The Holdovers (2023)
★★★★☆
December 1970, a grumpy teacher forced to stay on campus over the holidays gradually bonds with a volatile teenager in Alexander Payne’s latest comedy drama The Holdovers.
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Raging Grace (2023)
★★★★☆
Raging Grace is an unusual contemporary social-comment-psychological-horror feature debut by British/Filipino Paris Zarcilla, an exciting new filmmaking voice.
The Lost Boys (2023) (Le Paradis)
★★★☆☆
Two teenage boys in a juvenile detention centre develop a passionate bond which is tested when one of them approaches his release in director and co-writer Zeno Graton’s The Lost Boys.
Red Sea Film Festival: 30 Nov-9 Dec 2023
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Fallen Leaves (2023) (Kuolleet lehdet)
★★★★☆
Fallen Leaves is Aki Kaurismäki’s drily touching film of a kind of love story amid the grinding reality of life.
A Stitch in Time (2023)
★★★☆☆
A Stitch in Time, a heart-warming Australian film directed by Sasha Hadden, stars Maggie Blinco.
London Palestine Film Festival: 17 Nov-1 Dec 2023
★★★★☆
London Palestine Film Festival: 17 Nov-1 Dec 2023
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
★★★★☆
Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet’s Palme d’or winner, stars Sandra Hüller in a gripping, ambiguous puzzle of a courtroom drama.
Good Boy (2023)
★★★☆☆
The ironically titled Good Boy, a semi-comic short written and directed by Tom Stuart, demonstrates once again what a good actor Ben Whishaw is.
BFI LFF 2023: In Camera (2023)
★★★★☆
In Camera, written and directed by Naqqash Khalid, is a debut satirical drama full of pain about the racism experienced by second-generation Asians in Britain.
BFI LFF 2023: Wilding (2023)
★★★☆☆
Wilding, based on Isabella Tree’s book, directed by David Allen, is a lyrical hymn to the self-healing of the English countryside.
BFI London Film Festival 2023: 4–15 October
★★★★☆
BFI London Film Festival 2023 – programme
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 12: 27 May 2023: Closing Awards
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 12: 27 May 2023: Closing Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 11: 26 May 2023
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 11: 26 May 2023