A Clockwork Orange (1971)
★★★★☆
Stanley Kubrick’s must-see cult classic A Clockwork Orange is finally released in the UK.
Alexa Dalby
3 Faces (2018)
★★★★☆
3 Faces is Jafar Panahi’s fourth film since receiving a 30-year ban on filmmaking (or leaving Iran). It’s an involving, compelling, deeply ingrained criticism of the society it quietly observes.
Out of Blue (2018)
★★☆☆☆
Out of Blue by Carol Morley, the director of Dreams of a Life, is a metaphysical neo-noir, a Schrödinger’s cat of a film.
At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
★★★★☆
Willem Dafoe stunningly inhabits the outer shell of tormented artist Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s disturbing, arty biopic At Eternity’s Gate.
Eaten by Lions (2018)
★★★★☆
Eaten by Lions by Jason Wingard is a crisp and surreally comic film, starring an array of British comedy talent. It’s a more raffish and comedic East Is East for our times.
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2019
★★★★☆
From 21-31 March, BFI Flare brings you the best new and classic LGBTQ+ films, events and more.
BBC Arabic Film Festival 2019
Arab film is receiving international attention following Nadine Labaki’s Foreign Lnaguage Oscar nomination for Capernaum. This year’s BBC Arabic Festival programme of 18 films includes four feature…
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Girl (2018)
★★★★☆
Trans-themed Girl is an exceptional, moving debut by director Lukas Dhont
Benjamin (2018)
★★★★☆
Benjamin, written and directed by Simon Amstell, is a self-revelatory comedy of embarrassment and satire on arty pretension.
The Fight (2018)
★★★☆☆
The Fight is actor Jessica Hynes’ down to earth but promising debut as director.
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
★★★☆☆
Under the Silver Lake is David Robert Mitchell’s dreamlike, rationality-transcending contemporary noir, starring Andrew Garfield.
Everybody Knows (2018)
★★★★☆
Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) is Iranian Asgar Farhadi’s Spanish-language first, a family drama-cum-thriller with top stars Penélope Cruz, Javier Badem and Ricardo Darín.
Fisherman’s Friends (2019)
★★★☆☆
Based on a true story, Fisherman’s Friends, directed by Chris Foggin, is a feel-good, musical fairy tale set in beautiful Cornwall.
Foxtrot (2017)
★★★★☆
Foxtrot is director Samuel Moaz’s original, surreal black comedy of the paradoxes and contradictions of life in Israel and Palestine on the edge of war.