Film Reviews

7893 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 10/07/2025. 758 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

The Vanishing by Karim Moussaoui

10/12/2024

Karim Moussaoui’s film follows a privileged young man in Algiers who starts to break at the seams, but its bland narrative and lack of stakes drag the story down  

L'effacement

L'effacement

Sima's Song by Roya Sadat

09/12/2024

The political eclipses the personal in Roya Sadat’s film about two friends living in Afghanistan on the eve of the 1978 Soviet invasion  

Sima's Song

Sima's Song

MA - Cry of Silence by The Maw Naing

09/12/2024

The Maw Naing’s film merges class conflicts with protest against the military junta, inspired by women-led factory uprisings that occurred in 2012  

MA - Cry of Silence

MA - Cry of Silence

Queen Mom by Manele Labidi

06/12/2024

Manele Labidi delivers a bitter-sweet family chronicle daringly venturing into fantasy film, exploring exile and identity with insolent tenderness  

Reine Mère

Reine Mère

Fanon by Jean-Claude Barny

06/12/2024

Jean-Claude Barny makes the life and legacy of Martiniquan anti-colonial intellectual, psychiatrist and revolutionary Frantz Fanon accessible without losing the essence of his work  

Fanon

Fanon

7 Walks with Mark Brown by Pierre Creton, Vincent Barré

05/12/2024

Vincent Barré and Pierre Creton accompany the titular botanist on several excursions through the Normandy countryside, where the small things take on a great value that fast-paced life has camouflaged  

7 promenades avec Mark Brown

7 promenades avec Mark Brown

Europa centrale by Gianluca Minucci

04/12/2024

Trieste director Gianluca Minucci’s first feature is an expressionist, technically accomplished and well-acted piece of cinema which is sadly lacking in narrative  

Europa centrale

Europa centrale

n-EGO by Eleonora Danco

04/12/2024

Eleonora Danco’s second feature is a performance teetering between theatre of the absurd and social experiment that distils the stories of common people in Rome  

n-EGO

n-EGO

Silent Storms by Dania Reymond

03/12/2024

In Dania Reymond-Boughenou’s speculative debut feature, the weight of Algerian Civil War history cannot physically be held back in a community confronted by mysterious events  

Les Tempêtes

Les Tempêtes

Madame Ida by Jacob Møller

03/12/2024

Danish director Jacob Møller’s first feature tells a female-focused story set in the past but resonating with the present, which is sadly lacking in nuance, despite brilliant performances by the cast  

Madame Ida

Madame Ida

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