All Reviews articles – Page 2
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Reviews‘Between Two Lovers’ review: Innocuous Japanese polyamory drama benefits from strong cast led by Masami Nagasawa
Tasuku Emoto and Shizuka Ishibashi also star in Nanako Hirose’s Busan competition title
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Reviews‘The Day After Sunday’ review: A weekend in Tokyo reveals difficult truths in Takuya Kato’s stylish third feature
The writer/director’s follow-up to ‘Grown-ups’ and ‘Fly On’ premieres in Busan competition
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Reviews‘The Sea Speaks His Name’ review: Urgent drama explores the dangers and rewards of political activism in 1990s Indonesia
Busan competition premiere reunites director Yosep Anggi Noen with his ‘24 Hours With Gaspar’ star Reza Rahadian
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Reviews‘Wildwood’ review: Animation studio Laika break new ground with dazzling stop-motion adventure
The latest work from the ‘Coraline’ and ‘Kubo’ studio features the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan and Peyton Elizabeth Lee
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Reviews‘To Be Ordinary’ review: Nuanced Taiwanese family drama explores the impact of life-changing injury
Lee Yun Chan’s accomplished Busan competition title boasts a strong ensemble cast
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Reviews‘Ray Gunn’ review: Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson head starry voice cast for Brad Bird’s stylish but unwieldy animation
The Skydance Animation feature premieres in London before a limited theatrical release and Netflix bow in December
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Reviews‘Silver Express’ review: An asexual Japanese woman searches for connection in sensitive, unapologetic debut
Miki Tanaka’s Busan competition title features a strong central performance from Yui Okamoto
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Reviews‘Beach Fictions’ review: A woman’s experiences reshape her day in elegant South Korean time-shift debut
Lim Hayeon’s absorbing first feature bows in Busan competition
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Reviews‘14th’ review: Ava DuVernay’s rousing documentary is a damning exploration of the current attack on the rights of Black Americans
DuVernay’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated ‘13th’ premieres in New York before streaming on Netflix from December
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Reviews‘In The Shadows’ review: Jasmine Jobson packs a punch as British-Somali boxer Ramla Ali in restrained biopic
Anthony Wonke’s feature will be released in the UK on October 30 following its London Film Festival premiere
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Reviews‘Midday Meal’ review: An Iranian teacher fights to keep his school open in Majid Majidi’s engrossing and timely film
A nuanced performance by Mohammad Rahimi powers Majidi’s Busan competition premiere
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Reviews‘Long Long Night’ review: Heartfelt South Korean animation conveys a hard-hitting yet hopeful environmental message
Youm Kyu-bock’s feature debut plays Busan competition following a Toronto premiere
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Reviews‘Ibuku’ review: Lyrical Indonesian mother-daughter drama pivots on a finely-calibrated performance from Christine Hakim
Ayushita Nugraha also stars in Eddie Cahyono’s Busan competition title
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Reviews‘Florid’ review: Moving UK mental health drama features a memorable performance from rising star Jonathan Jules
Billy Lumby’s feature debut plays London after a San Sebastian premiere
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Reviews‘Shaving’ review: A woman is haunted by her abusive past in frustrating Korean psychological horror
Kim Jung-hoon’s follow-up to 2013’s ‘Tinker Ticker’ bows in Busan competition
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Reviews‘Satoko Always’ review: Shuichi Okita’s whimsical comedy drama follows three women as they discover the power of the written word
The film has its international premiere in Busan competition after releasing in Japan last month
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Reviews‘The First Taste Of Loneliness’ review: Three Chinese women mourn the death of a patriarch in sentimental end to Gu You's ‘Landscape’ trilogy
The Busan competition premiere follows ‘Dwelling In The Fuchan Mountains’ and ‘Dwelling By The West Lake’
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Reviews‘The Social Reckoning’ review: Aaron Sorkin plays it safe with solid Facebook whistleblower drama
Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White head a strong cast which also includes Betty Gilpin and Wunmi Mosaku
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Reviews‘You Can See Everything’ review: Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes proves a slippery subject for fascinating documentary
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s knotty feature opens in the US on October 16
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Reviews‘The Table: Day And Night’ review: Busan opener set in Korean coffee shop relies heavily on its performances
Kim Jong-kwan’s follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Table’ stars Shim Eun-kyung and Han Sun-hwa