Tag: review

Redmond Bacon - 16-02-2022

The Korean master of self-exploration returns with almost exactly the same film you would expect him to - Silver Bear winner at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

One Year, One Night (Un año, una noche)

Isaki Lacuesta

Redmond Bacon - 14-02-2022

This Spanish-French production looking at the Bataclan attacks is an important story, but it lacks conviction in its evocation of trauma. [Read More...]

Both Sides of the Blade (Avec Amour et Acharnement)

Claire Denis

Redmond Bacon - 12-02-2022

Even the beautiful Juliette Binoche can't save this letdown from one of the world's greatest directors - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush)

Andreas Dresen

Redmond Bacon - 12-02-2022

Expect this Turkish-German comedy to be a domestic hit, with potential international resonance - live from the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival! [Read More...]

Before, Now & Then (Nana)

Kamila Andini

Redmond Bacon - 12-02-2022

A modest yet highly stylised drama, this Indonesian film seeks to illuminate the nuances of the feminine experience - live from Berlin! [Read More...]

Flux Gourmet

Peter Strickland

Redmond Bacon - 11-02-2022

Noise meets food in this culinary British comedy, using a horror-aesthetic while hanging out in a strange fantasy world - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Estonian Dispatch: The First Feature Competition Round-Up

Redmond Bacon - 28-11-2021

A dark and damp November is once again spiced up by a fantastic First Feature Selection at Tallinn Film Festival. Here's our verdict! [Read More...]

The Red Tree (El árbol rojo)

Joan Gómez Endara

Redmond Bacon - 25-11-2021

This Colombian road trip is both an exploration of nation and character, a modest yet touching drama — live from Tallinn Film Festival! [Read More...]

The Cloud & The Man (Manikbabur Megh)

Abhinandan Banerjee

Redmond Bacon - 17-11-2021

This whimsical Indian tale explores man's desire to break free from everyday monotony in surprising and strange ways. [Read More...]

Zeros and Ones

Abel Ferrara

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2021

The latest from the legendary New York auteur is a very moody spy thriller that barely ever seems to come out from the cold - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, March 21st [Read More...]

Cop Secret

Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2021

This unevenly plotted Icelandic cop action-comedy has laughs galore, a great villain and an affirming message at its heart - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

FIRST TIME [The Time for All but Sunset – VIOLET]

Nicolaas Schmidt

Manuel Arija de la Cuerda

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2021

Arthouse drama expertly uses a circle train in Hamburg to represent the painful feeling of romantic tension - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Ultrainnocence (Ultrainocencia)

Redmond Bacon - 22-11-2020

Two lab rats try and find the meaning of life in this bizarre sci-fi comedy from Spain — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Great Happiness

Wang Yiao

Redmond Bacon - 21-11-2020

The longest film in the First Feature Competition is also the best film. This epic of the human heart is filled with bittersweet wisdom — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Shadow Country (Krajina ve Stínu)

Bohdan Sláma

Jack Hawkins - 06-10-2020

Urgent and brilliant Czech movie charts the history of village on Austrian border ravaged by the tyranny of mid-20th century Europe - live from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Hunt

Craig Zobel

Jack Hawkins - 11-03-2020

Sadistic elites gather at a remote location in order to hunt down hapless plebs for fun, in this twisted satire of modern-day US - in cinemas Wednesday, March 11th. [Read More...]

Quezon’s Game

Matthew Rosen

Eoghan Lyng - 04-02-2020

In this biopic of the titular president of The Philippines, Filipino actor Raymond Bagatsing remembers the leader as an often forgotten WW2 hero - in cinemas Friday, January 31st [Read More...]

Mr Jones

Agnieszka Holland

Eoghan Lyng - 01-02-2020

Indomitable Welsh journalist Gareth Jones revealed the atrocities of the Soviet Union in the 1930s to the world, in this drama starring James Norton - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Memento Amare

Lavinia Simina

2017

Victor Fraga - 28-01-2020

Construction worker separated from his family in Romania has to grapple with financial hardship and bigotry in Brexit Britain, in a psychological drama prescient of a bleak future to come [Read More...]

