Amá Review

‘They took our past with a sword and our land with a pen. Now they’re trying to take our future with a scalpel.’ – Unnamed Native American woman on forced steri... Read More...

The Wild Pear Tree Review

After graduation, would-be writer Sinan (Aydin Doğu Demirkol) returns to his Turkish hometown of Çan, to live with his family until he decides what to do next. ... Read More...

Shoplifters Review

Shoplifters centres on the Shibata family, who live in a one-room shack in Tokyo. Although they have Hatsue’s (Kirin Kiki) pension and a few jobs between them, ... Read More...

Nancy DVD Review

Andrea Riseborough has done outstanding work in films of all shapes and sizes for more than a decade. She’s been an IRA sympathiser in Shadow Dancer, a striking... Read More...

Book Review: Flames by Robbie Arnott

Somewhat fittingly, trying to describe Flames is like trying to hold smoke between your hands. However much of a grip you think you have on it, it always seeps ... Read More...

BFI London Film Festival 2018: The Best Of The Fest

Hundreds of films played at this year's London Film Festival and to whittle it down to just ten is difficult enough to achieve. But we've tried to do this betwe... Read More...

The Guilty – BFI London Film Festival Review

Asger (Jakob Cedergren) is bored. He used to be a street cop, but after an incident, he’s been temporarily transferred to the police call centre. Spending most ... Read More...

5 gems to watch at London Film Festival 2018

As the 62nd BFI London Film Festival commences, one of the biggest challenges for movie lovers attending the 12-day event is choosing which of the 225 features ... Read More...

Tehran Taboo Review

Thanks to the jailing of her drug-addicted husband, Pari (Elmira Rafziadeh) has been forced into prostitution, having no other way of providing for her young so... Read More...

Book Review: On Sheep – Diary Of A Swedish Shepherd by Axel Lindén

Bored with his life in the city, and concerned about the daunting issues facing the environment, Axel Lindén moves his family to a small sheep farm in the count... Read More...

Madame DVD Review

Anne (Toni Collete) and Bob (Harvey Keitel) are throwing a dinner party at their fancy Parisian home. The sudden arrival of Bob’s son (Tom Hughes) leaves Anne i... Read More...

Iceman DVD Review

In 1991, hikers found a mummified corpse frozen in the Ötztal Alps. Testing revealed their discovery to be more than five thousand years old. Felix Randau’s fil... Read More...