Tecla Insolia and Michele Riondino in a still from ‘Primavera’ courtesy of Curzon
The award winning Italian director with more than twenty years of operatic productions under his belt has now ventured into film making and his first feature is a cinematic masterpiece of sight, feelings and sound.
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Jude Law as Putin and Paul Dano as Baranov in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’, photo courtesy of Signature
And the one that singlehandedly decodes it all, including our present chaos, by presenting an image of the “enemy” in welcomed shades of grey — opening April 17th in UK & Irish cinemas.
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Inspired by the eminent film historian Vlada Petrić, who was also the filmmaker’s cinema professor, the film celebrates the centenary of the “dream film” in cinema and its years of flowering during the silent film period — and will be part of a weekend program, from the 17th to the 19th of April selected by Fox, of essential films on the theme of dreams in silent cinema.
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The French filmmaker’s screen adaptation of Albert Camus’ written words translates and updates the story of Meursault and lifts it up to appeal to contemporary audiences by tackling our obsession with fitting in, at any cost.
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Arif Jakup and Agush Agushev in a still from ‘DJ Ahmet’ in UK cinemas from 27th March
The 2025 Sundance World Cinema audience pick and Special Jury Prize winning film will be in UK cinemas starting 27th March and is the feature debut by NY born Macedonian award winning filmmaker Georgi M. Unkovski.
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In his latest documentary, the BAFTA and César winning documentary filmmaker provides the audience with a road map, in the form of George Orwell’s groundbreaking writing, attempting to break us free from the chains of misinformation and totalitarianism. Whether we use it or not, is ultimately our choice. Or is it?
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Adriano Giannini and Pilar Fogliati in a still from ‘A Brief Affair’ by Ludovica Rampoldi
It’s easy to believe that a beloved Italian screenwriter’s first directorial venture will be a watchable, intriguing film featuring great performances and possessing nuances of noir as well as unpredictable turns. And in Rampoldi’s hands, that is exactly what ‘A Brief Affair’ turns out to be.
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Juliette Binoche and Anna Calder-Marshall in a still from ‘Queen at Sea’
There are films which devour you at first watch and this Juliette Binoche starrer is one of those works of the 7th art, one which grabs hold of you right away and never really lets go.
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A still from ‘Narciso’, photo by © La Babosa Cine, used with permission
The brilliance of a film is sometimes in the casting and Martinessi’s latest film, screening in this year’s Panorama section, proves that point, with a central cameo by an actor who makes you sit up in your chair as soon as he enters the picture.
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I’ll admit that I haven’t been this impressed by a character’s entrance since Henry Fonda appeared in Sergio Leone’s ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ and managed to go against everything we had come to expect from the blue eyed superstar. And that’s just talking about the first scene of the upcoming FX drama series ‘The Beauty’.
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Adam Bakri in a still from ‘All That’s Left of You’, courtesy of T A P E Collective
The latest film by Palestinian-American helmer and actress Cherien Dabis is an ode to a land she’s never really known, having grown up in the diaspora, to which more and more Palestinians belong each day.
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A still from Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ courtesy of Universal Pictures UK
Reinventing Shakespeare, to make his plays and own story more actual and better understood by contemporary audiences, is the key to keeping him alive. And the Chinese-American indie filmmaker turned big budget director finds that balance, perfectly, in her latest film.
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From left, Kritika Kamra, Shreya Dhanwanthary and Juhi Babbar, in a still from Anusha Rizvi’s ‘The Great Shamsuddin Family’
In short, the film not only passes the Bechdel test with flying colors, and showcases a cast of extraordinary actresses playing members of one fabulous family, but it should also be credited with creating a new kind of “Rizvi test”, one which can be used for showing Muslim women characters which finally break down all stereotypes created so far in movies.
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Kate Winslet and Toni Collette in a still from ‘Goodbye June’ courtesy of Netflix
And somehow, coming from such illustrious parents, it should be no surprise Anders came up with such a touching, beautiful script — yet incredible talent at such a young age still remains the stuff of legends for me.
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When people say, or write, things like “what has become of America?” pointing to our current leadership and our contemporary USA, I always think, we’ve been there all along — because America was built on slavery, and the kind of human/civil rights abuses that never let up.
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Fiona Shaw and Katherine Waterston in a still from ‘Park Avenue’, used with permission
With its heart clearly in the right place, Dellal’s film mixes what I love most in life — fashion and cinema.
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Why is it that films like Dolores Fonzi’s wondrous directorial venture always remind us about the forgotten history, and how condemned we remain as a human race to repeat our mistakes in the future if we don’t come to terms with our past?
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While the Iranian helmer’s latest film may not be his best, it has turned out to be his most crucial to date — all because Panahi is finally able to promote it.
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Turns out you do. And Cooper is both funny in it, and wondrous behind the camera. In a few words, it’s a film you won’t want to miss.
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Dhafer L’Abidine and Yasmine Al Massri in a still from ‘Palestine 36’ courtesy of Philistine Films
Why, you ask? Because if we are ever to understand the Palestinian/Israeli issues of the present, we need to go back nearly a century and wrap our heads around the crimes, struggles and mistakes of the past.
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