Show me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall

Alfred George Bailey

Eoghan Lyng - 28-01-2020

Photographer Jim Marshall snapped some of the most indelible portraits of the 1960, in documentary capturing both the young artist and the old veteran - in cinemas Friday, January 31st [Read More...]

A Streetcar Named Desire

Elia Kazan

1951

- 25-01-2020

Elia Kazan's adaptation of Tennessee Williams illustrates the brutality with which society marginalises and isolates people - back in cinemas on Friday, February 7th [Read More...]

The Grudge

Nicolas Pesce

Anton Bitel - 22-01-2020

The American director of The Eyes of my Mother and Piercing delivers a personal and inventive take on the highly conventionalised Japanese franchise - in cinemas Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

Waves

Trey Edward Shults

- 16-01-2020

The travails of a middle class black American family are the central pillar of this mostly effective tearjerker - now on VoD [Read More...]

Midnight Traveller

Hassan Fazili

Redmond bacon - 11-01-2020

Cinema verité doc immerses us into the heartbreak of the refugee experience and the immense resolve of those seeking a better life - in cinemas Friday, January 17th [Read More...]

No Fathers in Kashmir

Ashvin Kumar

Victor Fraga - 07-01-2020

British-born and raised teen develops a tender affection for Kashmir boy as they both seek their fathers who disappeared years earlier in the politically volatile region of India - in cinemas Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

The Gentlemen

Guy Ritchie

Eoghan Lyng - 03-01-2020

After a decade directing more family-friendly fodder, Guy Ritchie is back with a more traditional crime caper. He probably shouldn´t have bothered - in cinemas on Wednesday, January 1st [Read More...]

A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life

Staten Eliot

Eoghan Lyng - 02-01-2020

Imagine finding out your friend is a serial killer? This delicious British comedy is a coffin of evil puns - on Digital on January 13th [Read More...]

Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker

J.J. Abrams

Eoghan Lyng - 22-12-2019

Emperor Palpatine has returned with the nefarious Kylo Ren by his side, and they are looking to control the distant galaxy - now available on VOD [Read More...]

Cats

Tom Hooper

Eoghan Lyng - 21-12-2019

Broadway adaptation takes Andrew Lloyd Webber's cycle into hallucinogenic and apocalyptic territory - in cinemas Friday, December 20th [Read More...]

Brotherhood (Bratstvo)

Pavel Lungin

Truls Rostrup - 20-12-2019

Based on the memoirs of a war-veteran-turned-spy, Russian film paints a graphic, vivid and harrowing portrait of the War in Afghanistan - from the Russian Film Festival [Read More...]

Citizen K

Alex Gibney

- 11-12-2019

Documentary about anti-Putin Russian millionaire exposes the contradictions of a country that's neither democratic nor entirely "evil" (as Westerners like to paint it) - in cinemas Friday, December 13th [Read More...]

The Kingmaker

Lauren Greenfield

Redmond Bacon - 07-12-2019

Extraordinary profile of Imelda Marcos, dubbed the "Marie Antoinette" of the Philippines due to her extravagant plundered wealth, is now available on VoD [Read More...]

La Dolce Vita

Federico Fellini

1961

- 06-12-2019

Fellini's portrayal of the ennui of the 1960s remains as current as ever, as our society becomes intoxicated with trivia, diversion and pointless celebrities - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Thirty (Dreissig)

Simona Kostova

Lucas Pistilli - 04-12-2019

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...]

Messi and Maud (La Holandesa)

Marleen Jonkman

2017

Eoghan Lyng - 03-12-2019

A Dutch woman in her 40s, childless and sorrowful, finds unexpected solace on a trip to Chile - watch it for free during the month of December only with ArteKino [Read More...]

Ruth

António Pinhão Botelho

2018

Redmond Bacon - 02-12-2019

The struggle between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica to sign classic footballer Eusèbio becomes a metaphor for a changing Mozambique - watch it for free with ArteKino during the month of December [Read More...]

Pink Wall

Tom Cullen

Redmond Bacon - 02-12-2019

Pink Wall is an ambitious non-linear romance entertaining enough on its own merits, but cannot seem to coelesce into a satisfying whole - now on VoD [Read More...]

