Festival reviews – Page 13
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Reviews‘Uprising’: Busan Review
Busan opens with a sweeping Netflix period actioner co-written by Park Chan-wook
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Reviews‘Edge Of Night’: Hamburg Review
A confident debut from Cologne-born director Türker Süer marks the director out as a talent to watch
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Reviews‘Of Dogs And Men’: Hamburg Review
Dani Rosenberg’s docufiction captures the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
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Reviews’Marco’: San Sebastián Review
Eduard Fernandez grounds this Incredible true-life story of a fake Holocaust survivor that closes San Sebastian
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Reviews‘The Last Breath’: San Sebastian Review
Costa-Gravas deals with death in this wordy philosophical drama
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Reviews‘The Wailing’: San Sebastian Review
A mysterious entity stalks three young women in this effective Spanish-language horror debut
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Reviews‘The Man Who Loved UFOs’: San Sebastian Review
Diego Lerman’s based-on-real-life dramedy stars Leonardo Sbaraglia as a TV reporter gone rogue
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Reviews‘Modi - Three Days On The Wings Of Madness’: San Sebastian Review
Johnny Depp directs a chaotic romp through three days in the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani
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Reviews‘Bound In Heaven’: San Sebastian Review
Veteran screenwriter Huo Xin makes her directorial debut with a genre-infused drama about domestic abuse
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Reviews‘Afternoons Of Solitude’: San Sebastian Review
Albert Serra’s immersive, unflinching documentary follows Peruvian bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey
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Reviews‘On Falling’: San Sebastian Review
A Portugese factory worker in Scotland struggles to make a connection in this effective debut
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Reviews‘When Fall Is Coming’: San Sebastián Review
Francois Ozon is in fine fettle for this later-life puzzle piece starring Helene Vincent
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Reviews‘Hard Truths’: San Sebastián Review
Mike Leigh bites back with this trenchant piece starring a superb Marianne-Jean Baptiste
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Reviews‘Emmanuelle’: San Sebastian Review
Audrey Diwan presents a ‘paralysingly pointless’ update of the 70s soft-porn figure
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Reviews‘They Will Be Dust’: Toronto Review
Toronto Platform winner is a dance about death and a suicide pact between a theatrical couple
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Reviews‘The Fire Inside’: Toronto Review
Barry Jenkins scripts cinematographer-turned-director Rachel Morrison’s dynamic portrait of Black female boxer Claressa Shields
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Reviews’How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’: Review
A young man forges a fresh relationship with his ailing grandmother in this Thai box office sensation
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Reviews‘The Wild Robot’: Toronto Review
Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal lend their voices to this gorgeous animation about a robot finding her place in the world
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Reviews‘Blue Road’: Toronto Review
Sinead O’Shea’s spirited documentary is a fitting tribute to Irish author Edna O’Brien
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Reviews‘Harbin’: Toronto Review
Hyun Bin is a soldier embarking on a suicidal mission in early 20th century Korea in Woon Min-ho’s stylish period actioner