By Ella Kemp
Davy Chou’s bittersweet comedy of a Korean adoptee searching for her biological parents is powered by a dazzling lead performance.
By Ella Kemp
His turn as the vapid, insecure David in Bodies Bodies Bodies proves there's more to Davidson than tabloid headlines and Saturday Night Live skits.
By Ella Kemp
Anyone with fond memories of the 2007 meta-fairytale banger, Enchanted, starring Amy Adams, is in for a surprise and a treat.
By Ella Kemp
Oliver Hermanus teams up with Kazuo Ishiguro and Bill Nighy for a British reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 masterpiece, Ikiru.
By Ella Kemp
The two-time Palme d'Or-winning provocateur chats idealism, misogyny and modeling as Triangle of Sadness hits cinemas.
By Ella Kemp
Simon Rex plays a washed-up porn actor in Sean Baker’s sparkling character study set around the Texan fringes.
By Ella Kemp
A gay Afghan man leaves his home for a new life in Denmark in Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s moving documentary.
By Ella Kemp
Eva Husson’s English-language debut is a watered down adaptation of Graham Swift’s eponymous novel.
By Ella Kemp
Mads Mikkelsen and director Thomas Vinterberg continue their midlife crisis odyssey in rousing fashion.
By Ella Kemp
There’s poetry in the mundane at every turn in Chloé Zhao’s impressive debut feature from 2015.
By Ella Kemp
Haifaa Al Mansour’s latest sees female doctor challenge Saudi Arabian social norms by running for local election.
By Ella Kemp
A history lesson turns into a horror movie in Bertrand Bonello’s bold reclamation of the zombie legend.
By Ella Kemp
Emily Mortimer stars in this half-baked adulting dramedy from actor-turned-director Dolly Wells.
By Ella Kemp
The pains of prepubescence is the butt of this warm-hearted, foul-mouthed comedy from the makers of Superbad.
By Ella Kemp
Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star in Annabel Jankel’s emotionally-strained sapphic romance.
By Ella Kemp
The prolific Welsh filmmaker discusses the merits of being in the moment on a film set.
By Ella Kemp
Julianne Moore plays a divorcé stepping to her own beat in Sebastián Lelio’s remake of his 2013 drama.
By Ella Kemp
Gael García Bernal directs this sorry parable about a pair of criminalised teenage clowns.
By Ella Kemp
Teenage heartache and Haitian voodoo culture come to the fore in Bertrand Bonello’s spiritual folk horror.
By Ella Kemp
Jean Dujardin is dressed to kill in director Quentin Dupieux’s pitch-black sartorial satire.
By Ella Kemp
Famed German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann is the subject of this delightful romantic biopic.
By Ella Kemp
Lucas Hedges plays a teenage drug addict who attempts to reconcile with his mother.
By Ella Kemp
Camille Vidal-Naquet’s impressive debut feature is infused with skin-prickling energy.
By Ella Kemp
This portrait of the work of film critic Pauline Kael is a perfect reminder of why movies matter.
By Ella Kemp
Lucas Hedges plays a young man struggling with his sexual identity in this tender drama from director Joel Edgerton.
By Ella Kemp
The ASFF’s biggest edition yet welcomed an impressive range of boundary-pushing works.
By Ella Kemp
Elle Fanning plays a young talent show hopeful in Max Minghella’s sweet-sounding directorial debut.
By Ella Kemp
The lives of a prostitute and a cyclist become intertwined over the course of a long, sensual night.
By Ella Kemp
A mature central performance from Lucas Hedges anchors Joel Edgerton’s gay conversion therapy drama.
By Ella Kemp
Piglet, Pooh and Tigger too are brought back to life in this big-hearted Disney live-action animation.
By Ella Kemp
Claire Scanlon’s Manhattan meet-cute is a bouncy comedy with plenty to say about modern relationships.
By Ella Kemp
Cannes darling Stephane Brizé returns with a trudging, cacophonous insight into the guts of industrial activism.
By Ella Kemp
This passionate debut from Camille Vidal-Naquet boldly challenges our perceptions of male sex workers.
By Ella Kemp
This teen-baiting romantic drama about a girl living with a rare disease is clichéd in the extreme.
By Ella Kemp
Gabriel Byrne and Harvey Keitel slum it in the this subpar Brit gangster flick from Mitu Misra.
By Ella Kemp
Alex Gibney reopens a mysterious unsolved murder case in this incisive but frustratingly elusive documentary.
By Ella Kemp
The American actor’s latest scene-stealing performance shows what a female superhero should look like.
By Ella Kemp
This strange and unsatisfying doc-fiction hybrid takes in the crazy world of BASE jumping.
By Ella Kemp
A tribute to Jerry Lewis and a Bollywood dancing class are among the highlights of this year’s festival.
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