On Falling (2024)
★★★★☆
On Falling, a first feature directed by Laura Carreira, is a worthy addition to the Ken Loach trilogy on Sixteen Films: the lives of people struggling on low-wage or zero-hours contracts.
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The Summer With Carmen (2023)
★★★☆☆
During a hot day at the beach, friends Demosthenes and Nikitas work on a screenplay about the summer two years earlier in director Zacharias Mavroeidis’ sexy comedy The Summer with Carmen.
Berlinale: The Message (El Mensaje) (2025)
★★★☆☆
The Message is a beguiling, opaque film in Competition at the Berlinale.
Berlinale: Paternal Leave (2025)
★★★★☆
Paternal Leave is charming and heartbreaking at the same time. It’s the debut feature written and directed by Alissa Jung.
Berlin Film Festival 2025: 13-23 February: Line-up
★★★★☆
Berlin Film Festival 2025
A Complete Unknown (2024)
★★★★☆
A Complete Unknown is an excellently written and acted, star-studded (Timothée Chalamet) biopic directed by James Mangold of four crucial early years in the life of iconoclastic genius, musician and poet, Nobel Prize-winning Bob Dylan.
Film reviews
Oscars Shortlist 2025
★★★★☆
Oscars 2025 Shortlist
International Oscar contenders: Under the Volcano (2024) (Pod Wulkanem) / La Luna (2024)
★★★★☆
International Oscars shortlist
From Roger Moore With Love (2024)
★★★☆☆
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The Convert (2024)
★★★☆☆
The Convert by Maori director Lee Tamahori, angry as his country is colonised by the British, set in 1834.
PORTRAITS of Dangerous Women (2024)
★★☆☆☆
Portraits of Dangerous Women describes itself as a British comedy drama.
Mandoob (Night Courier) (2023)
★★★★☆
Mehdoob (Night Courier) directed by Ali Kalthami is a sophisticated thriller about a hapless delivery driver caught in societal change in Saudi Arabia.
About Dry Grasses (2023) (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)
★★★★★
About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan is another masterpiece from the Turkish auteur.
The Small Back Room (1948)
★★★★☆
Vintage classic The Small Back Room, Powell and Pressburger’s must-see 1948 noir masterpiece, has been restored and released in new 4K.
Two Tickets To Greece (2022) (Les Cyclades)
★★★☆☆
Two Tickets To Greece, directed by Marc Fitoussi with French stars, is an odd-couple comedy that looks beautiful and is rather predictable.
Bleeding Love (2023)
★★☆☆☆
An estranged father and daughter gradually reconnect during a cross-country journey following her overdose in director Emma Westenberg’s feature debut Bleeding Love.