Tótem (2023): Film Review
Lila Avilés’ second feature, Tótem, is an expertly crafted family drama that finds human connection and clashes within confined interiors.
Seven Winters in Tehran: Film Review
Seven Winters in Tehran tells the tragic story of Reyhaneh Jabbari’s fight for justice in a brilliant display of documentary filmmaking.
Samsara Film Review: Lyrical & Poetic
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s influence infuses deeply but delicately into Samsara, Lois Patiño’s lyrical and poetic Buddhism-focussed film.
Creature (2023): Film Review
The feverish brainchild of Asif Kapadia and Akram Khan, Creature is an invigorating dance film that roars with vigour.
Disco Boy: Franz Rogowski Film Review
Disco Boy is a riveting and visceral belter of a film with, unsurprisingly, a terrific lead performance from Franz Rogowski.
Past Lives Review: Complex Reflection on Enduring Love
Celine Song announces herself as a major voice in cinema with Past Lives, her divine and complex reflection on enduring love.
Silver Haze Film Review: Deeply Impactful
Silver Haze’s central love-story thinly veils a profoundly impactful film about forgiveness, found-family and finding yourself.
Delegation (Ha’Mishlahat): Film Review
Asaf Saban’s Delegation beautifully explores the lingering sadness of our psychological growing pains beneath the veil of poisoned happiness.
Drifter Film Review: What it’s like to be a cis white gay man
Through the haunting story of a young man searching for himself, Drifter shows us what it’s like to be a cis white gay man in Berlin at a specific moment in time.
BlackBerry (2023): Film Review
BlackBerry documents an important part of technological history, and the complex relationships and brilliant minds that made it happen.