Marie Amachoukeli’s second film is a triumph of political and emotional sensitivity in its depiction of a young girl and her nanny.
A delicate study of human interaction in a space where the urban and the natural collide from director Bas Devos.
Facing a marital crisis, a couple venture into the world of polyamory in Selma Vilhunen's Finnish relationship drama.
Viggo Mortensen's sombre take on the western evokes some classic Clint Eastwood films.
A young Frenchwoman in Brittany harbours a secret about her appearance until she marries a suitor interested in her dowry in this gentle period drama.
Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello's ambitious, genre-defying latest.
Seek out this stunning, empathetic and radical British debut from first-time British filmmaker Luna Carmoon.
By Esmé Holden
Alice Rohrwacher creates a magical fairytale about a group of tomb raiders, anchored by a soulful performance from Josh O'Connor.
Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old single mother who embarks on a torrid love affair with a 24-year-old pop star in Michael Showalter's schmaltzy but not without charm rom-com.
In David Leitch's bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.
A happily single Georgian woman is forced to reconsider her life of solitude when she falls in love in Elene Naveriani's bittersweet romantic dramedy.
Soudade Kaadan’s second feature is truistic yet forceful in examining the complexities of human suffering and confinement through a teenage girl stuck in the thick of the Syrian civil war.
This Mongolian drama of a poverty-stricken young academic abandoned by his mother makes for a intriguing debut.
An Iranian immigrant in Sweden seeks solace in their national wrestling team in this riveting story of internal torture.
The legendary Spanish filmmaker returns with his first feature film in 32 years, which centres on the strange case of an actor who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Two Senegalese teenagers embark on a perilous journey to Europe in Matteo Garrone's affecting drama about the migrant crisis.
By Xuanlin Tham
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's drama about a mountain village threatened by a new development is a haunting depiction of the gulf between capitalism and environmentalism.
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