Eoghan Lyng - 09-09-2024

Five characters give their impressions of life as queer people of colour, in a world divided by religion and righteousness - from the Bronzelens Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

Italian director sets out to celebrate pornography, but instead legitimises the old prejudices she aimed to denounce - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

Sicilian soldier stirs the relative peace of a large Italian family, in this beautiful yet soporific drama - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

A widowed father of two sons despairs as his eldest mingles with fascists, in this effective social realist drama set in France - from the the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-09-2024

Farming villagers of Scotland grapple with meddling outsiders, in Athina Rachel Tsangari's rich yet protracted new drama - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-09-2024

Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of William Burroughs's early short novel (starring a drug-addicted, randy Daniel Craig) is an anodyne blend of strawberry fantasy and vanilla erotica - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Steve Naish - 03-09-2024

Aude Léa Rapin's sci-fi offers a grim representation of a dystopian French state that has emerged into a high-surveillance, low-tolerance society - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 02-09-2024

Almodovar's first feature film in English is an amusing and enlightening meditation on cancer and suicide, and a lot less melodramatic than his Spanish movies - GOLDEN LION WINNER at the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 01-09-2024

George Clooney and Brad Pitt trade barbs and snide comments, in this entertaining comedy thriller - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 01-09-2024

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 the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 01-09-2024

Italian filmmaker and French street artist join forces in order to create an exuberant short film blending urban textures and techniques - from the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 31-08-2024

Jew-hating supremacist is the focus of this trivial American bang-bang with disingenuous political undertones - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 31-08-2024

WW1 drama about self-harmers and the Spanish flu is so clumsily staged that it's barely watchable - from the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2024

John Lennon and Yoko Ono become American conveyors of change during the early 1970s, in this superbly assembled documentary - the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-08-2024

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 Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Susanne Gottlieb - 17-09-2024

Movies unite and create memories. And not just for adults. A vibrant audience is often pushed to the side. Tallinn has set out to change this! [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 11-09-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Ziyu Lou, the director of American Daydream; they talk about undocumented immigrants, language barriers, Confucian values, shifting from comedy to drama, and... cooking Chinese food for your cast and crew! [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 19-08-2024

Swiss director follows a band of refugees as they travel across remnants of the Bosnian War, the stunning backdrop offering some strange healing - from the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-08-2024

Big city pushes young man battling severe mental health issues further into the abysm, in this tremendous Turkish drama - in the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 16-08-2024

Two girls aching for a world beyond their town take to modelling, in this Lithuanian feature about adolescence - in the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 15-08-2024

Fida Bizri explores the battles that devastated Lebanon, deciding that no ideology is worth the bloodshed that comes with it - in the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 13-08-2024

Three disparate figures congregate at a stunning Monaco house for Christmas; they discuss lifestyle choices, prostitution, 17th century kittens, and much more - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 13-08-2024

Amnesiac man experiences rebirth by reading his own musings from decades earlier, in a film with some peculiar similarities to Cinema Paradiso - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 12-08-2024

The adopted child of a missionary is tasked with healing a sick woman, in a region divided by Indigenous tradition and illegal logging - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 11-08-2024

Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 09-08-2024

The news report of an infanticidal matriarch bewitches a Spanish mother and writer, in this impressive tale of maternal horror (with many a twist) - from the Official Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-07-2024

Very sad disease kills plantation labourers in Africa, in this extremely sombre allegory of Portuguese colonialism - from the Crystal Globe Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-07-2024

Quiet and exuberant arthouse film ruminates on the sensory bond between humans and animals - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-07-2024

Maria's perfect, happy marriage begins to collapse for no apparent reason, in this this humanistic Norwegian drama - in the Official Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-07-2024

People find catharsis and oppression within the walls of their hotel room, uuin this mysterious episodic drama from China - at the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 01-07-2024

Thailand is the setting for a journey of reflection, identity, and pain in a deeply emotional documentary - from 58th Karlovy Vary International Film, Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-06-2024

Off-the-grid family are forced to return to civilisation after the mother tragically passes away - Norwegian documentary shows in the 2nd Mediterrane Fillm Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 25-06-2024

"Godly" voices guide and torment a lone hunter, in intriguing drama set in a trigger-happy United States [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-06-2024

Entirely spoken in Basque, this quiet and sombre political drama peeks into the sad life of a lone separatist living in hiding - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-06-2024

Observational nature offers insight into the life of moths and the human beings researching them, in a film experience oscillating between the hypnotic and the soporific - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 24-06-2024

The story behind a beer label becomes an enticing stroll through personal history in this colourful local film [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2024

Sombre and elegiac Kazakh drama observes the shocking repercussions of modern-day slavery, and unbridled sadism - from the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 06-06-2024

Cutting between seven central characters in Syria and Greece, director Brandt Andersen paints a jarring fable about survival, sincerity and family - refugee drama premieres at the 32nd edition of Raindance/ also in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 05-06-2024

A wayward teen leaves foster care behind, only to bump into a potential "mother" - dirty gem from Ireland premieres at the 32nd Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 04-06-2024

Part-love story, part-revenge thriller, part-feminist Western revision, Viggo Mortensen's sophomore feature (on the director's seat) shows scrappy ambition, and gets flanked by two stellar performances - in cinemas on Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

Joshua Polanski - 27-05-2024

Dirty gem from India bludgeons the beauty standards of both Bollywood and Hollywood, while refreshingly allowing women to find pleasure in sex - showing in the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2024

A long prison stint separates two desperately infatuated young lovers, but time does not heal their wounds - very familiar love story is in the Official Competition of the 77th Festival de Cannes Cannes [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 24-05-2024

In this stylistic but underwhelming adaptation of Daisy Johnson's Sisters, the truth comes flooding in after a family moves back to Ireland - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 24-05-2024

Asylum seeker does some deep soul-searching as he prepares for an immigration interview, in a gritty French drama dotted with little gestures of kindness - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2024

