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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office 

Michael Almereyda, Courtney Stephens
2024

John Bleasdale - 11-02-2025

A portrait of mad scientist and aquatic Doctor Doolittle, John C Lilly, becomes a survey of 1960s' crackpottery and counterculture - from the 54th edition of Rotterdam [Read More...]

The Stringer

Bao Nguyen
2025

Lida Bach - 06-02-2025

Bao Nguyen’s mesmerising documentary follows a photojournalist in search of the truth behind one of history’s most formative war photos - from Sundance [Read More...]

The Night is Dark and Colder than the Day

Christina Friedrich
2025

Victoria Luxford - 03-02-2025

A group of school children collaborate with a German filmmaker in order to make a very different portrait of growing up - from the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]
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Into The Bloo

Austin Nunes
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 07-01-2025

Drag songwriter Lagoona Bloo reflects on childhood and the experiences that led them to embark on a musical journey - from Out on Film: Atlanta's LGBTQ Film Festival [Read More...]

My Boo

Stephanie J. Röst 
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 16-12-2024

Young woman talks to her invisible [Read More...]

Bin U Bin, Elsewhere the Border (Bin U Bin, Ailleurs la Frontiere)

Mohamed Lakhdar Tati
2024

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2024

Petrol smugglers and filmmaker forge an unlikely bond as they seek to escape their existential rut - taciturn desert thriller is in the Main Competition of the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Hanami

Denise Fernandes
2024

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2024

Cape Verdean woman abandons her baby daughter on a volcanic island, in this fiery tale of failed motherhood and reconnection - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Freedom Way

Afolabi Olalekan
2024

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2024

Violence and corruption are the main currencies of Lagos, in this loose collection or urban parables from hell - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Songs of Adam

Oday Rasheed
2024

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2024

Iraqi boy refuses to grow, in this lyrical and cryptic tale of eternal youth - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Snow White

Taghrid Abouelhassan
2024

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2024

Beautiful and charismatic dwarf infatuates her online suitor without revealing her disability, in this uplifting and inspiring [Read More...]

Familiar Touch

Sarah Friedland
2024

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2024

Energetic elderly woman with dementia moves to the old people's home of her choice, where she movingly picks up fragments of her life - deeply humanistic drama shows in the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Abdo & Saneya

Omar Bakry
2024

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2024

Egyptian peasants desperate for an heir move to New York for fertility treatment, in this tribute to the silent movies of Charlie Chaplin - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Aïcha

Mehdi M. Barsaoui
2024

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2024

The sole survivor of a bus crash assumes a new identity in order to extricate herself from the shackles of the past - powerful social thriller from Tunisia premieres at the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Saify

Wael Abu Mansour
2024

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2024

Backstreet grifter lays his hands on a tape recording that could bring him riches, in this Saudi Arabian mix of comedy, thriller and social drama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Saba

Maksud Hossain
2024

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2024

Young Bangladeshi woman embarks on a quest to save her mother's life, in this honest blend of social realism and melodrama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Sima’s Song

Roya Sadat
2024

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2024

Two Afghan sisters wrestle with multiple political forces and conflicting sentiments during the 1970s, in Roya Sadat's heartfelt yet muddled political drama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Red Path (Les Enfants Rouges)

Lotfi Achour
2024

Victor Fraga - 08-12-2024

Tunisian teen seeks solace and redemption after witnessing his cousin's brutal murder - soul-stirring, dazzling drama shows in the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Superboys of Malegaon

Reema Kagti
2024

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2024

Small-town, amateur filmmakers recreate Bollywood classics with dogged ardour, in this charming tribute to resilience and creativity - from the Main Competition of the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo

Khaled Mansour
2024

Victor Fraga - 07-12-2024

Fiercely loyal mongrel becomes a token of resistance, in this urban tale of survival from Egypt - in the Main Competition of the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Tale of Daye’s Family

Karim Elshenawy
2024

Victor Fraga - 06-12-2024

Nubian albino boy dreams of making it big on a television singing talent show - Egyptian fable of sorts opens the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Speak Sunlight (La Voz del Sol)

Carol Polakoff
2023

Eoghan Lyng - 05-12-2024

A teenager leaves Paris for Francoist Spain, in this charming fable dotted with contemporary references (such Ernest Hemingway and the Beatles) - from the La Femme International Film Festival [Read More...]

