Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Retrofuturistic animation ponders on authoritarianism and the suppression of individualism; the outcome is loud and messy - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Grey Bees
Two old male loners "enjoy" a colourless life in the grey zone of Donbass, immediately before Russian invades Ukraine - anti-war allegory premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Lost in the Night (Perdidos en la Noche)
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...]

We Are on Air (Estamos no Ar)
Three members from three different generations of a Portuguese middle-class family are equally lonesome and desperately seeking action - wacky little comedy premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Natatorium
Icelandic family have a bizarre, borderline pathological and incestuous, relationship with their own swimming pool - creepy drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

She Fell to Earth
A rock from outer space falls onto Earth and transforms into a young woman with the ability to read people's memories - children's fantasy premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

El Águila y el Gusano
Mexican drama tries to tie a number of disparate stories about loneliness and heartbreak, in a film that's ambitious however undernourished - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Steppenwolf
Adilkhan Yerzhanov's quirky child organ theft drama is highly stylised, violent and visually arresting; it's almost a samurai film - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Praia Formosa
Audiences experience the dirty side of Brazilian history as a 19th century slave wakes up in present-day Rio - compelling drama premieres at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

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

Swimming Home
Psychosexual thriller about naked stranger gatecrashing into a family villa in Greece ruminates on philosophy, psychoanalysis, dance, overgrown pubes and mysterious holes - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Yohanna
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...]

The Rim (La Parra)
Spanish drama about mistaken identity and death in an ugly and decadent port city is beautifully dissonant and strangely elegant, with a distinctive auteurial voice - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Schneewittchen
Anti-fairytale movie without images sets out to subvert the essence of the film experience, but instead just poisons and kills it - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Terrestrial Verses
Faceless oppressors mortify ordinary Iranians of both sexes and all walks of life - cunning tribute to individual and artistic freedom shows at the 53rd International Fillm Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Avant-Drag
Hyperpolitical drag queens decolonise the streets of the Greek capital; their message will resonate with transgressive artists elsewhere - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

My Hair Hurts (Mi Fanno Male i Capelli)
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...]

How to Have Sex
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...]

Blue Imagine
Three Japanese victims of sexual violence join forces in order to denounce the filmmaker who abused them and countless others - live from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Under a Blue Sun
Israel's war machine becomes a literal proxy for Sylvester Stallone's Rambo, in this contemplative and broody art documentary - from the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Evil Does Not Exist
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's reflection on Manichaeism is ambiguous, contemplative and gently gripping - in cinemas on Friday ,April 5th [Read More...]

Thiiird
A car mechanic "fixes" the broken soul of his clients, in this poetic and enigmatic hybrid documentary from Lebanon - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

La Palisiada
Barely decipherable allegorical detective drama from Ukraine sets out to comment on the nation fast-changing soul and identity - live from the Official Competition of the 41st Turin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Twittering Soul 3D (Čiulbanti Siela 3D)
Snakes, spells, growing rocks and a flying corpse come together in this esoteric blend of fantasy drama and visual arts experiment from Lithuania - from the 53rd edition of Rotterdam [Read More...]

Mars Express
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...]

Close your Eyes (Cerrar los Ojos)
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) - showing at the BFI as part of a season devoted to the Spanish director; in cinemas (general release) on Friday, April 12th [Read More...]

The Beast (La Bête)
Bertrand Bonello's drama about two would-be lovers bearing the same name is intellectually rigorous as well as stylistically dazzling, and perhaps his most audacious work to date - from Rotterdam [Read More...]

Chimera
Italian director becomes increasingly recognised for her idiosyncratic style, now moving further away from poetic territory into quirky zone - in cinemas on Friday, May 10th. [Read More...]

Kidnapped (Rapito)
In mid-19th century Italy, a six-year-old Jew is forcibly converted into Catholicism - Marco Bellochio's insightful historical drama is in cinemas on Friday, April 26th [Read More...]

Firebrand
A cruel and morbidly obese Jude Law is the biggest highlight of this highly conventional period drama about Henry VIII and his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr - from the 53rd edition of Rotterdam [Read More...]

The Zone of Interest
Officer in charge of Auschwitz attempts forge a normal existence with his wife and children, in the most human, palpable and - precisely for those reasons - affecting representation of Nazis that you will probably ever see; Jonathan Glazer's astounding new drama is in cinemas on Friday, February 2nd [Read More...]

Banel & Adama
Young widow and a hesitant village leader confront a society strictly moulded by tradition, in this beautiful yet lethargic tale of love and tragedy - Senegalese film is in cinemas on Friday, March 15th [Read More...]

Four Daughters (Les Filles d'Olfa)
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...]

The Island
Anca Damian's retelling and updating of Robinson Crusoe is a psychedelic joy for the eyes and ears - from the International Film festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

The Child (A Criança)
In 16th Century Portugal, a young man is about to enter the world of maturity, however problems coil underneath the sun-kissed languor - from the International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Assault
When terrorists attack a school and take children hostage, a band of unlikely heroes must form to effect their rescue - Kazakh director showcases his new creation in Rotterdam [Read More...]

The Plains
A series of car journeys from work to home begin to reveal a life lived of apparent routine but interesting depth - from the International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Please Baby Please
Amanda Kramer's new film is a postmodern queer whirligig of Hollywood and musical influences with an astonishing performance from Andrea Riseborough - International Film Festival Rotterdam [Read More...]

