Director – Jerzy Skolimowski – 2022 – Poland – Cert. 15 – 88m ***** Forced to leave his home in the circus, a donkey undergoes a series of adventures – on BFI Player as a Subscription Exclusive along with three other Skolimowski titles on Monday, April 3rd, following its release in UK cinemas on Friday, […]
Director – Mathieu Kassovitz – 1995 – France – Cert. 15 – 98m ***1/2 Three disenchanted, immigrant youths from a banlieu estate take themselves to Central Paris for 24 hours – in cinemas from Friday, September 11th, on Blu-ray from Monday, November 16th and on BFI Player from Friday, December 18th There’s a verbal story […]
Director – Ladj Ly – 2019 – France – Cert. 15 – 104m **** Exclusively in cinemas from Friday, September 4th Although this takes its title from Victor Hugo’s eponymous novel, it’s not really an adaptation except in the loosest possible sense. It ends on a quote from the book: “There are no bad plants, […]