Film festivals

Florence Korea Film Fest 2026: The Mutation

There’s undeniable power in cinema that confronts societal prejudices without resorting to melodrama or heavy-handed messaging. Korean director Shin Su-won’s The Mutation achieves precisely...

Laura Della Corte

“It’s chaotic, it’s messy, it’s human”: Nick Butler, Noah Parker and Liza Weil on Lunar Sway at BFI Flare 2026

Madfabulous

Antonia Georgiou

Washed Up

“I just focused on expressing reality”: Yang Jong-hyun on People and Meat at Florence Korea Film Fest 2026

Laura Della Corte

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Berlinale
Salvation

★★★★★

A Kurdish village in Eastern Turkey is split in two: Upper Pingan, on the mountain,...

Selina Sondermann 20^th February
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Berlinale
Josephine

★★★★★

In a veritable display of saving the best for last, the final film premiering in...

Selina Sondermann 20^th February
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Berlinale
Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)

★★★★★

In Yo, documentary filmmaker Anna Fitch and her partner Banker White accompany her octogenarian friend Yolanda...

Selina Sondermann 20^th February
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Cinema & Tv
“My main concern is the story I’m telling – not the place where it takes place”: Abderrahmane Sissako on Black Tea at Berlinale 2024

The gentle rhythms of Black Tea might make the film too laid-back for some audiences,...

Oliver Johnston 28^th February

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Cannes
The Mastermind

★★★★★

The second feature in Josh O’Connor’s double bill at this year’s Cannes competition is Kelly...

Selina Sondermann 23^rd May
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Cannes
Caravan

★★★★★

The road movie is a well-trodden cinematic path, but Zuzana Kirchnerová gives it fresh emotional...

Christina Yang 23^rd May
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Cannes
Honey Don’t!

★★★★★

Honey O’Donahue (Margaret Qualley) is a private investigator who offers complimentary therapeutic advice to prospective...

Selina Sondermann 23^rd May
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Cinema & Tv
“Cate Blanchett told me Tár was not only the story of a conductor. And our film was not only about a conductor”: Benjamin Lavernhe on The Marching Band at Cannes Film Festival 2024

Tár star Cate Blanchett gave French actor Benjamin Lavernhe an important tip before taking his...

Mark Worgan 22^nd May

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Venice
Cotton Queen

★★★★★

Set in a Sudanese village where harvests and histories are deeply entwined, Suzannah Mirghani’s Cotton...

Christina Yang 6^th September
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Venice
100 Nights of Hero

★★★★★

Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero, adapted from Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel, ought to be...

Christina Yang 6^th September
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Venice
Silent Friend

★★★★★

There is an urban legend in the world of film journalism stating that Terrence Malick...

Jan Tracz 6^th September
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Venice
“The coma is a pretext to tell the immobility of people stuck in their routine”: Valerio Mastandrea interview on Feeling Better

Valerio Mastandrea’s latest film, Feeling Better, takes audiences on a poignant and imaginative exploration of...

Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 17^th September

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LFF
Orwell: 2+2=5

★★★★★

Orwell: 2+2=5 nods to one of Nineteen Eighty-Four’s most chilling ideas rather than the novel’s...

Christina Yang 21^st October
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LFF
Finding Optel

★★★★★

Set in an unassuming Cape Town neighbourhood alive with gossip, generosity and good humour, Finding...

Christina Yang 19^th October
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LFF
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit

★★★★★

Black Rabbit, White Rabbit begins with an instantly recognisable scenario: a film armourer suspects that...

Christina Yang 18^th October
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LFF
Bird: On the red carpet with Nykiya Adams, Jason Buda, James Nelson-Joyce and Frankie Box at London Film Festival 2024

The Upcoming hit the red carpet during London Film Festival for the premiere of Bird,...

Sarah Bradbury 23^rd October

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Glasgow
Broken English

★★★★★

“Marianne died before we could finish this,” Tilda Swinton states directly into the camera towards...

Andrew Murray 5^th March
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Glasgow
The Curse

★★★★★

Ever since Sadako crawled out of the TV during the climax of Ringu, curses and...

Andrew Murray 5^th March
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Glasgow
Effi O Blaenau

★★★★★

Adapted from Gary Owen’s one-woman play, Iphigenia in Splott, Marc Evans’s Welsh-language feature Effi O...

Andrew Murray 3^rd March
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Cinema & Tv
“There are no bangs and flashes; it’s just a story about how we treat each other”: James Cosmo on My Sailor, My Love at Glasgow Film Festival 2023

Veteran actor James Cosmo (Braveheart, Highlander, His Dark Materials) stars opposite Brid Brennan and Catherine...

Andrew Murray 9^th March

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Film festivals
Kneecap

★★★★★

An indigenous language dies once every 40 days, and with it goes a sense of...

Guy Lambert 11^th June
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Cinema & Tv
Dìdi: On the red carpet with Sean Wang, Carlos Lopez and Valerie Bush at Sundance London 2024

This feature debut from filmmaker Sean Wang is a coming-of-age drama set in the 2000s...

Ezelle Alblas 10^th June
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Cinema & Tv
Sundance London 2024: On the red carpet with Emerald Fennell

As Sundance Film Festival 2024 celebrates its 40-year anniversary, actor and filmmaker Emerald Fennell was...

Ezelle Alblas 10^th June
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Film festivals
Skywalkers: A Love Story

★★★★★

“We’re telling a love story,” so the self-designated “rooftopper” Angela Nikolau declares of the social...

Thomas Messner 7^th June

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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano, the prize-winning second feature film from...

Andrew Murray 8th December 2024
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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: The Wolves Always Come at Night
★★★★★

A seamless blend of fiction and documentary...

Andrew Murray 8th December 2024
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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: Silent Storms
★★★★★

Alongside being heavily associated with evil spirits and jump scares,...

Andrew Murray 8th December 2024
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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: One of Those Days When Hemme Dies
★★★★★

Directed by and starring Murat Fıratoğlu in his...

Andrew Murray 8th December 2024

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Venice
One to One: John & Yoko
★★★★★

No gossip or auteur speculations. Instead, it’s a historical...

Jan Tracz 2nd September 2024
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Venice
Disclaimer
★★★★★

In the crowded landscape of streaming content, Apple TV+’s Disclaimer manages...

Christina Yang 2nd September 2024
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Venice
Wolfs
★★★★★

So far, Jon Watts was mainly known for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy, but by...

Selina Sondermann 1st September 2024
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Venice
Israel Palestine on Swedish Television 1958-1989
★★★★★

With its refreshingly straightforward title...

Christina Yang 1st September 2024
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Venice
Battlefield
★★★★★

Filmmakers have used war movies to explore what it means to be human for...

Andrew Murray 1st September 2024
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Venice
Three Friends (Trois Amies)
★★★★★

Rebecca (Sara Forestier) somewhat naively seeks a romantic...

Selina Sondermann 30th August 2024
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Venice
Babygirl
★★★★★

Taking no prisoners, Babygirl opens with Nicole Kidman’s moans accompanying the...

Selina Sondermann 30th August 2024
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Venice
Feeling Better (Nonostante)
★★★★★

In Valerio Mastandrea’s Feeling Better, coma patients walk as...

Andrew Murray 28th August 2024
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Film festivals
Weightless
★★★★★

Artists often wrestle with the conundrum: how to give form to grief? How to give...

Joseph Owen 20th August 2024
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Film festivals
Bang Bang
★★★★★

A boxer seeks redemption: an oldie and a goodie. Tim Blake Nelson takes on the...

Joseph Owen 20th August 2024

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