All articles by Wendy Ide, Senior international critic – Page 8
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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‘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‘11 Rebels’: Tokyo Review
Tokyo opens with a blisteringly old-fashioned Samurai slice-’em-up
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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‘Endurance’: London Review
Doc uses digital technology to bring Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition back to colourful life
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Reviews‘For Rana’: Busan Review
A circus motorcyclist in Iran is desperate to find a new heart for his ailing daughter
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Reviews‘Montages Of A Modern Motherhood’: Busan Review
A first-time mother comes under increasing pressure in this astute Hong Kong drama
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Reviews‘Waterdrop’: Busan Review
A bereaved teenager goes to extreme lengths to find a new family in this uneven Korean debut
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Reviews‘Sicilian Lessons’: Venice Review
An ex-politician goes undercover in this Sicilian mob comedy which fails to hit the target
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Reviews‘April’: Venice Review
An doctor in rural Georgia risks herself to care for her female patients in Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Venice Jury Prize-winning feature
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Reviews‘Harvest’: Venice Review
Athina Rachel Tsangari’s film is a textured adaptation of a novel set in a 17th century Scottish village
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Reviews‘Familiar Touch’: Venice Review
Sensitive drama follows an American woman struggles to keep hold of herself in the face of dementia