Sad Song (Chanson Triste)

Louise Narboni

Eoghan Lyng - 02-12-2019

Parisian Baroque singer Elodie Fonnard and Afghan refugee Ahmad exchange songs, poetry and hope, in this exquisite mixture of documentary and fiction - watch it for free with ArteKino in the month of December only! [Read More...]

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)

Jacques Demy

1964

Patricia Cook - 01-12-2019

Jacques Demy's magnificent and extremely original musical returns to cinemas nearly six decades after its original release; our writer Patricia Cook compares her viewing experience in the 1960s with the present - out on Friday, December 6th [Read More...]

Philophobia

Guy Davies

Eoghan Lyng - 01-12-2019

A small English town directs its villagers in directions of which none would have ever conceived - in cinemas on Friday, October 30th [Read More...]

Finky

Dathai Keane

Eoghan Lyng - 29-11-2019

Deliciously bonkers Irish film tells the story a musician and puppeteer called Finky, and it's a bewildering visual spectacle - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Kalel, 15

Jun Robles Lana

Victor Fraga - 29-11-2019

HIV-positive teen grapples with a dysfunctional family and society, in this extremely bleak yet sobering drama from the Phillipines - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Monster (Arracht)

Tom Sullivan

Victor Fraga - 29-11-2019

Man and young girl have to fend for themselves in 19th century Ireland, as the Great Famine pits hapless peasants against each other - in cinemas on Friday, October 15th [Read More...]

Through Black Glass

Konstantin Lopushansky

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2019

Blind Russian teen marries a Russian oligarch whom she never met, in this sombre tale of patriarchy - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Coldest Game

Lukasz Kosmiski

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2019

Russians and Americans battle on the chessboard at the height of the Cold War, in this extremely formulaic political thriller from Poland - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Lost Lotus

Liu Shu

Victor Fraga - 27-11-2019

After her mother is killed in a hit-and-run accident, woman seeks justice with her own hands but has to grapple with the teachings of Buddhism along the way - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Flying Circus (Cirku Fluturues)

Fatos Berisha

Victor Fraga - 27-11-2019

Four Kosovan actors cross the border illegally in order to perform at a theatre festival in neighbouring Albania, in this simple and captivating comedy about artistic resilience and foolishness - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

When the Moon was Full

Narges Abyar

Victor Fraga - 26-11-2019

Iranian woman marries charming stranger only to find out he's a religious fundamentalist, and that her entire family could be in danger - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Dead Volume (Volume Morto)

Kaue Telloli

Victor Fraga - 26-11-2019

Entirely set in a primary school room, this Brazilian drama pits a young teacher against two angry parents - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Man from Beirut

Christoph Gampl

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2019

Blind hitman bonds with a young girl he was hired to kill, in this conventional neo-noir set in Berlin - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

In the Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand

Dimitris Bavellas

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2019

Two Greek friends in search of an elusive porn star from the 1990s embark on a dazzling journey peppered with imagination, allegory and copious filmic ruses - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Kontora

Anshul Chauhan

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2019

Japanese film built upon highly abstract allegorical devices is a profound meditation on family relations and the wounds of war - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Golden Voices

Evgeny Ruman

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Two elderly Russian dubbers move to Israel following the demise of the Soviet Union, where they have to contend with language and cultural barriers - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Girl with no Mouth (Peri)

Can Evrenol

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Four deformed children fight for their survival in a dystopian post-apocalyptic society, in unusual kids' horror/fantasy movie from Turkey - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Coming Home Again

Wayne Wang

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Son abandons his job and career in order to take care of terminally ill mother, in extremely powerful and intimate meditation on family values and death - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Gutterbee

Ulrich Thomsen

Victor Fraga - 23-11-2019

Xenophobia, homophobia and intolerance prevail in a tiny American town, in this prolonged satire of national identity - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Muscle

Gerard Johnson

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

Craig Fairbrass stars as a highly manipulative personal trainer, in this greasy British thriller set in Newcastle - now on all major VoC platforms [Read More...]