Daryn's Gym
When a new outlet of a national gym chain opens next door, the small family run Millers and Sons gym finds itself in a a battle for its survival - live from Rotterdam [Read More...]

Achrome
Maria Ignatenco's second feature film is a bleak portrayal of war in the Baltic states, as a simple man loses his innocence on the killing fields of the Second World War - from Rotterdam [Read More...]

Mayday
Sadness and our inner daydreamer are the central pillars of this American drama with hints of the Wizard of Oz - from Raindance [Read More...]

Thirty (Dreissig)
In this auspicious German drama, there are hardly any reasons to celebrate as Övünç enters the fourth decade of his life - watch it for free with ArteKino during the month of December only [Read More...]

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

High Life
An orgasmic Claire Denis crafts a very unorthodox sci-fi about space voyagers who encounter an elusive "Sex Box", featuring Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson - now available on VoD! [Read More...]

At Eternity's Gate
Willem Dafoe makes for a perfect Vincent Van Gogh in a new biopic of the artist directed by painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel - in cinemas and Curzon Home Cinema on Friday, March 29th [Read More...]

Ray & Liz
Richard Billingham mines his own memories of poverty-stricken Black Country life for a striking British debut filled with powerful performances - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Bathtubs over Broadway
Gleeful doc sheds light on the often overlooked “industrial musical”, while also celebrating one man's devotion to comedy and ironic entertainment - live from Rotterdam [Read More...]

Diamantino
Absurdist comedy from Portugal mocks football, celebrity culture, gender identity and more, with a very likeable Cristiano Ronaldo surrogate at the heart of the story - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Tower (La Torre)
Doc about mysterious explosion in Colombian library is profoundly lyrical, unsettling and ambiguous, much like the inconclusive event it investigates - watch it now at home with Festival Scope [Read More...]

Sol Alegria
Nuns with guns, trannies and other outlaws! Unconventional rebels resist a military junta, in an outlandish allegory of the country's chaotic political landscape - watch it now at home with Festival Scope [Read More...]

Our verdict of the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam
DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended one of the most prominent film festivals of Europe (and one of the last big omissions on his busy events calendar) for the first time; these are his impressions [Read More...]

Traffic and tragedy: 21st Transylvania International Film Festival round-up
Our critic's time in Cluj-Napoca offered a serendipitous combination of location and venue, offering a balm in difficult times [Read More...]

Bringing in the big hitters: a preview of this year's Berlinale
New films from Claire Denis, Hong Sang-soo and Ulrich Seidl characterise a heavy-hitting Berlinale competition - find out more! [Read More...]

When darkness reigns both indoors and outdoors
The Tromsø Film Festival opens in the Arctic Circle with a choice selection of the best films from the festival circuit; DMovies reports from the north of Norway [Read More...]

Conversations Peter Greenaway: the long read
Victor Fraga and Alex Babboni (from Doesn't Exist) interviewed Peter Greenaway for nearly three hours in Amsterdam in July 2020; find out the dirty secrets of the emblematic British filmmaker! [Read More...]

Imperfection is spectacular!
New York City based filmmaker Karen Cinorre who dreams of "world building", talks about her debut feature Mayday, in an exclusive interview. [Read More...]

Delivering the right film festival, at the right time
Olivier Père, the director of Arte France Cinéma, talks about the latest edition of the online European Film Festival ArteKino, gender parity, the impact of Covid-19 on arthouse films, and much more, in exclusive interview! [Read More...]

December is once again the month of European cinema!
ArteKino is back for the fourth consecutive year with a selection of 10 dirty gems from every corner of Europe available until December 31st, and it's entirely free to watch! [Read More...]

The Brazilian resistance speaks up!
We spoke to the two directors of Bacurau, the audacious sci-fi/Western that won the Jury Prize in Cannes this year, and became a powerful weapon against the far-right, anti-culture government of Brazil [Read More...]

I dream of a Black Europe!
A very African France has just won the World Cup, which is great news for a diverse and united Europe. But what about cinema? We reveal some of the Black European filmmakers that you should be looking out for! [Read More...]

We have a surprise for you, but it's for BEFORE Christmas
ArteKino and Festival Scope have a prezzie for you: 10 European films that you can watch from the comfort of your lounge anywhere in the old continent for free; but HURRY UP, you have to do it before December 17th [Read More...]

The filmmaker who denounced the Brazilian coup d'état
The director of the internationally-acclaimed Brazilian drama Aquarius flies to London for his film release, and he talks to Victor Fraga from DMovies about fiery topics such as greedy real estate developers and the coup d'état in Brazil last year [Read More...]

Takumã Kuikuro
Takumã Kuikuro is an internationally recognised filmmaker and an indigenous Brazilian raised in the Xingu National Park in the heart of the country. In 2002, he was trained through a NGO programme Video in the Villages (Video nas Aldeias) and [Read More...]

Jacopo Quadri
Jacopo Quadri was born in Milan in 1964. He has signed as a film editor in a considerable number of productions, and he has established a constant collaboration with Italian documentarist Gianfranco Rosi. Two of those collaborations have received international [Read More...]

Bruno Safadi
Brazilian movie director Bruno Safadi lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. He studied Film Studies in the neighbouring city of Niterói. He has worked as assistant director to veteran filmmakers like Júlio Bressane, Ivan Cardoso and Nélson Pereira dos [Read More...]