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 with Tangerine) - Palme d'Or winner at the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2024

Miguel Gomes's new film has the aesthetic ambitions and also some topical similarities with his masterpiece Taboo, yet the soporific travelogue of Asia slips into artistic banality - from the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 23-05-2024

In this spectral piece of slow cinema, two gay men reconcile their dirty and underground job with love - LGBT+ drama infused with positivity shows in the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 23-05-2024

Saudi woman risks her reputation and engagement in order to save an art piece, at at time female nationals operated at whim of their husbands and creative expression was seriously frowned upon - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 22-05-2024

A gravedigger, a seamstress and a child fight for their survival inside a ruthless society, in this achingly sorrowful and spellbinding drama from Somalia - from the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2024

Chiara Mastroianni in incorporates her late, famous father into her life (moustache, fedora hat et al) - in Christophe Honore's sweet but unremarkable piece of autofiction premieres in the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 20-05-2024

Returning to his home town, ex-convict Lang distrusts everyone he meets until he encounters an animal as lost as he is - cinemas on Friday, August 30th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2024

Oliver Stone and Rob Wilson's biopic of "the most popular politician on Earth" traces the trajectory of the three-time Brazilian president as he overcomes personal and political obstacles of all sorts - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2024

Jia Zhangke's latest portrait of the China is profound, laborious and meditative, dotted with snippets of joy, and perhaps his most difficult film to date - from the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2024

Fiery trans gangster musical is fuelled by explosive Mexican soap opera devices; the outcome is guaranteed to blow you away - winner of the Jury and Best Actress prizes the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

The daughter of powerful sports betting lord investigates her father mysterious demise, in this at times inscrutable docufiction from Argentina - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

A seamstress faces the terrifying consequences of becoming pregnant by her boss, while an underground adoption agent seeks to relocate babies - Danish fantasy horror with a shocking twist shows in the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2024

A deeply scarred Renate Reinsve delivers an impressive performance, in this ambitious however meandering classroom drama - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2024

Yorgos Lanthimos's eerie-silly display of altruism feels like a David Lynch film remade by Peter Greenaway - on VoD on August 27th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Solemn and austere drama explores the dark machinations of homophobia in rural Romania, with a familiar yet jarring story bursting with subtleties - in the Officil Competition of the 77th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 17-05-2024

Legendary American director Francis Ford Coppola has compiled a story that works as well onscreen as it would as a literary text - in cinemas on Friday, September 27th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Andrea Arnold's ultra-British blend of social realism and magical realism is uneven yet fascinating to watch - in the Official Competition of the 77th Cannes International Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 16-05-2024

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 Karlovy Vary [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 15-05-2024

Andrea Arnold's debut holds up due to its depiction of intrusive surveillance, complete with a randy and vengeful woman behind the controls - live from Cannes [Read More...]

John McDonald - 15-05-2024

Argentinean debut feature explores the severity of mental illness, deep diving into taboo relationships and questions of morality - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 14-05-2024

A triumph of 1920s silent cinema, this newly restored cut of the dirty classic benefits from an orchestral score, but the strength lies in the complexity and ambition of the script - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2024

Young woman happily marries three brothers in rural Nepal, before a controversial pregnancy disrupts their fragile harmony - from the Mare Nostrum section of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival of Malta [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 23-02-2024

Isabelle Huppert stars as a grieving policewoman searching for a new meaning in life, in a misfire from octogenarian French auteur André Téchiné - from the Panorama section of the 74th Berlinale [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 23-02-2024

Writer-director brother duo Nathan and Daniel Zellner conjure into existence American folklore creature, the sasquatch, most commonly known as Big Foot - unbelievably realistic film is on VoD on August 5th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-02-2024

Young man groomed by Isis returns to his Tunisian family of farmers with a mysterious wife; the woman harbours a dark secret under her purple niqab - from the the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]

Agnieszka Piotrowska - 20-02-2024

Four generations of women in Russian-occupied Ukraine explore family trauma and ethnic identity through brutally honest conversations - from the Panorama section ofnthe 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2024

Gael Garcia Bernal and Renate Reinsve star in this extremely lame and predictable sci-fi from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 19-02-2024

Lengthy, in-depth character of the iconic Hollywood actor reveals a subversive, intelligent, and surprisingly self-loathing human being - from the Forum section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-02-2024

Americans myths of social integration, freedom and tolerance are bust, seared and broiled in this kitchen from hell - caustic social satire shows in the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania. [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 19-02-2024

The British director of psychological horror St Maud crosses the pond in order to create an equally convincing (and violent) tale of queer love - on VoD on Monday, July 22nd [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2024

Chinese film entirely set in Brazil ruminates on rootlessness, wanderlust, and insurmountable cultural and linguistic barriers - from the Encounters section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Biologist-turned-journalist living in Southern Ukraine seeks truth and justice, is this extremely clumsy political comedy - from the Forum section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Seventy-year-old widow from Iran seeks love and affection in a society that blatantly denies women autonomy, freedom and the simple pleasures of life - gently subversive drama is in cinemas on Friday, September 13th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-02-2024

Mexican psychological thriller about a young man seeking justice for his mother's disappearance boasts multidimensional characters and unexpected twists - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-01-2024

Three Arabs migrate from Lebanon to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, in this tale of passion, religion, cultural barriers and male competition - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Joshua Polanski - 29-01-2024

Challenged by thieves, police raids and child exploitation, Catholic nun forsakes her own religious and moral principles - Indonesian drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-01-2024

A woman losing her memory reclaims her connection to reality after seeing Monica Vitti on film, in this highly intertextual drama - a beautifully deluded Alba Rohrwacher dazzles the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-01-2024

Party turns into soul-searching drama, in this authentic British tale of abrupt and crude teenage coming-of-age rituals - live from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Joshua Bogatin - 10-12-2023

Fanny Ardant and Nadine Labaki excel in this African-European co-production about growing up and returning home - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2023

