Film Reviews

8127 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 29/10/2025. 732 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Children of War and Peace by Ville Suhonen

02/02/2024

Ville Suhonen’s new documentary is dotted with archive footage as it explores the pro-military indoctrination of Finnish youngsters from the first post-war period onwards  

Sodan ja rauhan lapset

Sodan ja rauhan lapset

The Lost Steps by Roda Fawaz, Thibaut Wohlfahrt

02/02/2024

Roda Fawaz and Thibaut Wohlfahrt thrust us into the heart of the justice system for a day, encompassing high-tension trials and family affairs  

Les pas perdus

Les pas perdus

Grey Bees by Dmytro Moiseiev

02/02/2024

Dmytro Moiseiev directs an intense and lightly surreal adaptation of Andrey Kurkov’s novel, about a beekeeper caught between the frontlines of the Donbas war  

Siri bdzholy

Siri bdzholy

Natatorium by Helena Stefánsdottir

01/02/2024

An air of threat comes and goes around the family at the centre of Helena Stefánsdóttir’s stylish debut  

Natatorium

Natatorium

Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others by Farshad Hashemi

01/02/2024

Farshad Hashemi's first feature follows Iranian cinema's tradition of intertwining reality and fiction, and exploring the relationship between real life and cinema  

Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others

Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others

Formosa Beach by Julia De Simone

01/02/2024

Julia De Simone’s first feature inventively interrogates Portugal’s colonial history in Brazil through experimental fiction informed by a documentary background  

Praia Formosa

Praia Formosa

The Virgin and Child by Binevsa Berivan

01/02/2024

In her debut feature film filled with ellipses and silences, Binevsa Berivan paints the portrait of a Yezidi woman spurred on by her thirst for vengeance  

La vierge à l'enfant

La vierge à l'enfant

Tatami by Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir

01/02/2024

Guy Nattiv and Zar Emir Ebrahimi’s film follows an Iranian judoka fighting for a long-negated right to freedom  

Tatami

Tatami

Under a Blue Sun by Daniel Mann

01/02/2024

In Daniel Mann’s essay documentary, the shooting of Rambo III in Israel’s Negev desert is shown as a camouflage for land dispossession  

Under a Blue Sun

Under a Blue Sun

Portrait of a Certain Orient by Marcelo Gomes

31/01/2024

Marcelo Gomes tells the story of an escape from Lebanon to Brazil by way of a black and white drama interweaving passion, memory and desire  

Retrato de um certo oriente

Retrato de um certo oriente

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