Growing Pains

Catherine Argyrople
2024

Victoria Luxford - 02-12-2024

A string of delicate topics are explored in a coming-of-age story that approaches the teenage years with sensitivity - from the Boston International Film Festival [Read More...]

Never Too Late

Lizhu Yang
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 25-11-2024

Chinese octogenarian surprises everyone by announcing her intention to divorce in a documentary that balances old with new - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Brutalist

Brady Corbet
2024

Paul Risker - 25-11-2024

Image and sound are brilliantly interwoven in the real-life story of architect László Tóth, before the film succumbs to indulgence and hubris - in cinemas on Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

I, the Song

Dechen Roder
2024

Jeremy Clarke - 24-11-2024

Extraordinary doppelgänger drama from Bhutan blends devices from Hitchcock's Vertigo, Psycho and (possibly fake?) revenge porn - from the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Dreaming of Lions (Sonhar com Leões)

Paolo Marinou-Blanco
2024

Jeremy Clarke - 23-11-2024

Terminal cancer patient fails in her repeated attempts at taking her own life, in this dark and yet profound comedy about euthanasia - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Hani

Hou Dasheng
2024

Jeremy Clarke - 23-11-2024

Fourteen-year-old in a remote Chinese mountain village needs the money for the dowry of his beloved 12-year-old wife-to-be – from the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Brothers Kitaura

Masaki Tsujino
2024

Jeremy Clarke - 22-11-2024

A 40-year-old accidentally kills his father, then enlists his brother to dispose of the body, in this greasy Japanese thriller of sorts - won Best Film in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Memory Boom

Xenia Glen
2024

Anton Bitel - 22-11-2024

Xenia Glen’s experimental film essay traces the cluttered memories of an old man whose mind is in collapse - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Can I Get a Witness?

Ann Marie Fleming
2024

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2024

In the near future, humans must die at the age of 50 in order to help our planet and our people to cope with multiple challenges - arthouse sci-fi is in the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Silent City Driver

Sengedorj Janchivdorj
2024

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2024

Former inmate and hearse driver finds a refreshing sense of purpose in the company of a Buddhist monk and a solitary young woman - Mongolian drama is in the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Southern Chronicles

Ignas Miškinis
2024

Marina Richter - 21-11-2024

Aspiring rugby player discovers his writing talent after falling for a literature-loving, middle-class girl - Ignas Miskinis’s impressive feature is in the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Trains

Maciej J. Drygas
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 21-11-2024

Sifting through an archive of past images, Maciej J. Drygas pieces together a work bolstered by scenes of locomotives in action - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Anna LOL

Ivars Tontegode
2024

Marina Richter - 21-11-2024

Latvian teen on the path to self-destruction seeks help from shamans, healers and fortune-tellers, before turning to men with highly questionable intentions - from the Baltic Competition of Tallinn Black Nighs Film festival  [Read More...]

With My Open Lungs

Yana Sad
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 21-11-2024

A war survivor and a cancer patient battle their demons together, as they gradually open their lungs and their hearts to the outside world - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Life & Love

Helen Takkin
2024

Joshua Polanski - 20-11-2024

Romantic drama set during the Great Depression navigates the psychology of desire, power dynamics, and the pains of love - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Okamoto

Soujiro Sanada
2024

Paul Risker - 20-11-2024

Failing to kill his darlings, Soujiro Sanada spins his gonzo and surreal Japanese film into a protracted mess - from the Rebels with a Cause Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Nobody Likes Me (Nikdo Mne Nemá Rád)

Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb
2024

Jeremy Clarke - 20-11-2024

Military woman develops full-blown physical relationship with an outsider, in a deeply provocative European drama with a touch of Nicolas Roeg - from the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ice Aged

Alexandra Sell
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 19-11-2024

In this charming exploration of age and sport, six skaters take to the ring in order to prove that passion triumphs over ageism - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF Competition at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Smaragda – I Got Thick Skin and I Can’t Jump (Smaragda – Mul On Paks Nahk Ja Ma Ei Oska Hüpata)

Emilios Avraam
2024

Paul Risker - 19-11-2024

Cypriot drama follows the trials and tribulations of a vulnerable and yet quietly fierce middle-aged, single and childless woman - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Freight

Max Carlo Kohal
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 19-11-2024

Adolescents board a ship, traipsing on a long and demanding external journey, as well as a vital trip of self-discovery - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Seed of the Desert

