All articles by Wendy Ide, Senior international critic – Page 31
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Reviews‘The Whaler Boy’: Thessaloniki Review (opening film)
Internet arrives in a far-fung corner of the Tundra, bringing with it an intense longing for another life
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Reviews‘Come And Go’: Tokyo Review
Lim Kah Wai’s latest flm presents a textured mosaic of life in present-day Osaka
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Reviews‘Tigers’: Busan Review
A rivetting look at the price of sporting fame from Sweden’s Ronnie Sandahl
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Reviews’Josee, The Tiger And The Fish’: Busan Review (closing film)
A charming, unashamedly melodramatic anime about the bond between a marine biology student and a paraplegic
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Reviews‘Empty Body’: Busan Review
A philosophical sci-fi drama about a grieving mother whose dead son returns in an android body
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Reviews‘Children Of The Night’: Busan Review
A chilling documentary takes us inside a Turkish refugee camp in which boys are trained to kill
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Reviews‘Bittersweet’: Busan Review
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan explores the plight of female sugar cane cutters in India
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Reviews‘Trouble Will Find Us’: Busan Review
Love doesn’t last in this romantic drama about a couple who realise they hate each other
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Reviews‘Emptiness’: Busan Review
This portrait of the migrant experience stars non-professional actors cast from Guayaquil’s real-life Chinese immigrant community
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Reviews‘A Balance’: Busan Review
Japan’s culture of shame is explored in this study of a principled documentary filmmaker who uncovers a scandal
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FeaturesThe award-winning composers of ‘Joker’ and ‘Get Out’ on improving diversity in their industry
Hildur Gudnadottir and Michael Abels are leading change in their white, male-dominated field.
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Reviews‘After Love’: London Review
Joanna Scanlan delivers a powerhouse performance in this pensive debut by Aleem Khan
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Reviews‘Rose: A Love Story’: London Review
A striking debut by British first-timer Jennifer Sheridan
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Reviews‘Soul’: London Review
Delayed now until Christmas Day streaming, Pixar’s stunning animation doesn’t disappoint
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Reviews‘200 Metres’: London Review
First-time feature details a Palestinian father’s desperate attempts to get back into Israel to see his sick son
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Reviews‘Shadow Country’: London Review
Bodhan Slama looks at the lethal effects of nationalism in this accomplished film set in the aftermath of the Second World War
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Reviews‘The Voiceless’: Hamburg Review
This dialogue-free comedy evokes Jacques Tati in its portait of outcasts
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Reviews‘Cortex’: Hamburg Review
Moritz Bleibtreu’s directorial debut boasts an ’Inception’-style tour of alternate realities