Reviews

From the opening scene, In The Aisles announces the gentle, whimsical way in which the next 125 minutes will proceed. To the soundtrack of the Blue Danube waltz, forklifts sweep graciously between the aisles...

This review was originally published as part of our Berlin International Film Festival coverage on 24/02/2018. Beguiling and bewildering from the very opening, in which lead character Madeline is shown to...

This film was previously reviewed on 09/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. Premiering at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes and winning British Film of the Year at the London Critics Circle Film Awards,...

Another in a long line of films about put-upon filmmakers, Mani Haghighi's Pig attempts to mix up the formula with wild tonal shifts and surreal comedy with varying levels of success. Pig's focus is...

Not unlike the wonderful Paris is Burning, Leilah Weinraub’s lo-fi, kickstarter-backed documentary Shakedown looks at the life of an institution founded and run by a group of marginalised people. The...

For the most part The Prayer gets the most obvious rehabilitation tropes out of the way in the first act, giving itself room to move at its own pace through Thomas’ recovery. The languorous movement is...

The hijacking of Air France 139 was the work of numerous factions allied to a range of political causes, and their interplay is one of the most intriguing elements of 7 Days in Entebbe. Disappointingly, this...

Facing the Wind is the debut feature film from Spanish filmmaker Meritxell Colell Aparicio, featuring a cast of first-time actors to create an image of home ties and relationships through the image of...

One early scene of The Real Estate hints at promise, as our lead Nojet prepares to go door to door and speak to her new tenants. Léonore Ekstrand is given room to breathe, and she attempts to establish some...

The choice to shoot in black and white stems from Lebeck’s original photography of Romy Schneider, but feels like a natural fit for 3 Days in Quiberon; Schneider has intentionally isolated herself in...

To many, U - July 22 should not exist. Putting aside that debate for a moment, the skill at play in 22 is certainly worthy of praise: Erik Poppe and DoP Martin Otterbeck capture the 72-minute attack in a...

“Why does one run towards ruin?” As Oscar Wilde, Rupert Everett is a self-indulgent falling star, a whimsical washout whining and wining his way towards the grave. Befitting its star there is mirth among...

After making waves last year in Paul Verhoeven’s revenge thriller Elle, Isabelle Huppert once again finds herself the headliner in a psychological thriller, this time as the brusque femme fatale Eva. As you...

It’s hard to decide which elements of Isle of Dogs are the definitive "perfect fit" for Wes Anderson. Obviously Fantastic Mr. Fox has already proven that stop-motion and anthropomorphic animal antics gel...

Charming and inconsequential, The Bookshop perfectly evokes the sensation of losing yourself in a good book. Nothing too heavy – more of a summer read than daunting prose – we are led stepping into its...