Anishoara
An imaginative, visually arresting portrait of a Moldovan teenager as her life changes over the course of a year.
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Well
Four sex workers and two gangsters walk into a gas station… Sounds like a setup for a Quentin Tarantino film? WELL certainly has its share of humour and cartoonish violence, writes Noel Megahey
Focus on Italy: L'Attesa
Our series of features focusing on Italian cinema begins with Noel Megahey’s reflections on L’ATTESA, based on a play by Luigi Pirandello.
Evolution
Evolution is not so much an out-of-body experience as an inner body one…
Traders
A series of underground fight-to-the death duels begin to develop into a twisted kind of pyramid scheme in TRADERS.
Remainder
If you’re looking for an intelligent and intriguing film in the style of Christopher Nolan or Jonathan Glazer, REMAINDER fares very well indeed.
Virgin Mountain
VIRGIN MOUNTAIN could probably take place anywhere and lose none of the poignancy or humour in the universality of its observations on human nature.
Schneider vs Bax
Alex van Warmerdam is back with a new film, and the Dutch director has a very original and entertaining spin on the hitman movie genre in SCHNEIDER VS BAX.
The Bunker
What THE BUNKER lacks in substance it certainly makes up for in style and the inventiveness of its colourfully surreal situations.
Louder than Bombs
Huppert is the one vital element that holds all the other meticulously crafted pieces of LOUDER THAN BOMBS together, structurally and emotionally.