Director – Mark Jenkin – 2025 – UK – Cert. 12a – 114m ****1/2 A fisherman joins the crew of a mysteriously reappeared fishing vessel and finds himself inexplicably trapped 30 years in the past when it originally disappeared – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 24th 30 years ago, the Rose of Nevada, a […]
Director – Xavi Sala – 2025 – Mexico – 127m ***** A legal secretary frustrated in her job embarks on a relationship with another woman, but her possessive mother does not approve – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival This certainly knows how to grab your attention at the start. […]
Directors – David Bickerstaff, Phil Grabsky – 2025 – UK – Cert. 12a – 101m *** A look at the turbulent life of sixteenth century Italian painter Caravaggio, his troubles, his forced travels, and his art – out in UK cinemas from Tuesday, November 11th Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), generally known as Caravaggio, is here, […]
Director – Sean Byrne – 2025 – Australia – Cert. 15 – 98m ***** A free-spirited girl surfer must outwit the shark tour operator who has kidnapped her and whose idea of looking after customers is feeding them to the sharks – out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 6th Greg (Liam Greinke) invites Brit […]
Directors – Cui Rui, Liu Xiang – 2022 – China – Cert. 15 – 121m ***** A man’s wife vanishes and is replaced by an imposter; when no-one believes him, he hires a hotshot lawyer to find out what’s happening and get his real wife back – out in UK cinemas on Friday, July 14th […]
Director – Ayten Amin – 2021 – Egypt, Tunisia, Germany – Cert. 12a – 96m *** Home truths are revealed about a 19-year-old, social media-obsessed, Egyptian girl in this small independent film – out in cinemas on Friday, August 27th Starting and ending with a (different) young woman riding a bus, this slice of life […]
Director – Kim Ki-young – 1977 – South Korea – Cert. 18 – 110m ***** An acquitted murder suspect visits the island birthplace of his alleged victim to learn about the latter’s life and the strange, ritualistic, matriarchal society that still exists there – from the London Korean Film Festival 2019 Environmental journalist Chun Nam-seok […]