Terrifying exorcist drama adapts Christian horror tropes into Muslim culture to exceptional results; this Emirati film will keep you on the edge of your seat - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2023

Quirky Iranian dramedy interrogates the nation's peculiar traditions and taboos - from the Official Competition of the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 08-12-2023

Congo born and Belgium-based Baloji’s debut feature is packed with original ideas and robust visual concepts, in an dazzling ode to the struggles of the African diaspora - international co-production of six African and European nations shows at from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2023

Two marginalised communities of Lebanon see no hope and no light, in gloomy doc about the country’s refusal and inability to integrate its most vulnerable people - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Joshua Bogatin - 07-12-2023

High-octane Indonesian drama about a man prescribed with 24 hours to live due to cardiac problems will not get your heart beating fast - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2023

Moroccan filmmaker puts the finger in her own family wounds... and twists it (!!!) - eerie, sobering and inventive documentary shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2023

Palestinian teacher grapples with his own secrets and emotions as he desperately fights to protect one of his students - fiery activist drama premieres at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2023

Comedy portrays the trials and tribulations of Muslims in New Zealand with a very light-hearted touch, while exposing some very dark and insidious prejudices - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2023

A young man suffering horrific domestic abuse slips into a life of crime in order to make ends meet - ultra-violent Korean drama shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2023

A Swiss scientist desperately seeks his elusive lover as reality breaks down into small pieces, in this overambitious metaphysical thriller - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 05-12-2023

A car mechanic [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2023

Mother and daughter unite against the dark and oppressive forces of the patriarchy, in this feminist ghost story from Pakistan - in cinemas on Friday, May 24th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2023

A hardened woman moves to a remote island in the Emirates in search of a new start, and develops a fraught relationship with the locals - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Joshua Bogatin - 04-12-2023

A Saudi woman struggles to get out from her overbearing father's control, in this batty, psychedelically fractured Saudi adventure drama - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-12-2023

The incredible story of the biggest Women's World Cup of all time that nobody ever heard of is both sobering and devastating - on various VoD platforms on Thursday, August 1st [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2023

An elderly couple of rural Uzbekistan are entirely satisfied with their humble existence, and struggle to accept the little signs of modern life imposed upon them - very slow and intimate drama premieres at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2023

Jordanian widow feigns pregnancy in order to prevent her greedy brother-in-law from seizing her inheritance - spectacular social realist drama shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2023

A school teacher becomes an instant social media celebrity after a fiery political video goes viral, with terrifying consequences - audacious Pakistani movie premieres at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 02-12-2023

A rural veterinary doctor has to reconcile his love for animals with the cruel and deranged behaviour of human beings, in this luminescent Iranian drama - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 02-12-2023

Young muslim mother-to-be questions her religious faith and doctrine after reconnecting with her Berber roots - otherworldly French-Moroccan drama shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 02-12-2023

Saddam Hussein develops a paternal bond with the the young farmer who sheltered him for nearly eight months, in this unusual tribute to loyalty and endurance - fascinating doc shows at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-11-2023

Barely decipherable allegorical detective drama from Ukraine sets out to comment on the nation fast-changing soul and identity - showing at the London ICA on August 28th only [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-11-2023

Crime thriller about call-centre-worker-turned-drug-dealer inserts some grit into the squeaky clean capital of Saudi Arabia - in cinemas on Friday, August 30th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2023

Suicidal control freak ex-boyfriend manipulates Italian woman over the telephone, in this suspense thriller from Italy - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2023

Moody, inscrutable road movie provides a fascinating peak into the ice-cold and barren landscape of Northern Russia, by the Barents Sea - from the 41s Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-11-2023

Slow and exquisite drama elegantly portrays the fleeting connection between two very different strangers in Brussels - from the 41st Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-11-2023

A tiger escapes from the zoo, forcing her vet to hunt her down while also scrambling over a major loss inside her own family - robust Romanian debut shows at the 41st Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-11-2023

Psychosexual thriller about a high-tech wing woman helping randy lonely men to seduce and to f**k women offers viewers nine different endings - from REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2023

Traditional Nigerian village asks the goddess of the sea for a little helping in the battle against the forces of [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2023

Teen embarks on a journey along the American Northeast, in this highly experimental, trippy and barely coherent movie about US stereotypes - from REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2023

The fraught relationship between two women becomes a proxy for Sudan in the beginning of the century, a country on the verge of a break-up - clever, finely scripted drama shows at the REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 19-11-2023

Insightful and compelling documentary about Russia’s future interrogates the politics far beyond her borders - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-11-2023

A teenager from a broken home has to confront their demons, in this compelling adaptation of a Geert Taghon novel - from the International Youth Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-11-2023

In this bold Chinese commentary on mass consumerism, audiences are forced to ask difficult questions about their lives - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 17-11-2023

A man and a woman go on about their daily lives in a series of static shots, in a superlative achievement of modern-day silent cinema - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 17-11-2023

In this batty Sri Lankan film, a family have to deal with daddy's dead body and... ermmm... his throbbing boner - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 17-11-2023

Playfully quiet critique of class and prejudicial power dynamics becomes an interpersonal war story, in this entertaining film from Spain - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]

John McDonald - 16-11-2023

Jack-of-all-trades documentary investigates the strange life cycle of the gigantic fir trees of Georgia - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 16-11-2023

A trans woman returns to the Caribbean island from which she escaped, in a compassionate movie about acceptance - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Chris Simpson - 16-11-2023

Masterful hip-hop fantasy meditates on love through enchanting dance moves and fiery slam poetry - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 15-11-2023

A Greek island, a lesbian couple from LA, migrant Albanian workers, a racist cop, and an abandoned brutalist hotel... just what could possibly go wrong??? Live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 15-11-2023

Dirty gem from Lithuania reveals that asexuality does not preclude tenderness and intimacy - in cinemas on Friday, May 24th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 15-11-2023

