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  • Amongst The Wolves
    Reviews

    ‘Amongst The Wolves’: Galway Review 406v11

    2024-07-11T22:40:00Z z6973

    Luke McQuillan anchors this debut Irish revenge drama as a war veteran struggling to survive on Dublin’s harsh fringes

  • Richard Gadd
    Features

    Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Richard Gadd (actor-writer-producer) 56315n

    2024-06-26T08:00:00Z

    Gadd starred in and wrote Netflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’.

  • Cannes critics titles
    Features

    Screen critics’ stand-out titles from Cannes 2024 6x630

    2024-05-29T11:35:00Z

    Our critics round up the films that may have flown under the radar but generated a lot of praise.

  • Sean Baker at the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony
    Comment

    Comment: Sex and politics reign at newsworthy Cannes 2024 2en72

    2024-05-28T07:57:00Z

    Critical consensus – if you can ever find it – indicates it was a good year, even if reviews were rarely rapturous.

  • All We Imagine As Light
    Reviews

    ‘All We Imagine As Light’: Cannes Review 242x5x

    2024-05-23T22:10:00Z

    Payal Kapadia’s eloquent fiction debut follows three women attempting to find their place in modern Mumbai

  • Motel Destino
    Reviews

    ‘Motel Destino’: Cannes Review 1q5c57

    2024-05-22T21:55:00Z

    A young hitman hides out in a Brazilian sex hotel in this steamy Competition title from Karim Ainouz

  • The Shrouds
    Reviews

    ‘The Shrouds’: Cannes Review 6v1135

    2024-05-20T22:00:00Z

    A grieving man invents a way to stay close to his dead wife in David Cronenberg’s lumbering Competition entry

  • Caught By The Tides
    Reviews

    ‘Caught By The Tides’: Cannes Review 272s6

    2024-05-18T15:30:00Z

    China’s relentless march for progress inspires Jia Zhang-ke’s contemplative Competition entry  

  • Desert Of Namibia
    Reviews

    ‘Desert Of Namibia’: Cannes Review 3k5k4j

    2024-05-18T14:59:00Z

    A young Japanese woman struggles with her claustrophobic Tokyo life in this Directors’ Fortnight title

  • Queens Of Drama
    Reviews

    ‘Queens Of Drama’: Cannes Review 724do

    2024-05-18T13:55:00Z

    A pop star and a lesbian punk fall in and out of love in this hyper-stylised French debut

  • Universal Language
    Reviews

    ‘Universal Language’: Cannes Review 3t3o1a

    2024-05-18T08:15:00Z

    Iranian culture is transposed onto Winnipeg in this conceptual Canadian comedy

  • Kinds Of Kindness
    Reviews

    ‘Kinds Of Kindness’: Cannes Review 4q4m5y

    2024-05-17T17:00:00Z

    Yorgos Lanthimos returns to his Greek Weird Wave roots for this triptych of dark tales playing in Cannes competition

  • The Girl With The Needle
    Reviews

    ‘The Girl With The Needle’: Cannes Review 42h64

    2024-05-15T22:25:00Z

    Horrific true events inspire Magnus von Horn’s murderous black-and-white drama

  • When The Light Breaks
    Reviews

    ‘When The Light Breaks’: Cannes Review bs6d

    2024-05-15T19:55:00Z

    National and personal tragedy collide over the course of a single Icelandic summer day in Runar Rúnarsson’s Un Certain Regard opener

  • 234313_alice_diop_masterclass©nikita_thevoz_005
    Features

    “My films are cut through with the need to resist the violence of our times,” Alice Diop tells Visions du Reel audience 6b6j5l

    2024-04-16T08:37:00Z

    “My aim is to find the right format for the film I want to make,” said the French filmmaker of documentaries and ‘Saint Omer’. 

  • the flats
    Reviews

    ‘The Flats’: H:DOX Review 6g532c

    2024-03-25T09:17:00Z

    The past casts a permanent shadow over a West Belfast housing estate in this H:DOX winner

  • The Beautiful Game
    Reviews

    ‘The Beautiful Game’: Review 1c4s4p

    Micheal Ward and Bill Nighy make a dream team in Thea Sharrock’s homeless football league drama

  • Grand Theft Hamlet
    Reviews

    ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’: SXSW Review 2j2844

    2024-03-10T21:15:00Z

    Video game ’Grand Theft Auto’ plays host to a virtual staging of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

  • Oscars chat 2024
    Features

    Screen editors make final Oscars predictions, reflect on 2024 race: “It’s going to go down as one of the great years” y616p

    2024-03-08T10:31:00Z

    “A great year for the studios, and backed up by fantastic box office, which creates that excitement around the awards show.”

  • Berlin critics picks
    Features

    Screen critics’ top films from Berlin 2024 5o4136

    2024-02-27T14:04:00Z

    What did the critics really love from this year’s Berlinale?