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
The Queer Cinematic Magic of Robyn
Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public

Talent Baneen Ahmad Nayyef

The President's Cake review – polished but broad-brush filmmaking

by Marina Ashioti

Hasan Hadi’s debut feature is a bittersweet portrayal of a young girl’s inner world filtered through life under dictatorship.

Anticipation

Enjoyment

In Retrospect

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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

The Queer Cinematic Magic of Robyn

Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public

The President's Cake review – polished but broad-brush filmmaking