In this impressive and colourful adaptation of a Nobel Prize winning book, a Polish woman must face the consequences of her decisions - on various VoD platforms on Monday, March 25th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 14-11-2023

A black man from a former British colony experiences prejudice in a film that tips its hat at Indian mythology - from the the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 13-11-2023

The real-life story of a Czech couple that went on a shocking, unrepentant killing spree becomes a tight and tense thriller - live at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-11-2023

Marriage from hell takes place in Montenegro as bride suddenly confesses that she wishes to [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 12-11-2023

A woman meets, loses then searches for a film director who makes movies by constantly travelling, finding new places and meeting new people - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-11-2023

Warm and tender South Korean movie sets out to challenge the norms of conventional storytelling - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Anton Bitel - 12-11-2023

Aik Karapetian’s latest psychodrama lets a family role-play their problems in an insect-infested old house in the woods, in a movie with flavours of Lars von Trier - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 12-11-2023

In the 23rd Century, a private investigator and her resurrected robot assistant go to Mars in order to investigate the murder of a cybernetics student – bravura sci-fi animation shows at the 53rd edition of Rotterdam [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 11-11-2023

New Zealand indie tries to unite the despair of three very different women into in one compelling and tidy story, but does not reach its full potential - live at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 11-11-2023

Two Korean girls spend their night on the beach, in this non-narrative, meditative and inquisitive experimentation with cinematic minimalism - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-11-2023

Italian prostitutes raise a mentally handicapped man as if he was their baby, in this raw and tender tale of motherly affection in the most unlikely of places - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-11-2023

Fifteen-year-old Spanish girl seeks paternal affection, in this quietly moving tale of family secrets and abandonment - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 10-11-2023

Can a seemingly happy and loving marriage survive after the husband has been accused of sexual assault? British indie raises uncomfortable questions at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 09-11-2023

Impressive Estonian feature starts out as a Beckettian horror before turning into something endearing and heartfelt - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 02-11-2023

Four Israeli and Palestinian individuals who have lost their loved ones find the will to forge ahead without becoming intoxicated by hate, in this heartwarming documentary - from the UK Jewish Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 24-10-2023

Vital documentary shares a personal account of being a victim of deepfake pornography - in cinemas on Friday, November 24th [Read More...]

John McDonald - 23-10-2023

A traveling salesman slips into a life crime in order to provide for his wife, in this steady and authentic American indie - from the 31st edition of Raindance [Read More...]

David Villalmanzo - 23-10-2023

Documentary (with a few fictional elements thrown in) seeks to restore the legacy of deaf gypsy flamenco dancer Antonia Singla, a figure long lost from public sight - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 23-10-2023

An empathetic and thoughtful story about eating disorders, and the toxicity of the comparative and self-critical gaze - Britanny Snow's directorial debut premieres at the 31st edition of Raindance [Read More...]

Anton Bitel - 22-10-2023

Adam Ethan Crow’s real-time feature takes an ageing shock jock on a long dark night of the soul - British indie premieres at the 31st edition of the Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 19-10-2023

A couple of cowboys from Swaziland (now Eswatini) are just… living the dream – and yet, even in their dreams, this would have been hard to accomplish - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 18-10-2023

The Amazon Rainforest becomes a battleground for the planet, in this thoughtful American-Brazilian doc about the true cost of deforestation - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 17-10-2023

This almost unbelievable Canadian documentary tells a story of the the occults, satanism, manipulation, and especially deceit; an event so dramatic and unholy that it kicked off the “Satanic Panic [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 16-10-2023

Gentle queer romance descends into elaborate trip down memory lane, as British filmmaker Andrew Haigh blurs the lines between the physical, the imaginary and the supernatural - on VoD on Monday, April 8th [Read More...]

Nick Kouhi - 14-10-2023

Michael Mann’s first feature film in nearly a decade is fascinated by the significance, both personal and historical, that name carries for its chief figures - in cinemas on Tuesday, December 26th [Read More...]

Nick Kouhi - 12-10-2023

Viggo Mortensen is a Danish gunslinger in search of his daughter, in this pseudo-Western authored by one of Argentina's most modest yet striking filmmakers - from the 61st New York Film Festival [Read More...]

David Villalmanzo - 02-10-2023

Unconventional portrait of long-forgotten Spanish musician Mauricio Aznar takes viewers on a transcontinental journey of self-discovery (between Spain and Argentina) - from the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival.  [Read More...]

Nick Kouhi - 02-10-2023

Yorgos Lanthimos repackages history with an exquisite singularity as well as a faux-provocative attitude, fearful of pushing audiences to look beyond their own bodies - Golden Lion winner is in cinemas on Friday, January 12th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-09-2023

Gabriel Byrne stars as Irish writer Samuel Beckett, in this concise yet very conventional and contrived biopic of a literary genius - from the 41st Turin Film Festival and the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-09-2023

Victor Erice returns to filmmaking after a three-decade hiatus, crafting a protracted, moody and profound reflection on memory, cinema and reconnection (with a twist) - On VoD on Monday, June 24th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2023

Maria has to juggle seafood harvesting, midwifery and illegal abortions, in this dark and visceral drama set during the 1970s in rural Galicia, Northwestern Spain - Golden Shell winner is in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2023

Young Spanish woman who no longer feels safe in her own country travels to India in search of a Utopian society ruled by women - animation premieres at the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2023

Co-founder of Studio Ghibli crafts a semi-autobiographical animation populated by an orphaned boy, nosey old ladies, and angry, duplicitous birds of all sorts - in cinemas on Tuesday, December 26th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2023

Young nurse with a dirty secret finds little joy in the company of his own family, instead seeking solace in broken relationships with his patients - Greenland-set, cold-hearted drama shows at the Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 10-09-2023

French movie about two siblings on a road trip deftly bridges the barrier between documentary and fiction - from the 48th Toronto International Film Festival [Read More...]

