Festivals

Resurrection – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Bi Gan's third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema.

The Mastermind – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

An art theft spells disaster for Josh O'Connor in Kelly Reichardt's excellent Vietnam-era heist dramedy.

The Wave – first-look review

By Rafa Sales Ross

Sebastián Lelio's musical take on Chile's MeToo movement is a misjudged gum-smacking mess.

Honey Don’t! – first-look review

By David Jenkins

The second instalment of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s lesbian genre film trilogy manages to just about snag a passing grade.

Young Mothers first-look review

By Mark Asch

Belgium’s Dardenne brothers return with a typically emotive film about a group of very young women dealing with the dramas of childbirth.

Woman and Child – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Love and humour gives way to bitterness and rancour in this slick and involving portrait of an Iranian family in turmoil from Saeed Roustaee.

Love on Trial – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A young J-pop singer must choose between love and stardom in Koji Fukada's gentle romantic drama.

Romería – first-look review

By Rafa Sales Ross

This semiautobiographical drama from Golden Bear-winner Carla Simón makes for a heartfelt exploration on the joys and pains of extended family.

Heads or Tails? – first-look review

By Mark Asch

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis deliver a spirited western ballad about a young woman seeking freedom and her daring lover.

Sorry, Baby – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A brilliant young academic struggles to come to terms with the aftermath of a sexual assault in Eva Victor's moving dramedy.

Sentimental Value – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Renate Reinsve plays an actress struggling with the sudden return of her estranged father in Joachim Trier's latest drama.

The History of Sound – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Two musicians set out to record the folk songs of rural America in Oliver Hermanus' restrained but affecting drama.

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele – first-look review

By Mark Asch

Russian exile filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov selects Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death“ as the subject of the first film made in his new home, Germany.

It Was Just an Accident – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Iranian director Jafar Panahi delivers a Palme-ready thriller exploring the high price of revenge on a potentially evil man.

Eleanor the Great – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

June Squibb plays a spirited nonagenarian who moves back to New York from Florida in Scarlett Johansson's underwhelmed directorial debut.

Once Upon a Time in Gaza – first-look review

By Yasmine Kandil

Arab and Tarzan Nasser's thriller transports us to 2007, where two friends running a drug dealing business out of a falafel cart soon come into conflict with a corrupt police officer.

Vie Priveé – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jodie Foster stars as a psychiatrist trying to solve a potential murder in Rebecca Zlotowski's underwhelming drama.

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