Film Editorial
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Suspiria
Luca ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Guadagino’s remake of Dario Argento’s 70s shocker trades the lurid fever dream quality of the original for a more densely themed but problematic ap...
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Mirai
This charming animation from Japanese writer-director Mamoru Hosada tells the hugely rewarding story of a headstrong tot who learns to adapt to what seems a catastrophic chang...
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Dogman
For this affecting and darkly humorous character study, Italian director Garronne returns to the scuzzy, heightened social realism of his most celebrated work, crime picture ‘...
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Skate Kitchen
Director Moselle’s 2015 debut picture ‘The Wolfpack’ was a fascinating documentary about a band of siblings who had been locked in a Manhattan apartment recreating their favou...
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Tehran Taboo
This bold and visually striking rotoscoped animated drama explores sex, drugs and hypocrisy in contemporary Iran via three troubled protagonists. We begin with a jolt as we en...
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Possum
There’s a genuine sense of dread pervading Matthew Holness’ feature debut, a psychological horror picture that elevates it above the mere pastiche one might have anticipated f...
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The Wife
A trio of excellent performances from Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater elevate this otherwise flawed feminist-hued drama, based on Meg Wolitzer’s 2003 book. It...
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Cold War
Writer-director Pawlikowski’s follow-up to his low-key masterpiece ‘Ida’ charts an ill-starred romance over a tempestuous period, running from the end of the 40s to the beginn...
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Lucky
The late, great Harry Dean Stanton gets a fitting send-off as the titular irrepressible small-town-dwelling old codger in this elegiac but whimsically amusing character study ...
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Iranian-American director Desiree Akhavan follows-up her amusing indie comedy ‘Appropriate Behaviour’ with this 90s-set drama adapted from Emily M. Danforth’s 2012 novel. More...
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Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
Early in this documentary about Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam - aka rapper and songwriter MIA - she is asked what makes her such a problematic figure. She struggles to answer. ...
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The Little Stranger
Irish director Lenny Abrahamson’s follow-up to the excellent ‘Room’ is a disappointingly staid adaptation of Sarah Walters’ novel, a gothic drama set in the late 40s/50s, when...
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Faces Places
Veteran Nouvelle Vague director Agnes Varda’s enduring zest for life and boundless curiosity is evidenced in this charming documentary, a freewheeling road movie that also ser...
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