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7852 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 18/06/2025. 776 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Lines of Wellington by Raoul Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento

08/11/2012

Entwined destinies in war-torn 19th century Portugal in Valeria Sarmiento’s historical drama unveiled in the competition in Venice  

As Linhas de Wellington

As Linhas de Wellington

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

09/07/2021

CANNES 2021: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun delivers a luminous work about a mother whose love for her daughter causes her to change course and to set about surmounting social and religious taboos  

Lingui, les liens sacrés

Lingui, les liens sacrés

Lion by Garth Davis

25/10/2016

Screened at the Rome Film Fest, Garth Davis’ film, starring Dev Patel, is a passionate epic about a young man searching for his roots, based on a true story  

Lion

Lion

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Nobuhiro Suwa

30/09/2017

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Nobuhiro Suwa cooks up a breathtaking metacinematic concoction that plays with three of cinema’s most basic elements: time, hope and Jean-Pierre Léaud  

Le Lion est mort ce soir

Le Lion est mort ce soir

The Lions by the River Tigris by Zaradasht Ahmed

31/03/2025

In Zaradasht Ahmed’s emotive documentary, made following Mosul’s liberation from ISIS, a stone carving above a door takes on a symbolic value  

The Lions by the River Tigris

The Lions by the River Tigris

Lipstick on the Glass by Kuba Czekaj

28/07/2023

Kuba Czekaj’s third film strives for utopian equality and delves into queer desire with a visual flair like no other  

Lipstick on the Glass

Lipstick on the Glass

La lista de los deseos by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo

02/07/2020

Starting off in Seville and ending up in the Moroccan desert, this road movie heads south, steering clear of sentimental short cuts to remind us that we should live every single moment to the full  

La lista de los deseos

La lista de los deseos

Listen by Maria Douza

15/11/2022

In her second film, Greek director Maria Douza follows a deaf girl whose impairment at times seems to be more of a gift than a curse  

Ákousé me

Ákousé me

Listen by Ana Rocha de Sousa

12/09/2020

VENICE 2020: Ana Rocha de Sousa's debut film packs a mighty punch as it tackles forced adoptions in Britain  

Listen

Listen

Listen to the Voices by Maxime Jean-Baptiste

14/08/2024

With his debut feature, Maxime Jean-Baptiste delivers an intimate and poignant film that fills in the missing images of French Guiana, in a free form  

Kouté vwa

Kouté vwa

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