Film Reviews

7874 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 05/07/2025. 750 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Hammarskjöld by Per Fly

27/01/2024

Per Fly directs a sturdy but speculative account of the Swedish UN Secretary-General, whose death remains shrouded in mystery  

Hammarskjöld

Hammarskjöld

Ten Years by Matthias von Gunten

26/01/2024

Matthias von Gunten’s latest film explores the difficulties involved in integrating a frequently ruthless working world which has no time for dreams and ideals  

Zehn Jahre

Zehn Jahre

Son of the Mullah by Nahid Persson Sarvestani

26/01/2024

Nahid Persson Sarvestani pays tribute to Rouhollah Zam, an exiled Iranian activist and journalist with a tragic fate, with a moving film about the pursuit of regime opponents  

Son of the Mullah

Son of the Mullah

1489 by Shoghakat Vardanyan

26/01/2024

Shot exclusively on her mobile phone, Shoghakat Vardanyan’s emotional debut documentary focuses on the brother whom she lost in the Nagorno-Karabakh War  

1489

1489

Handling the Undead by Thea Hvistendahl

26/01/2024

Thea Hvistendahl’s debut feature boasts a peculiar, eerie atmosphere and demonstrates her solid directing skills, but its last third destroys all the promise shown in the first two  

Håndtering av udøde

Håndtering av udøde

Brief History of a Family by Jianjie Lin

24/01/2024

Everybody’s looking for something in the meticulously realised debut feature by Chinese director Jianjie Lin  

Brief History of a Family

Brief History of a Family

Dieci minuti by Maria Sole Tognazzi

24/01/2024

Co-written with Francesca Archibugi, Maria Sole Tognazzi’s new movie takes a sensitive and understanding approach to tell the tale of a woman’s existential crisis and subsequent journey of rebirth  

Dieci minuti

Dieci minuti

Once We Were Pitmen by Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek

24/01/2024

Christian Johannes Koch and Jonas Matuschek’s film homes in on the harsh but humanity-filled daily life of a group of miners who are about to lose their jobs  

Wir waren Kumpel

Wir waren Kumpel

Burning Fire by Michael Karrer

24/01/2024

Michael Karrer’s debut feature film confronts us with a reality which we’re not able to see, overwhelmed as we are by the frenzy of everyday life  

Füür brännt

Füür brännt

My Swiss Army by Luka Popadić

24/01/2024

Luka Popadić’s debut feature film follows three Swiss officers of Serbian, Sri Lankan and Tunisian origin wrestling with a dual identity which makes them unique  

Echte Schweizer

Echte Schweizer

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