Malpaso

Hector Valdez

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

Black and albino twins have to fend for themselves in a profoundly violent and impoverished society unable to understand the pigmental condition, in this impressive Dominican movie - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Fiela’s Child (Fiela Se Kind)

Brett Michael Innes

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

A white child is adopted by a black family in 19th century South African, in this charming parable of racial segregation - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Drowsy City (Thanh Pho Ngu Gat)

Dung Luong Dinh

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2019

Vietnamese film bursting with originality and audacity utilises chickens as a surrogate for human pain and vulnerability - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Harriet

Kasi Lemmons

- 21-11-2019

Biopic of slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman details the struggle of Black Americans on their way to freedom, and it's a film that all people should see - now on VoD [Read More...]

The Street

Zed Nelson

Redmond Bacon - 13-11-2019

A street in London becomes a metaphor for the failures of Tory austerity in this gripping documentary - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Le Mans ’66 (aka Ford v Ferrari)

James Mangold

Jack Hawkins - 12-11-2019

Designer and driver with very different personalities grapple with corporate interests as they attempt to create a revolutionary race car for Ford, in this fast-paced, real-life story starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon - on Disney+ on Friday, April 15th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

The Report

Scott Z. Burns

Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe

Victor Fraga - 08-11-2019

Docudrama about man who led the landmark investigation into the CIA torture program reveals the dirty secrets of the intelligence service - in cinemas Friday, November 15th [Read More...]

Greener Grass

Victor Fraga - 05-11-2019

Absurdist comedy mocks suburban life in the US, and the outcome is mostly cringeworthy - in cinemas Friday, November 22nd [Read More...]

Sons of Denmark (Danmarks Sønner)

Ulaa Salim

- 25-10-2019

Politically explosive Danish movie exposes a country infested with racism and xenophobia, as the far right ascends in a phenomenon with shocking parallels to Germany in the 1930s - watch it for free at home with ArteKino during the month of December, plus in cinemas on Friday, December 13th [Read More...]

Dolemite is my Name

Craig Brewer

Ian Schultz - 24-10-2019

Eddie Murphy at the top of his game stars in the biopic of deeply subversive blaxploitation star from the 1970s - on Netflix on Friday, October 25th, and also in selected cinemas [Read More...]

Tales from the Lodge

Abigail Blackmore

Victor Fraga - 24-10-2019

British blend of black comedy and slasher with flavours of other horror subgenres is both unsavoury and indigestible - in cinemas on Friday, October 25th [Read More...]

Bringing Out the Dead

Martin Scorsese

1999

Jack Ford - 22-10-2019

Jack Ford remembers Martin Scorsese's overlooked gem about a paramedic collapsing under the strain of his job, for the occasion of its 20th anniversary [Read More...]

A Bump Along the Way

Shelly Love

Eoghan Lyng - 21-10-2019

A 44-year-old single woman finds herself carrying a pregnancy following a one night stand. How will her 15-year-old daughter feel about this? Irish comedy is in cinemas Friday, October 11th [Read More...]

Ed Wood

Tim Burton

1994

Jack Ford - 18-10-2019

As Tim Burton's classic turns 25, Jack Ford takes a dirty look and reevaluates this biopic of the very peculiar filmmaker best known for his low-budget sci-fi and horror movies [Read More...]

Monos

Alejandro Landes

Lucas Pistilli - 17-10-2019

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...]

A Rainy Day in New York

Woody Allen

Charles Williams - 16-10-2019

The latest Woody Allen flick is yet another love letter to the city that never sleeps, a schtick that is proving increasingly tired - on VoD on Friday, June 5th [Read More...]

Ladyworld

Amanda Kramer

Eoghan Lyng - 16-10-2019

After tragedy strikes, eight girls find themselves stranded inside a house without electricity, in this all-female thriller with echoes of Tarantino - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Tell Me Who I Am

Ed Perkins

Victor Fraga - 15-10-2019

Horrifying family secrets surface after two adult twins rummage the secret rooms in their house that their late mother kept locked away, in this shocking British documentary - in UK cinemas and also on Netflix on Friday, October 18th. [Read More...]

Suzi Q

Liam Firmager

Eoghan Lyng - 15-10-2019

Rockumentary celebrates an often-overlooked avant-garde artist, who excelled in pure rock'n roll audacity nearly five decades ago and still continues to do so - now available on VoD! [Read More...]