Louis Roberts - 05-09-2023

Provocative and unabashed German film portrays the sexually intensive relationship between plus-size model and a paraplegic dancer - Best Performance Leopard winner at Locarno [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2023

A Turkish lawyer has to contend with a number of moral dilemmas as she defends a vulnerable client, while also grappling with the fate of her vegetative mother - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2023

Italian director captures five Cubans of three different generations as they patiently dwell in a town where [Read More...]

Daniel L. Mattock  - 17-08-2023

Bad omens, unrequited love, and the deep-sea mythical rise above the shoreline for a trio of reuniting friends in Nelson Yeo’s surreal Singaporean drama - from the 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival.   [Read More...]

Louis Roberts - 11-08-2023

British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed excels as a man grappling with his clashing cultural identities, in French-Algerian director’s bold new film - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 08-08-2023

Moroccan prepubescent teens fight for survival on the deserted streets of Spanish exclave Melilla, in this cold and distant Swiss-French documentary - from the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Steve Naish - 08-08-2023

Venezuelan drama investigates the crippling desire to create a world of destruction, and the power of music in a damaged world - from the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-08-2023

Ukrainian man returns to his precarious countryside village in order to tend his sick mother, in this beautiful yet monotonous riff on departure - from the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-08-2023

Gently subversive and achingly realistic Spanish drama investigates the impermanence of time, sentiments, and the complex relation between the image and the subject - in competition at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-08-2023

Young Cape Verdean mother migrates to Lisbon in search of financial opportunities, but singing morna becomes her only reliable companion - from the 76th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-08-2023

Artist and audience forge a toxic, love-hate relationship, in Quentin Dupieux's dirty, hilarious tribute to the (movie) theatre - in cinemas on Friday, April 5th [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 02-08-2023

Fresh, frank and unapologetic documentary about four trans women was directed by a trans music-producer-turned-filmmaker struggling to make ends meet - on VoD on Monday, September 11th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2023

Completely bonkers, female-made Asian horror about schoolgirl slowly morphing into a tiger neither scares nor astounds viewers - in cinemas on Friday, May 17th. [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-06-2023

Filthy-queer-radical metafictional dramedy about suicidal Chilean filmmaker living in Mexico is hilarious, sexy, gruesome and tense in equal measures - on VoD on Monday, October 2nd [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-06-2023

Estonian women tell their life stories, share their joys and pains, purge their demons, and make peace with themselves inside a tiny, steamy sauna - on VoD on Monday, January 8th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-06-2023

An Iranian and a Romanian student reflect on the repercussions of the revolutions in their own nations, in this clever and moving documentary consisting entirely of archive footage (and with a twist!) - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-06-2023

An unidentified, carbonised corpse embodies the futility of the little-known [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-06-2023

Tensions reach boiling point during a Finnish family Christmas, in this extremely austere, Brechtian comedy drama - from the Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

- 15-06-2023

Basque tale of unrequited love in the vein of Truffaut and Hong Gang-soo is gently heartwarming and pleasant to watch - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-06-2023

A young girl is abandoned by her mother and forced into child labour, in this Nicaraguan garbage dump tale of solitude and survival - live from the 22nd Transylvania International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-06-2023

Nature documentarist attempts to communicate and to forge an emotional bond with two different sperm whales, in this fascinating tale of cross-species trust and affection - live from the Transylvania Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-06-2023

Indigenous girl seeking revenge for her father's brutal assassination turns to black magic, in this hybrid blend of historical drama and fantasy from Chile - in cinemas Friday, June 14th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-05-2023

Italian director becomes increasingly recognised for her idiosyncratic style, now moving further away from poetic territory into quirky zone - on VoD on Monday, June 24th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2023

Wim Wenders returns to what he does best with this observational and meditative drama about a toilet cleaner forging ahead his lonely routine in Tokyo - in cinemas on Friday, February 23rd [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2023

An ageing director struggles to finish his latest historical drama, in Nanni Moretti's earnest riff on dying film practices and political ideologies - from the 76th Cannes Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2023

A cook and her boss savour an intense romance for more than 20 years, in this slow-cooked culinary drama from France/Belgium (featuring a delectable Juliette Binoche) - on various VoD platforms on Monday, May 27th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2023

In mid-19th century Italy, a six-year-old Jew is forcibly converted into Catholicism - Marco Bellochio's insightful historical drama is on VoD on Monday, June 24th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2023

Impressive courtroom drama starring a dazzling Sandra Hüller mercilessly dissects a complex female character, while also keeping audiences thoroughly immersed - on VoD on Tuesday, January 9th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2023

Paramedic drama starring and produced by Sean Penn attempts to make some profound social commentary but instead slips into gratuitous, gruesome ultraviolence - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2023

Tunisian filmmaker recruits two actresses as stand-ins for two young women lost under very dramatic circumstances; the outcome is a hybrid documentary seamlessly blending family tragedy and politics - on VoD on Monday, April 8th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2023

Almodovar's timid incursion into cowboy territory (featuring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal) is sweaty, sultry, and soaked in blood, however barely remarkable - in cinemas across the UK on Monday, September 25th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2023

The fifth and final instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise is a hearty feast of historical absurdities, cliches and self-references; it is easily digestible and thoroughly enjoyable - in cinemas across the nation on Wednesday. June 28th [Read More...]

