Reviews

The Blue Trail review – a winding and creative dystopian drama
The Wizard of the Kremlin review – ludicrous and self-aware, with Jude Law as young Putin
Rebuilding review – pleasant to a fault
The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic, monochrome perfume ad
California Schemin' review – a predictable and soft-edged music biog
You, Me & Tuscany review – mamma mia...

Features

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!
The liminality of All The President's Men
Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man
Bashu, Beyzaie and the Paradox of Iranian Identity

Contributor Jason Tan Liwag

Festivals

Quiet defiance in JE Tiglao’s Metamorphosis

by Jason Tan Liwag

This landmark film receives its UK première at Queer East Film Festival, but its journey has been a tumultuous one.

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The Blue Trail review – a winding and creative dystopian drama

The Wizard of the Kremlin review – ludicrous and self-aware, with Jude Law as young Putin

Rebuilding review – pleasant to a fault

The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic, monochrome perfume ad

California Schemin' review – a predictable and soft-edged music biog

You, Me & Tuscany review – mamma mia...

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!

The liminality of All The President's Men

Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man

Bashu, Beyzaie and the Paradox of Iranian Identity

Quiet defiance in JE Tiglao’s Metamorphosis