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

Cannes 2026 announces its sidebar line-ups
Jarmusch Special | Father Mother Sister Brother
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!
The liminality of All The President's Men
Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man
The Drama | Fuze | Hell Or High Water (2016)

Talent Jalal Altawil

Green Border review – brilliant and tense

by Charles Bramesco

A stirring depiction of the refugee situation in Europe, as Syrians fleeing war face harrowing interrogation at the Polish-Belarusian border.

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...

Cannes 2026 announces its sidebar line-ups

Jarmusch Special | Father Mother Sister Brother

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival line-up is here!

The liminality of All The President's Men

Jim Jarmusch: Song & Dance Man

The Drama | Fuze | Hell Or High Water (2016)

Green Border review – brilliant and tense