by Hannah Strong
Social and magical realism merge in Andrea Arnold’s scintillating Thames Estuary fable about the friendship between a latchkey kid and a smiling wanderer searching for home.
by Marina Ashioti
Two men in search of a better life meet by chance in the Niger Delta – one in the French Foreign Legion, the other a revolutionary with dreams of becoming a dancer.
by David Jenkins
Ira Sachs returns with an intimate, intense three-hander about a Fassbinder-like film director played by the great Franz Rogowski.
by Lillian Crawford
Sebastian Meise’s profoundly sensual second feature is anchored by a standout performance from Franz Rogowski.
Paula Beer plays a woman with a supernatural secret in this unconventional modern-day fairy tale.
by Trevor Johnston
There’s shades of Casablanca in Christian Petzold’s riveting period romance, set in Nazi-occupied France.
Sebastian Schipper’s sensational single-take thriller is an ode to the art of filmmaking.
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