Sebastian Parra R
2024

Victor Fraga - 18-11-2024

Exquisitely painted and finely acted Colombian petrol gangster drama is a real delight to watch - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Body (Il Corpo)

Vincenzo Alfieri
2024

Jeremy Clarke - 18-11-2024

The body of a rich industrialist’s wife vanishes from the morgue after her death – filthy genius giallo premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Yellow

Oliver Hirschbiegel, Albert Oehlen
2024

Anton Bitel - 17-11-2024

Oliver Hirschbiegel and Albert Oehlen’s experimental broad-strokes biopic paints Vincent van Gogh as an artist caught between his own and our times - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The End (Beigas)

Māris Maskalāns
2024

Anton Bitel - 17-11-2024

Māris Maskalāns’s documentary shows, through five people working close to death, the meaning of mortality - reflective Latvian film is in the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Deaf Lovers

Boris Guts
2024

Victor Fraga - 17-11-2024

Deaf Ukrainian woman and Russian man start a fiery relationship in Istanbul, in this well-meaning, audacious and vaguely cumbersome anti-war statement - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ciao Bambino

Edgardo Pistone
2024

Paul Risker - 16-11-2024

Stylish and energetic crime story from Italy has a gluttonous appetite to combine drama, philosophy and art - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Empire of the Rabbits

Seyfettin Tokmak
2024

Victor Fraga - 15-11-2024

Children and rabbits bond in complicity as they evade their tormentors, in this poetic drama from Turkey - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I Was Born In A Garage (Ma Sündisin Garaažis)

Arko Okk
2024

Anton Bitel - 15-11-2024

Arko Okk’s experimental 3D documentary offers a tour of Tallinn with one of its leading architects as guide - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Filn Festival [Read More...]

Paradise Not Lost (Gabrielius is Neprarastojo Rojaus)

Linas Mikuta
2024

Anton Bitel - 14-11-2024

Linas Mikuta’s documentary tracks a devout, divorcing couple’s attempts to maintain a happy environment for a son with special needs - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ada

Pahriya Ghalip
2024

Anastasia Senina - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Chinese film offers a playful yet introspective exploration of two young Uyghur women’s journey to understand love - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Driving Lessons

Anastasiya Gruba
2024

Ursula Toomri - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: father and daughter share life lessons as they navigate the war-ravaged streets of their city - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Cry For Me

Annina Juuso
2024

Piia Parktal - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Estonian filmmaker shines the spotlight on a very old and peculiar tradition, in this intimate, generation-bonding, and therapeutic short film - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Third Wheel (Kolmas Ratas)

Rauno Laikjõe
2024

Grete Kaio - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: audiences are thrown into the heart of a love triangle, in a Estonian film bursting with youthful energy and spontaneity - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Car That Came Back From the Sea

Jadwiga Kowalska
2024

Tatiana Tarasova - 13-11-2024

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: minimalistic animation set in Poland during the 1980s shows a drab and listless nation, contrasted against the colourful dreams of Western Europe - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Last Party

Nicolas Dozol
2024

Victoria Luxford - 06-11-2024

A graduation party takes some surreal turns in Nicolas Dozol ambitious and reflective drama - from the Chelsea Film Festival [Read More...]

Rhino Man

John Jurko II, Matt Lindenberg, Daniel Roberts
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 07-10-2024

In this documentary about rhino poaching, viewers get to see a committed gang of rangers who want to stop the killings - from the Boulder International Film Festival [Read More...]

U are the Universe

Pavlo Ostrikov
2024

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-10-2024

A solitary Ukrainian astronaut desperately seeks to reach the only other surviving human, in this tasteful blend of survival drama and dark comedy - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

We Live in Time

John Crowley
2024

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2024

Despite the gloomy cancer topic, John Crowley's new creation (featuring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh) remains a very traditional (and effective) romcom - in cinemas on New Year's Day [Read More...]

Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

Carmen Chaplin
2024

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2024

Documentary about Charles Chaplin's alleged gypsy heritage is superficial, confusing and romanticised - from the the 72nd edition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Ramon y Ramon

Salvador Del Solar
2024

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2024

Young man grapples with the ashes of his estranged father, in this very warm Peruvian tale of homophobia, loss and reconciliation - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Super Happy Forever

Kohei Igarashi
2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 27-09-2024

A widower returns to the seaside town where he fell in love with his wife, in Kōhei Igarashi's quiet and empathetic examination of loss - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de Soledad)

Diego Lerman
2024

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

Albert Serra provokes and tortures his viewers by putting them at the heart of the bullring, staring at the eyes of the agonising, dying animals - WINNER OF THE GOLDEN SHELL at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Wailing (El Llanto)

Pedro Martin-Calero
2024

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

Filthy old ghost haunts three women on various video devices - clever teen scream horror is a refreshing addition to the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

The Man Who Loved UFOs (El Hombre que Amaba Los Platos Voladores)

Diego Lerman
2024

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2024

Entertainment journalist feigning UFO landings becomes trapped in his own web of fantasy and delirium, in this harmless Argentinean comedy based on a real-life story - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

When Fall is Coming (Quand Vient l’Automne)

Francois Ozon
2024

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2024

Francois Ozon's tale of failed grandmotherhood moves and engages, despite a few clunky twists and turns - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Lumiere! The Adventure Continues (Lumiere! L’Aventure Continue)

Thierry Frémaux
2024

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2024

The director of Cannes steps into the shoes of the "realisateur" and raises the human gaze to a previously unconceivable level - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Gülizar

Belkıs Bayrak
2024

Victor Fraga - 21-09-2024

Turkish bride-to-be travels to Kosovo in order to meet her future husband, only to find out that she has little ownership over her body and her decisions - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Light Up

Ryan Ashley Lowery
2024

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...]

To Kill a Mongolian Horse

Xiaoxuan Jiang
2024

Victor Fraga - 07-09-2024

Herdsman becomes a hesitant horseback performer for Chinese tourists, in this exquisite arthouse drama from Inner Mongolia - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Diva Futura

Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
2024

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...]

Vermiglio

Maura Delpero
2024

Victor Fraga - 04-09-2024

Sicilian soldier stirs the relative peace of a large Italian family, in this beautiful yet soporific drama - in cinemas on Friday, January 17th [Read More...]

The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le Feu)

Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
2024

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...]

Harvest

Athina Rachel Tsangari
2024

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...]

Queer

Luca Guadagnino
2024

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 - on selected VoD platforms on Monday, January 31st [Read More...]

Planet B (Planete B)

Aude Léa Rapin
2024

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...]

The Room Next Door

Pedro Almodovar
2024

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 is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, January 20th [Read More...]

Wolfs

Jon Watts
2024

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...]

I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)

Walter Salles
2024

Victor Fraga - 01-09-2024

THREE OSCAR NOMINATIONS: 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 - in cinemas on Friday, February 21st [Read More...]

An Urban Allegory (Allegorie Citadine)

Alice Rohrwacher, JR
2024

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...]

The Order

Justin Kurzel
2024

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...]

Battlefield (Campo di Battaglia)

Gianni Amelio
2024

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...]

One to One: John & Yoko

Kevin MacDonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
2024

Victor Fraga - 30-08-2024

John Lennon and Yoko Ono become American conveyors of change during the early 1970s, in this superbly assembled documentary - showing at the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Maria

Pablo Larrain
2024

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 - in cinemas on Friday, January 10th [Read More...]

Agora

Ala Eddine Slim
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 23-08-2024

Three missing people make a mysterious return, in Tunisian drama glimmering with horror and religious undertones - from the 4rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Landscape and the Fury

Nicole Vögele
2024

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...]

New Dawn Fades (Yeni Safak Solarken)

Gürcan Keltek
2024

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...]

Toxic (Akiplėša)

Saule Bliuvaite
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 16-08-2024

Two girls aching for a world beyond their town take to modelling, in this Lithuanian feature about adolescence - from the 28th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Green Line

Sylvie Ballyot
2024

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...]

Mond

Kurdwin Ayub
2024

Susanne Gottlieb - 14-08-2024

In her sophomore feature, Kurdwin Ayub explores the harsh reality of three sisters in Jordan, and the difficult choices their Austrian martial arts trainer has to make - from the 4th edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Cent Mille Milliards

Virgil Vernier
2024

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...]

Weightless (Sulla Terra Leggeri)

Sara Fgaier
2024

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 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Transamazonia

Pia Marais
2024

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...]

Bogancloch

Ben Rivers
2024

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...]

Salve Maria

Mar Coll
2024

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...]

Banzo

Margarida Cardoso
2024

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...]

The Human Hibernation

Anna Cornudella
2024

Victor Fraga - 04-07-2024

Quiet and exuberant arthouse film ruminates on the sensory bond between humans and animals - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Loveable (Elskling)

Lilja Ingolfsdottir
2024

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...]