Lobo Pasolini - 16-03-2023

Vera Gemma plays a version of herself, in his hybrid docudrama about famous parents and pointless existences (also featuring Asia Argento) - from WatchAUT 2023: Austrian Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-02-2023

Social realist drama from Northwestern Spain depicts an energetic middle-aged mother on the verge of a mental breakdown - from the 73 Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2023

Quiet detective drama reveals the subtle machinations of racism in an impoverished desert town of Australia - from the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2023

Black, blunt and beautiful: the grandmother of a Brazilian queer cinema celebrates her 50th anniversary at the Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-02-2023

Semi-autobiographical Mexican drama about a terminally-ill young father is teeming with palpable suffering, but also humanity, kindness and hope - on VoD on Tuesday, January 2nd [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2023

Jesse Eisenberg stars as a confused Uber driver and father-to-be in John Trengove's bizarre cocktail of dysfunctional masculinity and freaky cultism - on VoD on July 3rd [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-02-2023

Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman's documentary about Volodymyr Zelenskyy is so ridiculously grovelling that it's barely watchable - from the 73th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2023

Two misfits with an age gap of more than 20 years develop an explosive sexual connection, in this conventional German romance set during the collapse of the Wall - in Competition at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-02-2023

Big boys play with their new toy: Canadian comedy charts the rise and the collapse of [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-01-2023

Two men and a bird are trapped within the confines of a remote rural house, in this highly elliptical, meditative Bulgarian film dotted with folklore references - exquisite winter treat is in cinemas on Friday, January 27th [Read More...]

John McDonald - 17-01-2023

Vicky Krieps shines as a vivacious young woman stricken with a very aggressive and fatal disease, in French drama also starring the late Gaspard Ulliel (himself the victim of a shocking, real-life death) - on BFI Player on Monday, January 30th [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 14-01-2023

Billed as a Cornish [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2022

A lone merchant is ambushed by a gang of thieves and left to perish in the desert - Saudi tale of survival shows at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor - 09-12-2022

A Syrian father refuses to abandon his war-torn town and flat, forcing his despondent wife and daughter into a dangerous and precarious existence - on VoD on Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2022

The real story of a French-Senegalese woman who murdered her baby by drowning on the beach becomes a stunning courtroom drama - now on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2022

Spectacular Moroccan movie blends to perfection the topics of gay love and terminal disease - in cinemas on Friday, May 5th; also available on BFI Player [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2022

Female shrink learns the hard way that she is as vulnerable as one of her patients, as she falls into the trappings of sexism and ageism - Egyptian film premieres at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2022

Two young women from Norway find intimacy and comfort... on a chair!!! Unabashedly slow movie is out on Monday, january 30th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2022

Phenomenal Romanian drama exposes the dirty tactics of youth oppression during the Communist era - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2022

A group Palestinian students living under Israeli occupation confront their tormentors and fight to retain their identity - activist film shows at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2022

A lone and devoted scientist studies and records the fauna and the flora of a remote Canadian Island for five decades - reflective documentary shows at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2022

Young Tunisian man has to fend for himself and his two younger sisters, in a country that offers his generation very few opportunities - tantalising drama is in cinemas on Friday, May 5th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2022

Dirtylicious Angolan gumbo of a movie blends religion, reason and colonialism into one single recipe - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2022

French Algerian epic historical drama tells the story of Princess Zaphira, wife of the last King of Algiers Salim Toumi - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Kamila Andini - 05-12-2022

Young wife and her husband's concubine strike an intense friendship, in this very feminine period drama from Indonesia - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2022

A Syrian refugee falls in love with an Ethiopian migrant worker, but their relationship has more obstacles than they anticipated - quirky Lebanese parable of (failed) social integration premieres at the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 04-12-2022

Child garbage picker finds a friend and also a means of subsistence in a talking sex doll that he rescued from the Baghdad landfill - live from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-12-2022

Super lighthearted Lebanese comedy about sauntering nuns smitten with a young actor cast to play the Pope caters mostly for Arab sensibilities - from the 2nd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 27-11-2022

US border officers put young Spanish woman and her Venezuelan partner through the wringer, in a deeply dehumanising interrogation procedure - dirty gem shows at REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 27-11-2022

Psychiatric nurse drives an artist with mental health issues from London to an open entry exhibition in the North – dirty gem of a British road movie is on VoD on Friday, December 8th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 26-11-2022

Can we escape our inner turmoils? Giancarlo aches to goes back to the prison cells that nurtured him, but the cost of his return could be too dear - Italo-Ukrainian film premieres at the Official Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 25-11-2022

Young Latvian filmmaker uses his camera as a weapon of resistance against Soviet occupiers, in this sombre lover letter to the art of cinema - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 23-11-2022

The village’s documentary filmmaker returns to the subject of local infertility for which the village’s women beat him up two decades earlier – gentle Iranian comedy shows at the 2nd Rea Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-11-2022

A horrible disease befalls the mother of two small children, sending her on a quest to get a divorce before she dies - extremely clumsy Norwegian drama premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 23-11-2022

Reality and fiction merge in a captivating experimental work about humanity’s fast expiring choice to preserve a future – German docufiction premieres from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 23-11-2022

The romantic adventure of a woman in a black and white dream state is the final film of late Kim Ki-duk, the bad boy of South Korean cinema – live from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 22-11-2022

A hospital cleaner becomes the caretaker of the man who once destroyed her life - moving tale of forgiveness premieres at the First Feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 22-11-2022

Filthy genius documentary offers very some harrowing and compelling insight into the Armenian Genocide of 1915, and it's on animation - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 21-11-2022

Israeli blend of comedy and drama offers a refreshing take on grief from the perspective of the mistress – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-11-2022

Deaf identical twin brothers are suddenly afflicted with a shocking disease - extremely tragic and quietly innovative Albanian co-production premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 21-11-2022

A gang of criminals in Palermo runs an insurance fraud operation involving the breaking of people’s bones – Italian film inspired by real facts premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 21-11-2022

When a taxi driver’s latest clients retain his services, both end up getting much more than they bargained for – premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 21-11-2022

Family comedy from Lithuania has a very interesting premise, and a brand of humour edging on the parodic - from the First Feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-11-2022

The incredible real story of the unyielding friendship between an Austrian soldier and a fox during World War II is profound, inspiring and heart-wrenching - in the Official Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-11-2022

Middle-aged loner drives his mother's corpse to her desired resting place, encountering curious characters and ghosts of the past along his journey - exquisite Icelandic drama with flavours of Bergman is in cinemas on Friday, March 1st [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 19-11-2022