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

Richard Lowenstein

Werner Herzog, Andre Singer

- 12-10-2019

The handsome and energetic rock star led a tragic life, complete with drug abuse, dysfunctional relationships and a major accident - documentary is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Meeting Gorbachev

Victor Fraga - 10-10-2019

The 88-year-old former politician and last leader of the Soviet Union opens up his heart and shares his achievements, tragedies and pains with German director Werner Herzog - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Fire Will Come (O Que Arde)

Oliver Laxe

Victor Fraga - 08-10-2019

Spanish film about pyromaniac released from jail offers a fascinating view into peasant life in the region of Galicia, as well as a breathtaking immersion into the power of fire - on VoD on Friday, April 6th [Read More...]

Chained for Life

Aaron Schimberg

Eoghan Lyng - 08-10-2019

Is this the real life Beauty and the Beast? Exquisite, idiosyncratic pop feature starring Jess Weixler and Adam Pearson finds profound beauty in facial disfigurement - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Irishman

Martin Scorsese

Daniel Luis Ennab - 08-10-2019

De Niro and Pesci are back in an epic countering on the reminiscence of vintage Scorsese and with an unexpectedly sombre vision of sin - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

Etienne Charles’s docushorts

Etienne Charles

Joshua and Benjamin Safdie

Eoghan Lyng - 07-10-2019

Take a journey through the sensual world of Creole, in this short yet fascinating retrospective of jazz professor Etienne Charles - from the Native Spirit Festival [Read More...]

Uncut Gems

Daniel Luis Ennab - 06-10-2019

The latest film by the Safdie brothers is both energetic and skilfully craft, with a highly nuanced Adam Sandler as the charming anti-hero - now available on Netflix [Read More...]

K’Na Dreamweaver

Ida Anita Del Mundo

2016

Eoghan Lyng - 04-10-2019

A young princess of the T'boli indigenous group of the Philippines discovers that she has been chosen by the gods as her village's dreamweaver - from the Native Spirit Festival [Read More...]

After the Wedding

Bart Freundlich

Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz

Daniel Luis Ennab - 04-10-2019

Remake of Danish movie starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams attempts to tell a complex and multibranched story, but the intriguing layers are never fully fleshed - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Lucas Pistilli - 03-10-2019

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...]

Paper Boats

Yago Muñoz

Eoghan Lyng - 02-10-2019

A family of children leave their home to spend time with their agrarian Grandfather in this charming tale from Mexican director Yago Muñoz - from the Cambridge Film Festival [Read More...]

Sea of Shadows

Richard Ladkani

Eoghan Lyng - 23-09-2019

The vaquita are being driven to extinction by vast amounts of gillnetting placed by totoaba traffickers near Mexico. Now a group of people have come to their rescue - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Zombi Child

Bertrand Bonello

Victor Fraga - 19-09-2019

Haitian teen has to juggle her "zombi" heritage with her new-found friends in an elite boarding school somewhere in France, in this hybrid of horror and political drama - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues)

Denis Cote

Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern

Victor Fraga - 19-09-2019

The dead have returned in order to haunt this sleepy Quebecois village, where the locals lead a stupefyingly mundane existence - on Mubi in April and May [Read More...]

Extra Ordinary

Eoghan Lyng - 16-09-2019

A satanic rock star, a driving instructor with paranormal powers and a widower must face very different demons, in this spectral comedy from Ireland - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Official Secrets

Gavin Hood

Patricia Cook - 15-09-2019

Dirty and Special Relationship: the UK and the US conspire in order to persuade UN Security Council members to support the Iraq War, in political thriller based on real events - now available on VoD [Read More...]

American Woman

Jake Scott

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov

Jack Hawkins - 11-09-2019

Life must go on for a young woman after her teen daughter goes missing, in this dirty kitchen sink drama starring Sienna Miller - on VoD in April [Read More...]