Stranger (Ju Wai Ren)

Zhengfan Yang
2024

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...]

Trans Memoria

Victoria Verseau
2024

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...]

A New Kind of Wilderness

Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
2024

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...]

To a Land Unknown

Mahdi Fleifel
2024

Victor Fraga - 28-06-2024

Transactional human beings and accidental places: Palestinian refugees resort to a life of crime in order to survive and be reunited with their loved ones in Europe - in cinemas on Friday, February 14th [Read More...]

Gunfighter Paradise

Jethro Waters
2024

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...]

Negu Hurbilak

Ekain Albite, Mikel Ibarguren, Adrià Roca, Nicolau Mallofré
2024

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...]

A Two Hearted Tale

Rory McHarg, Bret Miller
2024

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...]

1286

Alisher Utev
2024

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...]

The Stranger’s Case

Brandt Andersen
2024

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...]

All We Imagine As Light

Payal Kapadia
2024

Joshua Polanski - 27-05-2024

Filthy genius movie from India bludgeons the beauty standards of both Bollywood and Hollywood, while refreshingly allowing women to find pleasure in sex - in cinemas on Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

September Says

Ariane Labed
2024

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 - in cinemas on Friday, February 21st [Read More...]

Anora

Sean Baker
2024

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 to Tangerine) - Palme d'Or winner is on all major VoD platforms on Monday, January 20th [Read More...]

Grand Tour

Miguel Gomes
2024

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 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Viet and Nam

Truong Minh Quý
2024

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 premieres at the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Norah

Tawfik Alzaidi
2024

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...]

The Village Next to Paradise

Mo Harawe
2024

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 68th BFI London Film Festival. [Read More...]

Marcello Mio

Christophe Honoré
2024

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...]

Santosh

Sandhya Suri
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 21-05-2024

Widow takes up her husband's job in the Indian police, becoming one of the few female faces in this hardened, testosterone-fuelled environment - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Black Dog (Gou Zhen)

Hu Guan
2024

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 - on VoD on Monday, January 27th [Read More...]

Lula

Oliver Stone
2024

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...]

Caught by the Tides (Feng Liu Yi Dai)

Jia Zhangke
0224

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 - UK premiere takes place at the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Emilia Perez

Jacques Audiard
2024

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2024

13 OSCAR NOMINATIONS: fiery trans gangster musical is fuelled by explosive Mexican soap opera devices; the outcome is guaranteed to blow you away - Cannes Jury and Best Actress winner is now on Netflix [Read More...]

Something Old Something New Something Borrowed (Algo Viejo, Algo Nuevo, Algo Prestado)

Hernán Rosselli
2024

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...]

Armand

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
2024

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2024

A deeply scarred Renate Reinsve delivers an impressive performance, in this ambitious classroom drama - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Three Kilometres to the End of the World (Trei Kilometri Pana la Capatul Lumii)

Emanuel Parvu
2024

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 - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola
2024

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 - on VoD on Monday, December 16th [Read More...]

Bird

Andrea Arnold
2024

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2024

Andrea Arnold's ultra-British blend of social realism and magical realism is uneven yet fascinating to watch - on VoD on Tuesday, January 7th [Read More...]

When the Light Breaks

Rúnar Runarsson
2024

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 the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

Red Road

Andrea Arnold
2006

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...]

Simon of the Mountain (Simón de la Montaña)

Luis Federico
2024

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...]

Napoleon (Napoléon vu par Abel Gance)

Abel Gance
1927

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...]

Shambhala

Min Bahadur Bham
2024

Victor Fraga - 25-02-2024

Young woman happily marries three brothers in rural Nepal, before a controversial pregnancy disrupts their fragile harmony - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

My New Friends (Les Gens d’à Côté)

André Téchiné
2024

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...]

Sasquatch Sunset

Nathan and Daniel Zellner
2024

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...]

Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn)

Meryam Joobeur
2024

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 BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

A Bit of a Stranger

Svitlana Lishchynska
2024

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...]

Another End

Piero Messina
2024

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...]

Love Lies Bleeding

Rose Glass
2024

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...]

Sleep with Your Eyes Open (Dormir de Olhos Abertos)

Nele Wohlatz
2024

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...]

