Toronto 2015: ‘No Home Movie’ review
★★★☆☆ Chantal Akerman’s latest film No Home Movie (2015) opens on a shot of a tree being buffeted by the wind with a barren...
Film Reviews & More
Most Recent. In Festivals.
17 October 2024
#LFF 2024: It’s Not Me review
★★★★☆ A swift but singular filmmaking self-portrait, Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me reflects on the French auteur’s 40-year directorial career, as well as his many cinematic – and canine – influences.
10 October 2024
#LFF 2024: Conclave review
★★★★☆ Ralph Fiennes approaches top form as a spiritually and morally-conflicted cardinal during a Vatican Conclave in Edward Berger’s gripping, oft-humorous follow-up to the multi-Oscar-winning All Quiet On the Western Front.
27 May 2024
Cannes 2024: Sean Baker’s Anora wins Palme d’Or
The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded with a shift to the new generation. Notable awards went to Sean Baker’s Anora and Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Festivals
Toronto 2015: Read our TIFF 40 preview
This week sees the red carpet rolling into the centre of the Ontario capital for the fortieth edition of the Toronto Film Festival. Giving...
Venice 2015: ‘Neon Bull’ review
★★★★☆ Debuting in the Orizzonti sidebar at this year’s 72nd Venice Film Festival, August Winds (2014) director Gabriel Mascaro’s Neon Bull (2015) tells a...
Venice 2015: ‘Heart of a Dog’ review
★★☆☆☆ Heart of a Dog (2015) is the second film in competition at Venice that is essentially an illustrated director’s monologue. Whereas Aleksandr Sokurov’s...
Venice 2015: ‘De Palma’ review
★★★☆☆ Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow’s unpretentious documentary De Palma (2015) reveals a clear-sighted and fascinating director, who often seems as bemused by the...
Venice 2015: ’11 Minutes’ review
★★★☆☆ Last time he was on the Venice Lido, Jerzy Skolimowski was chasing Vincent Gallo through the snow in 2010’s wordless survival picture Essential...
Venice 2015: ‘Frenzy’ review
★★★☆☆ In Emin Alper’s sophomore film Frenzy (2015), two brothers look to survive the paranoia, terror and repression of a frantically unstable Turkey. Mehmet...
Venice 2015: ‘Courted’ review
★★★☆☆ “We won’t get the truth,” Court President Racine (Fabrice Luchini) tells his assembled jury. “Our job is to apply the law. Show people...