Honeyland

Eoghan Lyng - 10-09-2019

Isolated in doctrinal solitude, a beekeeper’s earnings are threatened by the passage of time and family, in this quietly exuberant doc in the mountains of North Macedonia - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Hotel Mumbai

Anthony Maras

Jack Hawkins - 09-09-2019

The 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks are recreated to convincing results, in thriller blending real stories with fiction - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Belonging (Aidiyet)

Burak Çevik

Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts

Daniel Luis Ennab - 09-09-2019

A man reveals the details of how he met his lover and murdered his mother-in-law-to-be, in potentially fascinating yet clumsily structured movie - from Open City Documentary Film Festival [Read More...]

For Sama

Cédric Le Gallo, Maxime Govare

Victor Fraga - 05-09-2019

Mother finds strength in her baby daughter in order to resist the oppressive Assad regime, in this punch-in-the-stomach war documentary - watch it now on VoD [Read More...]

The Shiny Shrimps (Les Crevettes pailletées)

- 04-09-2019

Homophobic coach has to grapple with loud and frivolous gay polo team, in this well-meaning and entertaining French comedy - on VoD on Monday, January 13th [Read More...]

Rojo

Benjamín Naishtat

Daniel Luis Ennab - 03-09-2019

Argentinian filmmaker Benjamín Naishtat's third film is a muted yet powerful character study spiked with political flavours - on Mubi on Tuesday, January 10th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

Harpoon

Rob Grant

Paul Risker - 02-09-2019

Dirtylicious twists drive the narrative of this American survival thriller about three friends stranded on a yacht and grappling with tension and trust - from FrightFest [Read More...]

The Big Meeting

Daniel Draper

Eoghan Lyng - 02-09-2019

Superb documentary reflects the past, present and future of the Durham Miners' Gala and labour movement, whilst following four protagonists over the course of this impressive working-class occasion - now available on DVD [Read More...]

Non-Fiction (Doubles Vies)

Olivier Assayas

Patricia Cook - 29-08-2019

French comedy starring Juliette Binoche and Guillaume Canet investigates the complexity of old friendships and love, in good conversational style - now also available on BFI Player [Read More...]

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

André Øvredal

Jack Hawkins - 21-08-2019

New fantasy horror produced by Guillermo del Toro is neither scary nor original, however it does excel in technical proficiency - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Neither Wolf nor Dog

Steven Lewis Simpson

Patricia Cook - 20-08-2019

An author is asked to write a book about a Native American elder's experiences, taking viewers on a fascinating journey through the history and the issues that the Lakota people face - in cinemas Friday, August 23rd [Read More...]

Hail Satan

Penny Lane

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...]

Killer Kate!

Elliot Feld

Jack Hawkins - 14-08-2019

This American microbudget slasher is a real killer, but not quite in the way one would hope: it's simply painful to watch - now available on VoD [Read More...]

A Serious Man

Coen Brothers

2009

Jack Ford - 12-08-2019

Mostly overlooked dirty gem by the Coen Brothers is now 10 years old; Jack Ford reevaluates the film and asks why it failed at the box office a decade earlier! [Read More...]

The Last Black Man In San Francisco

Joe Talbot

Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2019

Both a celebration and lament for The City by the Bay, this film is also a deeply felt inquisition into the meaning of home - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Midnight Cowboy

John Schlesinger

1969

Jack Hawkins - 07-08-2019

Five decades after its original release, the New Hollywood trailblazer with kitchen sink flavours remains as powerful and evocative as ever - BFI re-edition is in cinemas Friday, September 13th [Read More...]

Gaza

Victor Fraga - 07-08-2019

Two million Palestinians attempt to live their lives as normal, despite the horrific conditions to which they are subject - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Animals

Sophie Hyde

Eoghan Lyng - 07-08-2019

Old friends and party animals Laura and Tyler brave the streets of Dublin in search of freedom, mischief, cocaine and... er... wedding dresses - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Hoop Dreams

Steve James

1994

Fedor Tot - 05-08-2019

Two Afro-American teens dream of becoming professional basketball players, but the sport has many surprises (both good and bad) in store for them - now on Mubi [Read More...]

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

David Leitch

Jack Hawkins - 01-08-2019

The Fast & Furious saga continues to bloat and extend with the franchise’s ninth instalment and first spin-off - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Shock of the Future (Le Choc du Futur)

Marc Collin

Eoghan Lyng - 29-07-2019

In the male-dominated music industry of Paris in the 1970s, Ana uses electronic gadgets in order to create a brand new, dirty sound - in cinemas from Friday, September 13th [Read More...]