The Editorial Office (Redaktsiya)

Roman Bondarchuk
2024

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Biologist-turned-journalist living in Southern Ukraine seeks truth and justice, is this extremely clumsy political comedy - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

My Favourite Cake (Keyke Mahboobe Man)

Maryam Moghaddam Behtash Sanaeeha
2024

Victor Fraga - 16-02-2024

Iranian widow seeks love and affection in a society that blatantly denies women autonomy, freedom and the simple pleasures of life - gently subversive drama is now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Lost in the Night (Perdidos en la Noche)

Amat Escalante
2024

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...]

Portrait of a Certain Orient (Retrato de um Certo Oriente)

Marcelo Gomes
2024

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...]

Yohanna

Razka Robby Ertanto
2024

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...]

My Hair Hurts (Mi Fanno Male i Capelli)

Roberta Torre
024

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...]

Back to Alexandria

Tamer Ruggli
2023

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...]

Three

Nayla Al Khaja
2023

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...]

Roxana

Parviz Shahbazi
2023

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...]

Omen

Balohi
2023

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...]
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Top 12 biopolitical dirty movies: Anora (number 12)

 

Fabio Rocha - 06-01-2025

Brazilian filmmaker and researcher Fabio Rocha begins his Foucault-inspired series of raw, visceral and gritty movies with a dirty movie that rocked Cannes and much of the globe in 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Stephanie J. Röst

 

Eoghan Lyng - 25-12-2024

The director of My Boo, a comedy about a ghostly boyfriend, talks to DMovies about old-school movie magic, "normic" suburban life, Sofia Coppola, whether short film is the perfect medium for a character study, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the nomad filmmakers

 

Victor Fraga - 21-12-2024

Victor Fraga talks to Kilian Armando Friedrich and Tizian Stromp Zargari, the directors of gently disturbing doc Nuclear Nomads; they describe their experience living in a camper van on a nuclear site, sharing the director's chair, insalubrious and precarious working conditions, and a lot more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest movies of 2024

 

DMovies' team - 18-12-2024

We asked our writers to pick their dirty favourite movie of the year, and this is the outcome: a list bursting with audacity, passion and stamina, and breaking all the film rules ever made! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Carol Polakoff

 

Eoghan Lyng - 18-12-2024

Eoghan Lyng talks to the director of Speak Sunlight, a Spanish fable taking place during the Franco years; they discuss the Paris bookstore that changed her life, finding the right translator, the ultimate "American in Spain", the Beatles in Iberia, and much more [Read More...]

The 4th Red Sea International Film Festival: combining Arab and worldly vibes

 

Victor Fraga - 16-12-2024

Check out the winners, the trends, and our dirty thoughts on one of the most exciting film events of the Arab world, and a festival that we have followed since its inception [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Paolo Marinou-Blanco

 

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2024

Victor Fraga talks to the Greek-Portuguese director of assisted suicide comedy Dreaming of Lions about laughing away your pain, the questionable interests of the wellness industry, Yorgos Lanthimos and why it's ok not to be ok - live from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rodrigo Areias

 

Eoghan Lyng - 06-12-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of The Worst Man in London, about a deviant British-Portuguese painter from the 19th century; they talk about London under candlelight, Barry Lyndon, the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, cold sensations in film, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Lisa Bierwirth

 

Susanne Gottlieb - 02-12-2024

Susanne Gottlieb interviews the director of Prince, a tale of interracial love in a Germany not prepared to welcome immigrants; they talk about finding inspiration in her mother's partner, survival strategies, working with professionals and non-professionals alike, the African diaspora, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions top Catherine Argyrople

 

Victoria Luxford - 02-12-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of Growing Pains, a blend of coming-of-age and cancer survival drama; they talk about her experience with the disease in her childhood, eating disorders, LGBT+ sensibility, the importance of having women telling stories, and much more [Read More...]

Just how did the Bafta winners get to Spain so quickly?

 

David Sanchez - 01-12-2024

British talent elevates the stage at the Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival of Northern Spain, reports David Sanchez live from the Iberian nation [Read More...]

ArteKino returns for a sultry European December!

 

DMovies' team - 01-12-2024

Europe's favourite online film festival is back this month with 12 European movies for you to watch entirely for free, and to warm you up just as the winter begins to bite! [Read More...]

It all happened in the dead of the night!

 

Jeremy Clarke - 25-11-2024

Shall we talk about the weather? Jeremy Clarke finds this year's Critics’ Picks at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival all about vanishing corpses and disappeared people. [Read More...]

