack Man, which catapulted the young fighter to fame, is the subject of George Nolfi's film, starring Philip Ng - in cinemas February 23rd [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-02-2018

The waves rule Britannia! The real story of British sailor Donald Crowhurst, who wanted to complete a round-the-world voyage on his own vessel but lost the battle to the seas, is the subject of film starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz - on DVD, BD and digital download June 4th [Read More...]

Alasdair Bayman - 13-12-2017

Heavy-hearted Romanian drama about man succumbing to TB during Interwar period reflects on our vulnerability, mortality and triggers of the intellect - watch it now with ArteKino [Read More...]

Alasdair Bayman - 26-11-2017

What goes around comes around! Serbian filmmaker uses the real story of Serbian soldier who saved Muslim shop owner during Bosnian War in order to reflect on contemporary social-political issues not restricted to the Balkans - watch it now on VoD [Read More...]

Maysa Monção - 19-10-2016

Who the hell stole my play? Maysa Monção writes a letter to the late French playwright Jean-Luc Lagarce letting him know that Xavier Dolan did a great job adapting his masterpiece to the silver screen; you wouldn't want the poor man rolling in his coffin! Available now on Mubi [Read More...]