Dramedy from Italy has an interesting premise, however it remains too focused on the grandeur of its aesthetics in order to convey a meaningful tale of love – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-11-2022

Young couple have an emotional catharsis as their seven-year-old child goes missing in the woods - very simple and effective Chilean Argentinean drama premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 18-11-2022

The final programme of this year’s kids animation shorts at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival contains a selection of five stirring little films [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 18-11-2022

The first of three programmes of this year’s kids animation shorts boasts a stronger selection than you might expect – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 17-11-2022

A touching confessional film from a veteran Polish filmmaker whose life-long obsession has been the exploration of science, vocation and personal relationships – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-11-2022

Though the imperial glasses: well-meaning documentary about animal cruelty and endangered species presents the US as trailblazer in conservationism - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-11-2022

The clash between Faroese whale hunters and animal rights activists poison the waters and the global reputation of the charming self-governing nation of the North Atlantic - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-10-2022

Ruben Östlund's new absurdist comedy subverts gender, class and race power structures, while also mocking the futility of the superrich - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Ian Schultz - 25-10-2022

Directed by photographer Lilly Creightmore, this greasy documentary takes you on a psychedelic voyage into the lives of a handful of artists, landing in the US, the UK, Iceland, and South Africa - from the Doc'n Roll Film Festival [Read More...]

Ian Schultz - 25-10-2022

The wild life of cowpunk musician Mojo Nixon is the subject of a rockumentary far more conventional than its subject - from the Doc'n Roll Film Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 24-10-2022

Experimental art piece explores the life of Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa - from the 30th edition of the Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 23-10-2022

A meaningful genre-inflected drama set to document the intertwinement between the patriarchy and the mafia from the perspective of the women who rebelled - from Raindance [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 21-10-2022

War may be hell, but this excellent Greek documentary shows that peace can also have its challenges - from the 30th Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

John McDonald - 18-10-2022

"The greatest funk band you’ve never heard of" comes from the heart of Britain; and it turns out their songs aren't as obscure as you may have thought - in cinemas on Friday, February 16th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2022

The only scary thing about this highly disjointed and pointless J-horror is that it has reached a prestigious film festival on the other side of the planet - live from San Sebastian [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-09-2022

Colombian blend of road movie and lost youth drama follows five teens in search of an elusive inheritance - from the San Sebastian Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 19-08-2024

Eoghan Lyng attended the Locarno Film Festival for the first time, on behalf of DMovies. He encountered an impressive selection of films bursting with the desire to say something urgent, often in the face of shocking adversity [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 24-07-2024

Victoria Luzford interviews Ziad H. Hamzeh and Christine Handy, the director and original writer/ exec producer of Hello Beautiful, an emotionally compelling drama about successful model, her mother, and a life-changing diagnosis [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 17-07-2024

We have picked 10 dirty movies bursting with beauty and passion, as well as pain and anger, all of them taking place under the unforgiving summer sun [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 16-07-2024

Paul Risker interviews the director of A Weird Kind of Beautiful, a very dark drama about friendship; they talk about single location stories, the pandemic, improvisation, misogyny, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 15-07-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Rory McHarg and Bret Miller, the two directors of A Two Hearted Tale, a colourful documentary about a peculiar beer label and a heartwarming local story [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 01-07-2024

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the nascent and promising film festival of Malta; he describes his experience, lists the winners and his dirty picks [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 21-06-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of Anywhere the Wind Blows, a ":punchy" and queer love story from Hong Kong; they talk about LGBTQ+ ideologies in the Chinese region, the "guilt of comfort experienced by refugees, Joachim Trier, Robin Campillo, and more! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2024

Just as Raindance kicks off with a special celebration of German cinema, we talk to the Managing Director of German Films about the past, the present and the future of movies from the largest country in Europe [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-06-2024

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews one of the most talented German actors of the present day as he arrives in the UK for a very special celebration of German cinema, during the 32nd edition of Raindance; they talk about The White Ribbon, The Zone of Interest, scripted dialogues, spontaneity, combining a film career with music, and much more [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 30-05-2024

The 2nd edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival boasts an exciting combination of regional and international cinema, and - with the action taking place in a sultry Malta in late June - the event is guaranteed to get hot in more ways than one! [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 29-05-2024

As the 32nd edition of the UK's favourite indie film festival approaches, we look at their impressive programme, and discuss with their team their focus on first and second features, the move to a sultry June, and much more! [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 28-05-2024

Paul Risker interviews the woman behind A Home on Every Floor, a movie blending the spoken work and a miniature childhood home; they discuss the housing topic in cinema, economic inequality in Norway, subjective memories, transformative filmmaking, and a lot more [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 28-05-2024

Two dirty journalists attended the 77th edition of the Festival de Cannes and reviewed more than 50 films exclusively for you; this is what they thought of the big winners, of the films that missed out, and also of the turkeys! [Read More...]

Joshua Polasnki - 07-05-2024

The director and the writer/exec producer of The War Between, a brand new Civil War drama about two frenemy soldiers from opposing sides, discuss the origins and the challenges of the project with Joshua Polanski [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 23-04-2024

Paul Risker interviews the director of a basketball documentary that transports viewers to the front seat of the stadium; they talk about serendipities, racial politics in segregated Michigan, cinema as a transformational experience, fatherhood, and much more! [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 11-04-2024

The director of The Problem of the Hero, a drama about two American playwrights grappling with racism and misogyny 80 years ago, discusses the deceptive language of theatre, steering away from the "truth", the importance of "offending" viewers, how power relations have changed, and much more - in exclusive interview [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-02-2024

Film historian Ian Christie talks to DMovies' editor Victor Fraga about 21st century audiences and their relation to the iconic British filmmaking duo, P&P's influence on other artists, the late Queen, and much more - read our exclusive interview, in partnership with Doesn't Exist [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-02-2024

