Film Reviews

7874 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 04/07/2025. 757 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Porto by Gabe Klinger

23/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Gabe Klinger dissects and reconstructs a romance between two foreigners in the eponymous Portuguese city, drawing on a collection of striking cinematic devices  

Porto

Porto

The Reconquest by Jonás Trueba

23/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Jonás Trueba’s fourth film is a story populated by his favourite wishful thinkers and romantics, set to music that speaks of days long gone  

La reconquista

La reconquista

I’m a Killer by Maciej Pieprzyca

23/09/2016

Maciej Pieprzyca, the bright filmmaker behind Life Feels Good, is back at the Gdynia Film Festival with a piece that plunges us into darkness  

Jestem mordercą

Jestem mordercą

Playground by Bartosz M. Kowalski

22/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: The most controversial film of the festival was directed by Poland’s Bartosz M Kowalski and tackles childhood violence in such a raw way that it hurts  

Plac zabaw

Plac zabaw

A Possible Life by Ivano De Matteo

22/09/2016

Ivano De Matteo is back with a story of a family in trouble, but this time he turns his attention to feelings and hope. An Italian-French co-production starring Margherita Buy and Valeria Golino  

La vita possibile

La vita possibile

A Monster Calls by Juan Antonio Bayona

22/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Juan Antonio Bayona’s third film is a fable populated by fantastic creatures, childish nightmares and deep-seated fears — and a relentless assault on the tear ducts  

Un monstruo viene a verme

Un monstruo viene a verme

Flemish Heaven by Peter Monsaert

21/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: From the hand of Belgian director Peter Monsaert comes this insalubrious incursion into the potentially harrowing consequences of brothel life  

Le Ciel Flamand

Le Ciel Flamand

Lady Macbeth by William Oldroyd

21/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: A woman rebels against everyone around her (and against her own humanity) in this restrained yet savage period film from British director William Oldroyd  

Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Jesús by Fernando Guzzoni

21/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIAN 2016: Having risen to prominence with Dog Flesh, Fernando Guzzoni is back with a dark and bitter film, directed with great skill  

Jesús

Jesús

Colossal by Nacho Vigalondo

21/09/2016

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Nacho Vigalondo presents his most polished and accessible work to date, with a hugely entertaining multi-layered tale offering plenty of laughs, starring Anne Hathaway  

Colossal

Colossal

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