Allan Hunter
Reviews‘Low Expectations’ review: Understated Norwegian depression drama stars singer Marie Ulven
Ulven, aka Girl in Red, impresses in Eivind Landsvik’s debut of burnout and recovery
Reviews‘Six Months In A Pink And Blue Building’ review: Intimate, precise portrait of childhood, memory and sexuality in Mexico City
Bruno Santamaría Razo’s Cannes Critics Week title effectively blends documentary and fiction
Reviews‘Tin Castle’ review: Affectionate, unsentimental doc follows an Irish traveller family
Alexander Murphy’s follow-up to ‘Goodbye Sisters’ debuts in Cannes Critics’ Week
Reviews‘Avedon’ review: Ron Howard documentary puts master photographer Richard Avedon in the frame
An authorised documentary offers a comprehensive look at Avedon’s artistry and drive
Reviews‘Marie Madeleine’ review: Haiti-set drama finds grace in the tension between sexuality and faith
Gessica Geneus follows debut Freda with a sensual, socially-grounded tale of belief, repression and change
Reviews‘Magilligan’ review: Empathetic Northern Irish doc explores the reality of life after prison
Ross McClean’s observational film should attract attention following its Visions du Reel premiere
Reviews‘Out Laws’ review: Thoughtful doc explores the impact of colonial anti-gay laws in Namibia and beyond
The debut feature of filmmakers Lexi Powner and James Lewis premieres in BFI Flare
Reviews‘Psalms Of The People’ review: Affectionate portrait of Gaelic psalm singer Rob MacNeacail
Jack Archer’s film premieres at Glasgow Film Festival
Reviews‘Effi o Blaenau’ review: Leisa Gwenllian shines in Marc Evans’ somber Welsh-language drama
The adaptation of Gary Owen’s one-woman play ’Iphigenia In Splott’ premieres in Glasgow ahead of a UK release in June
Reviews‘Molly Vs The Machines’ review: Emotional docu-drama explores the insidious threat posed by social media
Marc Silver’s film premieres at Glasgow before a UK theatrical run and broadcast on Channel 4
Reviews‘Samanta Nobody’ review: A homeless girl struggles to make her way in muted Irish drama
Ciaran Creagh’s Dublin title stars newcomer Ruby Jean Lennon as the down-on-her-luck protagonist
Reviews‘Once Upon A Time In A Cinema’ review: Dublin opener is nostalgic drama set in 1980s Limerick
David Gleeson bases his feature on his own experiences growing up in a family of Irish cinema owners
Reviews‘Arru’ review: A reindeer herder fights to save her ancestral lands in bracing Indigenous debut
Elle Sofe Sara’s Sami Berlin Panorama drama is rooted in land, music and memory
Reviews‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ review: Fascinating doc re-examines 1985 assassination of Palestinian-American activist
Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’ film plays as a Berlin Special Screening after its Sundance premiere
Reviews‘Shame And Money’ review: Visar Morina follows ‘Exile’ with striking Kosovan social realist drama
A rural couple struggle with a move to the city in Morina’s Sundance World Cinema Dramatic title
Reviews‘All About The Money’ review: Astute study of wealth, ideology and influence in modern America
Sinead O’Shea follows ‘The Edna O’Brien Story’ with impactful portrait of radical US communist James ‘Fergie’ Chambers
Reviews‘One In A Million’ review: Compelling doc follows a Syrian refugee to a new life in Germany
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes followed Syrian adolescent Israa over 10 tumultuous years
Reviews‘Bedford Park’ review: Slow-burn, hopeful tale set in New Jersey’s Korean-American community
Stephanie Ahn’s poignant debut stars Moon Choi and Son Sukku
Reviews‘Hanging By A Wire’ review: Gripping docudrama follows real-life Himalayan cable car ordeal
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi uses archive footage, interviews and dramatisations to tell remarkable true story of survival
FeaturesFilms of the year 2025: Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter has worked for Screen since 1990. He is based in Edinburgh and recently retired as co-director of Glasgow Film Festival