The director of The Letter Writer, a film about a young Arab infatuated with the picture of an astounding English woman, talks about the origins of this labour of love; the movie is out on Amazon on February 14th (US) and 19th (UK) [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 11-01-2024

We have selected the 10 most thought-provoking, innovative and downright dirty documentaries available on Netflix, from every corner of the planet, and we explain how to view each one of them even if they are not available at your geography [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 20-12-2023

Duda Leite interviews the director of Elvis, Moulin Rouge and other classics as the Australian filmmaker heads the jury at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival; they talk about the resistance of musicals, 35 years without going to the cinema, Lawrence of Arabia, and much more! [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 13-12-2023

For the eighth consecutive year, we have asked our writers to pick their favourite dirty movie; the dirtylicious list is full of delightful surprises from various corners of the planet! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the latest edition of the hottest film event of the Middle East; he talks to international programmer Kaleem Aftab, reveals his dirty favourites, discusses the winners, the surprises, and much more! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the director of Four Daughters, one of the most inventive, politically and emotionally charged films of the year; they discuss conservatism in Tunisia, the multiple connotations of the hijab, the European monopoly of philosophy, Iranian cinema and much more - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Joshua Bogatin - 11-12-2023

Joshua Bogatin interviews the Swiss-Egyptian director of Back to Alexandria, an impressive melodrama featuring Fanny Ardant and Nadine Labaki; they talk about returning home, childhood memories, Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, and much more - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga meets Rachel Ramsay, the British filmmaker behind the filthy genius documentary Copa 51 (about the largest Women's World Cup nobody ever heard of) at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival; they talk about erasing history, sexism, Fifa's dirty tactics, American footballers, Billie Jean King, and more! [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 10-12-2023

Brazilian journalist and filmmaker Duda Leite interviews Congolese multimedia artist Baloji as he showcases his debut feature at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival; they talk about cinema, music, fashion, postnatal depression, coffins and how most African movies are entirely dependant on French money and whim [Read More...]

Duda Leite - 07-12-2023

Brazilian journalist Duda Leite attends the 3rd edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival and interviews Amanda Nell Eu, the young and promising Malaysian filmmaker behind the widely-acclaimed teen horror Tiger Stripes; they discuss censorship, Brian de Palma, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, laser pink eyes, TikTok and much more [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 10-10-2023

Eoghan Lyng, one of DMovies' oldest writers, is due to attend the 27th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and unearth the dirty gems from the First Feature Competition; he takes a look at the programme and shares his first impressions [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 02-10-2023

DMovies attended the 71st edition of one of the most prestigious and diverse film festivals in the world for the third consecutive year; check out the main winners, the surprises and our dirty pick [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 13-09-2023

As the UK's favourite indie festival announces its programme, with a strong focus on young and nascent filmmaking talent, we take a look at their selection, and ask the two artistic directors what is it that makes these directors special [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-08-2023

Victor Fraga attended 2023's edition of one of the most exciting and surprising film festivals in Europe and the world; these are the dirty gems that he came across, and the biggest winners [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-08-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga met with the iconic Taiwanese filmmaker as he prepared an exhibition and received a major prize at the 76th Locarno Film Festival; they talked about slow cinema, gay marriage in Taiwan, and... lots of sex! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-07-2023

We catch up with the man at the helm of one the world's most diverse and exciting film festivals; he talks their "unpredictable programme", reveals Switzerland's passion for Ken Loach (while comparing his work to Neorealism), shares some of their curating secrets, and much more! [Read More...]

Daniel L. Mattock - 21-05-2023

With the 76th Cannes Film Festival at full throttle, it's time to reflect on the indie gem that the biggest film critic of all time compared to a colonoscopy, and which barely survived its red carpet premiere exactly two decades ago [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-05-2023

Bruce LaBruce travels to Antwerp, and gets behind the camera for the latest edition of Doesn't Exist; he discusses pornography, the 1970s, Catherine Breillat, the #MeToo and the LGB movements, Netflix, and the illegitimate son of Fidel Castro! [Read More...]

Galle Biguenet - 16-01-2023

Meet the two Belgian filmmakers behind Dreaming Walls, the latest documentary about the emblematic Chelsea Hotel; they share their dreams, their secrets, their experience working with Martin Scorsese, and more with Gaelle Biguenet [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 16-12-2022

Once again, it's that time of the year when we ask our writers to pick their favourite dirty movie of the year; the dirtylicious list is full of delightful surprises from various corners of the planet! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2022

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the second edition of the largest cinema event of Saudi Arabia, a country that has seen massive changes in the past few years. Here's an overview of what he saw: [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2022

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga meets with Franco-Argentinean filmmaker at the Red Sea Film Festival, in Saudi Arabia; they talk about his latest film Vortex, subversive practices, Arabic culture, his connection to Britain, and more! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2022

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga encountered Turkish-German director Fatih Akin at the Red Sea International Film Festival; they talked about his experience in Saudi Arabia, his latest movie Rhinegold, what it means to be a Muslim in Europe, football and more [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 29-11-2022

Jeremy Clarke assesses his first visit to the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and his views of the brand new Critics' Picks competitive strand [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2022

During the past two weeks, seven journalists from DMovies covered the most exciting and diverse film festival of Northern Europe; here are our main highlights! [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 25-10-2022

We have handpicked 10 dirty movies from the upcoming Raindance Film Festival and reviewed each one individually for you; the action takes place between October 26th and November 5th [Read More...]

John Bleasdale - 24-10-2022

John Bleasdale arrives at the Bergen International Film Festival and ponders about the assumption of honesty, while also reflecting on the very first film he's caught. [Read More...]

Liván García-Duquesne - 21-10-2022

This year's exciting debut feature selection offers a vast catalogue of intriguing films set to put emerging filmmakers on the map! [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 05-10-2022

The 66th edition of the largest film festival in the UK takes place between October 5th and 16th in multiple venues across London, and online screenings everywhere in the UK - here are the dirtiest movies picked exclusively for you! [Read More...]