Photograph

Ritesh Batra

Patricia Cook - 29-07-2019

The improbable relationship between two very different people living in the crowded city of Mumbai is the central pillar of this elegantly filmed and effective Indian production - in cinemas Friday, August 2nd [Read More...]

Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love

Nick Broomfield

Victor Fraga - 23-07-2019

After decades of continuous "so longs", Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen finally say goodbye, and it all comes neatly full circle - in cinemas Friday, July 26th. [Read More...]

Do The Right Thing

Spike Lee

1989

Redmond Bacon - 22-07-2019

Three decades after its original release, Spike Lee's magnum opus has lost none of its power to provoke and delight in equal measure - back in cinemas on Friday, August 2nd [Read More...]

The Current War

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Victor Fraga - 19-07-2019

American historical drama details the fight between electricity giants Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla in the late 19th century, but the outcome is neither bright nor electrifying - on Netflix on Monday, July 26th, and also available on other platforms [Read More...]

The Candidate (El Reino)

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Eoghan Lyng - 15-07-2019

Nail-biting Spanish political thriller from the producers of Dogman is a near-perfect movie, bar its protracted duration - in cinemas and digital HD on Friday, August 2nd [Read More...]

Gwen

William McGregor

- 12-07-2019

Young girl in 19th century Snowdonia struggles to keep her family together, in Gothic period drama with flavours of horror - on VoD on Monday, December 11th [Read More...]

The Wedding Guest

Michael Winterbottom

Redmond Bacon - 12-07-2019

Michael Winterbottom's latest action thriller is a travelogue of the world's second most populous nation, and it starts off very well before it descends into something predictable and trite - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Blinded by the Light

Gurinder Chadha

Victor Fraga - 11-07-2019

British Pakistani teen finds a venting outlet in Bruce Springsteen's music, as he grapples with a conservative father and a profoundly racist Britain in the late 1980s - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Phoenix (Føniks)

Camilla Strøm Henriksen

Victor Fraga - 09-07-2019

Fourteen-year-old grappling with an alcoholic mother has a dirty secret in the basement shed, in this effective Norwegian drama - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Vita and Virginia

Chanya Button

Redmond Bacon - 30-06-2019

Virginia Woolf has never been this dull and joyless before, in awful British biopic featuring a miscast Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Kurier

Władysław Pasikowski

Eoghan Lyng - 22-06-2019

Philippe Tłokiński stars as real-life Polish war hero Jan Nowak-Jeziorański in the latest blockbuster from cult director Władysław Pasikowski - in cinemas Friday, June 28th [Read More...]

The Biggest Little Farm

John Chester

Victor Fraga - 21-06-2019

Young American couple gives up urban life in favour of an "old-fashioned" farm, where they both struggle and wallow in the strange paradoxes of nature - in cinemas Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

The Flood

Anthony Woodley

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2019

Asylum seeker has to convince hardened immigration officer that his plight is genuine in order to avoid deportation to a country where he will face certain death - British drama is in cinemas and VoD [Read More...]

Amin

Philippe Faucon

Redmond Bacon - 17-06-2019

The harshness and poetry of immigrant life is empathetically rendered in this quiet slice-of-life drama about the power of human connection under difficult constraints - in cinemas Friday, June 21st [Read More...]

Only You

Harry Wootliff

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2019

Young couple grapples with IVF while attempting to keep the spark in their relationship alive, in this heartfelt yet emotionally draining British drama - in cinemas and on demand Friday, July 12th [Read More...]

Kursk: The Last Mission

Thomas Vinterberg

- 15-06-2019

Colin Firth stars as well-intentioned UK navy captain who led the British efforts to rescue the crew of the Kursk, in submarine drama infused with geopolitical flavours - in cinemas, digital HD, and now also on Netflix [Read More...]

Ashes in the Snow

Marius A. Markevicius

Eoghan Lyng - 15-06-2019

Fifteen-year-old girl is deported to Siberia during the Soviet occupation of the Baltic nations, in a film with strong echoes of Steven Spielberg's most harrowing movie - on DVD and digital HD on Monday, July 15th [Read More...]

