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Step into any British university literature department and a debate on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness will be in full force. Is it a thoughtful examination of European imperialism, or a racist relic that...

Striding Into the Wind is a light hearted, coming-of-age romp that captures the turbulence of one’s early 20’s through the highs and lows of owning a car. Kun is an indecisive, final year film student,...

There's a story every creative falls for. It's the one where the off-beat genius, the colour-outside-the-lines character is finally given free rein with their crayons. Everything that comes before is hard, and...

With his lifelong dream close enough to taste, jazz musician Joe (Jamie Foxx) suddenly finds himself moving towards the gates of Heaven. Following an accident, the man’s body lies in a hospital bed while his...

The Salt In Our Waters is primarily concerned with the lonely nature of being an outsider, burdened with challenging the norm. The film details the journey of a young artist who moves to an isolated fishing...

Vampires are well-loved by storytellers, from Dracula to Twilight to What We Do in the Shadows; each has left their mark. Enter Rose, Sophie Rundle’s titular character, who lives alone with her human husband...

If It Were Love is a hypnotic illustration of life, art and how the two fold into one another. The documentary follows 15 young dancers rehearsing and performing a movement piece. The performances is an ode to...

Lav Díaz is a master in finding beauty in the organic poetry of slowness. From the 625 minutes of 2006’s Evolution Of A Filipino Family to the mere 80 of 2011’s Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution,...

They say history repeats itself. For Matt Hulse, it's more like a replay - or five. Over and over again he assembles trios of kids from a Glasgow youth theatre group to represent his younger self, his sister...

When we think of capitalism we think of suited bankers and Western businessmen; if our thoughts stray to less economically developed countries, it is only as the victims of capitalism, whether that’s from...

“Alex is the love of my life… we belong together.” What appears to be a sweet and earnest declaration of love from Samuel, the subject of Peter Murimi’s vital documentary, swiftly becomes a defiant...

Two newlyweds arrive in their shiny hotel suite, exhausted but ecstatic, surrounded by gifts and luxury. Eleanor (Avigail Harari) discovers a hidden wedding gift in her husband Noam’s (Ran Danker) pocket and...

Early on in Chaitanaye Tamhane’s The Disciple, someone declares that Indian classical music is “an eternal quest.” Our protagonist, Sharad (Aditya Modak), is on this quest, both wrestling with and...

This film was previously reviewed in October 2019 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. A period drama not focused on the landed gentry is a welcome change. Fanny Lye Deliver’d focuses on its...

The most striking element of Mirrah Foulkes’ feminist reimaging of the quintessential, quaint British seaside entertainment – this time focusing on the humans behind the puppets – is its unevenness of...