All Reviews articles
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Reviews‘The Dog Stars’ review: Jacob Elordi and Margaret Qualley navigate the apocalypse in muted, tender Ridley Scott drama
Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce also star in the director’s near-future set adaptation of the novel by Peter Heller
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Reviews‘Don’t Ask Me If I Killed’ review: Ukranian filmmaker-turned-soldier Helena Maksyom presents an intimate view of conflict
Maksyom’s intesely personal documentary, filmed over three years, recently received a special mention at Sarajevo
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Reviews‘Skateboarding Is Not For Girls’ review: Dina Duma’s family drama challenges patriarchal injustice with a light touch
Charming Tribeca prizewinner makes its European premiere at Sarajevo
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Reviews‘Bear With Me’ review: Compelling documentary celebrates a retired circus trainer and her beloved animal
Martin Genovski’s Sarajevo premiere has been constructed with care and a good dose of humour
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Reviews‘Mutiny’ review: Jason Statham finds himself all at sea in uninspired cargo ship thriller
Jean-Francois Richet’s muscular feature fails to make the most of its action star
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Reviews‘The Balkan Cowboy’ review: Poignant documentary pays quirky tribute to filmmaker Hari Dzekson
Dublin-based visual artist Dragana Jurisic brings a personal touch to her Sarajevo title
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Reviews‘Pretty Babies’ review: Hollywood dreams turn into a nightmare in gritty, uneasy US debut
Tyler-Marie Evans’ Edinburgh competition premiere follows starry-eyed two high-schoolers attempting to make it to LA
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Reviews‘17’ review: Newcomer Eva Kostic impresses in intense sexual assault drama
Kosara Mitic’s feature debut screens in Sarajevo competition after Berlin premiere
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Reviews‘Everything That’s Wrong With You’ review: Two strangers connect online in Ursa Menart’s perceptive comedy-drama
Anusa Kodelja and Klara Kuk highlight this Sarajevo competition title about grief and friendship
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Reviews‘Skintown’ review: Sparky, engaging friendship drama is set against the backdrop of Troubles-era Northern Ireland
Jack Rowan and Chris Walley head the impressive cast of Kieron J Walsh’s Edinburgh competition premiere
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Reviews‘First Zone’ review: Striking Dutch survival thriller proves an Edinburgh competition highlight
Thom Lunshof’s dystopian debut plays out in a largely flooded Netherlands
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Reviews‘Sacred Creatures’ review: Canadian siblings have a bizarre trip to Italy in ambitious, erratic magical realist debut
Frieda Luk’s bold drama makes its bow in Edinburgh competition
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Reviews‘The Mad World Of Harvey Kurtzman’ review: Breezy, insightful portrait of influential MAD magazine founder
Bart Simpson’s Edinburgh competition doc is executive produced by filmmaker and Kurtzman colleague Terry Gilliam
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Reviews‘Snapshot’ review: A killer stalks Victorian London in inventive but stilted period found-footage horror shot through a pinhole lens
Joseph Archer’s feature debut premieres in Edinburgh before heading to FrightFest
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Reviews‘Mission’ review: George MacKay gives a committed performance in propulsive, overwrought mental health drama
MacKay reteams with his ’For Those In Peril’ director Paul Wright for Edinburgh competition title
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Reviews‘You Don’t Belong Here’ review: Locarno Golden Leopard winner is tense, slow-burn study of Romanian masculinity
Florin Serban’s cool, clinical drama about a strained father-son relationship will next play Sarajevo
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Reviews‘Capsized’ review: Rhys Ifans and Lily Rabe find themselves in troubled waters in modest, bittersweet US debut
Lindsey Ryan’s Edinburgh competition premiere follows an American family battling financial hardship
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Reviews‘Love Lessons’ review: A retired teacher finds he has a lot to learn in Martin Provost’s light, unsurprising French drama
Fabrice Luchini, Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni and Carole Bouquet star in the Locarno Piazza Grande premiere
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Reviews‘The State Of Us’ review: A boisterous Bradford night out turns sentimental in dewey-eyed UK debut
Ollie Gardner and Jake Harvey’s first feature follows a pair of Northern friends coping with terminal illness
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Reviews‘Out There’ review: Intermittently charming Welsh sci-fi relies on a committed cast including Michael Sheen and Aneurin Barnard
Simon Ryninks’ debut premieres in Edinburgh competition