Or dirty questions to Jon Bass

 

Joshua Bogatin - 24-11-2024

Joshua Bogatin talks to New York based director of Carole & Grey, Jon Bass; they talk about making films for TikTok, working with a three person crew, filming in New York, and much more! [Read More...]

Documentaries that deepen the views on humanity

 

Eoghan Lyng - 24-11-2024

Eoghan Lyng comments on the winners and his dirty favourites from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Are you friend of foe? Film industry and AI put their relationship to the test

 

Redmond Bacon - 22-11-2024

Loved and loathed in equal measure, AI is bound to change the way we make and see film; Redmond Bacon talked to the technology champions, the early adopters and the end-users during the Industry Innovation Forum at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Nicolas Dozol

 

Victoria Luxford - 13-11-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of Last Party, an ambitious and reflective graduation drama with a dirty twist; they talk about filming in one continuous take, temporality between the audience and the characters, David Lynch, the teenage experience in film, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

The place where all genres meet!

 

Redmond Bacon - 05-11-2024

Just as he prepares to attend the next edition of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, Redmond Bacon dissects the European Genre Forum, while also identifying some exciting new trends  [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to John Jurko II

 

Eoghan Lyng - 26-10-2024

The co-director of visceral poaching documentary Rhino Man talks to Eoghan Lyng about the physicality of the filming, sleep deprivation, kingpins battling for territory, David Attenborough, the real value of keratin, receiving a nod from the Prince of Wales, and more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

A Woman With the Influence

 

Susanne Gottlieb - 18-10-2024

Susanne Gottlieb interviews Marge Liiske, the woman at the helm of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, one of the largest, most exciting and fastest-growing such events of Northern Europe; they discuss “democratic networking”, cooperating with the European commission, supporting regional filmmakers, the joys and the pitfalls of AI, and… why we should throw film professional into the ice-cold Baltic sea!!! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Juri Rechinsky

 

Nataliia Serebriakova - 17-10-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the director of brutally honest and unforgivingly graphic war doc Dear Beautiful Beloved; they discuss vulnerable Ukrainian evacuees, lies on television, filming near shelling, and why Juri will never watch his own film again [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Amanda Deering Jones

 

Joshua Polanski - 16-10-2024

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of Little Mother Lies, a short film about two feuding sisters, a bowl of borscht, and an addicted son; they discuss fiction written from experience, Russian heritage, optimism, nostalgia and more! [Read More...]

The Top 10 dirty movies from the 68th BFI London Film Festival

 

DMovies' team - 03-10-2024

We have cherry picked the 10 most provocative, subversive and downright filthy 10 films from the 69th BFI London Film Festival, and reviewed them exclusively for you! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Pavlo Ostrikov

 

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-10-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Ukrainian director of U Are The Universe, a chamber play about a lonely astronaut and his mean computer; they talk about the challenges of making cinema in his country (both before and after the invasion), retrofuturism, Soviet vibes, Christopher Nolan, Stephen Hawking, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rocky Walls

 

Eoghan Lyng - 27-09-2024

The director of Dirty Laundry - a movie about two inseparable friends, a laundromat and some filthy secrets - talks about mundane tasks, Latin immigrants, the implications of [Read More...]

I believe the children are the present

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to the Chinese-American daydreamer

 

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...]

Survival and determination: our verdict of the 77th Locarno Film Festival

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Ziad and Christine

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Gabriel Mayo

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to the two-hearted filmmakers

 

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...]

Our verdict of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Jay Liu

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Simone Baumann

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Christian Friedel

 

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...]

How about a deep dive into Mediterranean film?

 

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...]

Raindance keeps getting younger – just how do they do that???

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid

 

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...]

Our verdict of the 77th Festival de Cannes

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Deborah Correa and Ron Yungul

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Hamoody Jaafar

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Shaun Dozier

 

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...]

Ian Christie dissects Powell and Pressburger

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Layla Kaylif

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Baz Luhrmann

 

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...]

The top 10 dirtiest movies of 2023

 

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...]

Our verdict of the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Kaouther Ben Hania

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Tamer Ruggli

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Rachel Ramsay

 

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...]

Our dirty questions to Baloji

 

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...]
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Duda Leite
Duda leite a journalist, curator, distributor and filmmaker based in São Paulo, Brazil. He has covered the most important film festivals in the world, including Cannes, Venice, Berlin, San Sebastian, etc for the past 25 years. He remains just as [Read More...]