Latest festival reviews – Page 16
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Reviews‘The Unseen Sister’: Tokyo Review
Midi Zi’s first China-shot feature is a thriller starring Zhao Yiling
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Reviews‘Under The Volcano’: Thessaloniki Review
Poland’s Oscar entry is a drama about a Ukrainian family stranded in Spain on the outbreak of war
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Reviews‘Teki Cometh’: Tokyo Review
A retired university professor faces an unseen enemy in this frighteningly-effective drama from Japan
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Reviews’Barbara Morgenstern: Doing It For Love’: DOK Leipzig Review
Niche documentary follows German electro-pop musician Barbara Morgenstern as she creates her new album
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Reviews‘The Last Dance’: Tokyo Review
Dayo Wong and Michael Hui are the odd couple at the heart of this Hong Kong drama set in a Taoist funeral home
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Reviews‘My Friend An Delie’: Tokyo Review
Chinese actor Dong Zijian makes his directorial debut with this significant drama
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Reviews‘Daughter’s Daughter’: Tokyo Review
Huang Xi’s drama stars Sylvia Chang in an elegant story of motherhood and loss
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Reviews‘Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989’: Tokyo Review
Göran Hugo Olsson digs into the archives for this sobering look at the Middle East conflict
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Reviews‘Tracing Light’: DOK Leipzig Review
DOK Leipzig opener takes a deep dive into the concept of light through both science and art
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Reviews‘11 Rebels’: Tokyo Review
Tokyo opens with a blisteringly old-fashioned Samurai slice-’em-up
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Reviews‘Flowers Of Ukraine’: DOK Leipzig Review
A Kyiv woman fights to maintain her city garden under the shadow of war in this life-affirming documentary
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Reviews‘Salve Maria’: Valladolid Review
A new mother’s thoughts turn murderous in Mar Coll’s gripping psychodrama
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Reviews‘Rita’: Valladolid Review
Paz Vega takes a child’s eye view of domestic violence in her 1980s Seville-set directorial debut
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Reviews‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’: London Review
A box of love letters is the catalyst for Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s lyrical documentary
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Reviews‘That Christmas’: London Review
Feelgood Netflix animation based on the book by Richard Curtis
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Reviews‘Thank You For Banking With Us’: London Review
Two sisters strain against Palestine’s patriarchal bonds in this effective Ramallah-set debut
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Reviews‘Joy’: London Review
James Norton, Bill Nighy and Thomasin McKenzie star in this surprisingly sterile 1970s IVF drama
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Reviews‘Four Mothers’: London Review
Warm-hearted Irish mother-son drama plays in London Competition
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Reviews‘The Summer Book’: London Review
Glenn Close and the Finnish landscape take centre stage in this adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel
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Reviews‘Endurance’: London Review
Doc uses digital technology to bring Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition back to colourful life