How many people will go along to this new film by Céline Song (Past Lives) after seeing the winsome social media promos by stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans and expect a standard romcom?
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One Battle After Another (2025)
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DJ Ahmet (2025)
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This is one of those lovely, quirky films about a country you probably don’t know much about that balances humour with some serious themes.
Continue readingA Private Life (Vie Privée) (2025)
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There is a lot to love about this stylish French psychological drama which delves into the charms and failings of psychoanalysis and the difficulties when we don’t heed our own advice.
Continue readingThe Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) (2025)
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Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025)
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This is a wry and diverting film within a film story, as if set within our daily newsfeeds.
Continue readingMirrors No. 3 (Miroirs No. 3) (2025)
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I’m not sure why I feel slightly disappointed with this solid and gentle drama from Christian Petzold.
Continue readingYurlu | Country (2025)
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Cutting Through Rocks (2025)
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This is one of those deeply upsetting documentaries where you are watching the viciousness and callousness when patriarchy is challenged play out in a rural Iranian village.
Continue readingMa – Cry of Silence (2024)
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It is hard to feel at all optimistic after this quiet meditation on the situation in Myanmar at the moment.
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