Film Reviews

7965 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 26/08/2025. 752 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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

The Thousand and One Days of Hajj Edmond by Simone Bitton

03/12/2024

Simone Bitton weaves together an elegiac love letter to lesser-known Moroccan Jewish writer and intellectual Edmond Amran El Maleh  

Les mille et un jours du Hâjj Edmond

Les mille et un jours du Hâjj Edmond

Since I Was Born by Jawad Rhalib

02/12/2024

Jawad Rhalib follows a small village girl from the High Atlas fighting to pursue her studies, and thus paints the subtle portrait of a rural population and its challenges  

Puisque je suis née

Puisque je suis née

I’d Rather Be Condemned by Margarita Ledo Andión

29/11/2024

Galician filmmaker Maragarita Ledo Andión continues to explore women's stories of the past that mark the present with extreme sensitivity and intellectual acuity  

Prefiro condenarme

Prefiro condenarme

Dissident by Andriy Alferov, Stanislaw Gurenko

29/11/2024

Stanislav Gurenko and Andrii Alferov’s movie is a stylishly captivating memoir about activists in Soviet Ukraine, which is unfortunately hard to understand for those not familiar with that period  

Dissident

Dissident

The Southern Chronicles by Ignas Miškinis

29/11/2024

Ignas Miškinis’s film tells a charming coming-of-age tale about a working-class boy navigating love and societal expectations in the early years of Lithuania’s independence  

Pietinia Kronikas

Pietinia Kronikas

The Trail Left by Time by Alfredo Picazo, Luis "Soto" Muñoz

28/11/2024

Luis “Soto” Muñoz proves himself to be one of Spain's most promising and unique directors with a moving film about the past and memory  

Los restos del pasar

Los restos del pasar

Shadowland by Otso Tiainen

28/11/2024

Otso Tiainen conducts an examination of director Richard Stanley, living in a French Pyrenees town populated by people engaged in magical and spiritual practices  

Shadowland

Shadowland

The Shadow Scholars by Eloise King

27/11/2024

Eloïse King’s devastating documentary follows Professor Patricia Kingori as she uncovers the mechanics and psychology behind the industry of Kenyan essay writers whose invisible work powers the West  

The Shadow Scholars

The Shadow Scholars

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