Diego Maradona

Asif Kapadia

Victor Fraga - 12-06-2019

The Argentinian football superstar's turbulent years in Naples are the central pillar of Asif Kapadia's third biopic - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Sometimes Always Never

Carl Hunter

- 09-06-2019

Tragedy turns into amusement, in this elaborate trinket of British filmmaking dealing with scrabble and starring a magnificent Bill Nighy - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Edge of Democracy (Democracia em Vertigem)

Petra Costa

Victor Fraga - 09-06-2019

Highly personal Brazilian doc about the recent collapse of democratic institutions in the Latin American nation is a sobering and painful reminder that the individual and the political establishment are inextricable - on Netflix [Read More...]

Apollo 11

Todd Douglas Miller

Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier

Victor Fraga - 08-06-2019

Never-seen-before footage and audio recordings of Nasa's first moon landing is as close as you will get to a real-life Stanley Kubrick movie - on VoD on Monday, November 11th [Read More...]

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Victor Fraga - 08-06-2019

Three documentarists travel to every corner of the planet in order to register the irreversible impact that humans have on our planet - from Sheffield Doc Fest [Read More...]

Halston

Frédéric Tcheng

Redmond Bacon - 05-06-2019

The eternal conflict between art and commerce is stylishly presented in this documentary, charting the rise and fall of one of the US's top fashion designers - in cinemas Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Robert Hamer

1949

Redmond Bacon - 31-05-2019

British comedy still retains the ability to pierce right through the rotten heart of the country's class system - 70th anniversary edition of Ealing Studios' classic is in cinemas Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

The Last Tree

Shola Amoo

Victor Fraga - 30-05-2019

Black teen grapples with his dysfunctional family and his national identity, in this very personal coming-of-age drama - now available on VoD (including Netflix) [Read More...]

Late Night

Nisha Ganatra

Victor Fraga - 29-05-2019

Nifty comedy about pitfalls and prejudices of showbiz starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling is delightful to watch - in cinemas Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

Mari

Georgia Parris

Eoghan Lyng - 29-05-2019

Starring acclaimed dancer Bobbi Jene Smith, this is the tale of a London dancer caught between the beauty of choreography and the constraints of reality - in cinemas and VoD [Read More...]

The Brink

Alison Klayman

Victor Fraga - 28-05-2019

Stephen Bannon travels to Europe and makes new friends in the far-right, while also campaigning for Republicans in the US, in this fly-on-the-wall type of doc - in cinemas on Friday, July 12th. [Read More...]

Widow of Silence

Praveen Mochdale

Eoghan Lyng - 28-05-2019

Living in a conflict-ridden Kashmir, a "half widow" must find the strength to fight for herself in an absurd situation all too real - from the London Indian Film Festival [Read More...]

Freedom Fields

Naziha Arebi

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2019

Libyan documentary follows females footballers as they struggle to overcome a number of barriers in the post-Gaddafi era - on Mubi on Friday, July 31st [Read More...]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu)

Celine Sciamma

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2019

Young female painter is commissioned to create the wedding portrait of Heloise without her realising it, in exquisite romance meditating on subtle male oppression - now available on MUBI [Read More...]

The Whistlers (La Gomera)

Corneliu Porumboiu

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2019

Criminals use ancestral whistling language from the Canary Islands in order to communicate with each other, in extremely jumbled up thriller set between Bucharest and Spain - on Netflix from December [Read More...]

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Chad Stahelski

Charlie Jones - 25-05-2019

Keanu Reeves's titular character refuses to die, in awe-inspiring folktale about the odds of overcoming the impossible - third instalment of franchise is in cinemas Friday, May 24th [Read More...]

The Traitor (Il Traditore)

Marco Bellochio

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2019

Biopic of Cosa Nostra's supergrass acts as the moral compass of a nation grappling with a sanguinary past - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]

It Must be Heaven

Elia Suleiman

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2019

Palestinian director asks fundamental questions about being a "stranger" abroad, in absurdist political comedy with echoes of Mr Bean - now on BFI Player [Read More...]

Once in Trubchevsk (Odnazhdy v Trubchevske)

Larisa Sadilova