Audrey Diwan’s take on the infamous erotic French novel is a chilly, bemusing affair that lacks for a sense of real purpose.
Dea Kulumbegashvili's stark Georgian drama follows an obstetrician who moonlights as an abortionist, as she is accused of interfering with her patients.
Dag Johan Haugerud's exploration of human desire is a sadly all too sterile affair.
Vincent Lindon stars as a widower trying to steer his young song away from the far right in the Coulin Sisters' frustrating drama.
Walter Salles returns to narrative filmmaking with a sensitive depiction of the forced disappearance of former congressman Rubens Paiva, and the devastation his family faced.
Justin Kurzel heads to America for his latest ripped-from-the-headlines drama, about the white supremacist group founded in the Pacific Northwest by Robert Jay Mathews and responsible for numerous terrorist acts throughout the 1980s.
Alfonso Cuarón's limited series starring Cate Blanchett as a famous documentarian with a dark secret is a surprising showcase for Kevin Kline.
A young enforcer for a Brazilian gangster finds himself hiding out at a sleazy sex hotel in Karim Aïnouz's neo-noir.
Oliver Stone's portrait of Brazil's beloved president sadly fails to really capture what it is that makes Lula da Silva such a galvanising political force.
The latest documentary from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania centers a quartet of young women whose lives are changed forever when two of them join ISIS.
In his latest documentary, the American master Frederick Wiseman observes the routines of the Troisgros family and their three fine dining restaurants in France.
Goran Stolevski's third feature is a story of queer solidarity in Northern Macedonia that doesn't quite come together.
Celine Song's feature debut is a tender exploration of multiethnic romance, complimented by nuanced performances from Greta Lee and John Magaro.
Karim Aïnouz's English language debut is a frustratingly buttoned-up take on the life of Henry VIII's final wife, Catherine Parr.
The latest documentary from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania centers a quartet of young women whose lived are changed forever when two of them join ISIS.
The lifelong friendship between two men is the subject of Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch’s poignant Alps-set drama.
Actress and producer Rachel Weisz and writer Alice Birch lift the lid on their reimagining of David Cronenberg's chilling twin thriller.
Philippe Garrel enlists his three children for this family affair, in which a family of artistic puppeteers grapple with their patriarch's passing.
Celine Song's feature debut is a tender exploration of multiethnic romance, complimented by nuanced performances from Greta Lee and John Magaro.
Gerard Butler plays a pilot whose plane goes down in a conflict zone in Jean-François Richet's surprisingly satisfying thriller.
Alejandro G Iñárritu grapples with creative fulfilment and the Mexican diaspora in his sprawling, semi-autobiographical surrealist drama.
The Scottish filmmaker behind breakout indie Aftersun explains the complex process of portraying memory in cinema.
The Iranian master returns with a set of parallel love stories reflecting on superstition and the mechanics of power.
Jafar Panahi plays himself in this lovingly-crafted autofiction that centers on two pairs of lovers.
This deeply nuanced treatise on the tragedy of motherhood marks the extraordinary feature debut of Alice Diop.
Frederick Wiseman reflects on the relationship between Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya in his first foray into fiction filmmaking.
Alejandro G Iñárritu grapples with creative fulfilment and the Mexican diaspora in his sprawling, semi-autobiographical surrealist drama.
Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch's is a poignant study of the friendship between two young men across four decades.
Eric Steele ventures into narrative filmmaking with a lacklustre adaptation of David Bezmozgis’ queer coming-of-age story.
She inhabits the role of the frustrated housewife in Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 drama with apparent effortlessness.
Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer star in Ridley Scott’s blunt-edged tale of masculinity and betrayal in the 14th century.
Appealing turns from Ben Affleck and Jodie Comer can’t save Ridley Scott’s bloated historical epic.
Sidse Babett Knudsen excels in this claustrophobic crime drama from first-time director Jeanette Nordahl.
A new documentary reveals how Björn Andrésen was plagued by the title director Luchino Visconti bestowed on him.
Redford’s directorial debut holds its ground as one of cinema’s most moving explorations of loss and guilt.
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