This may be a jet-ski ride over Pryor's life rather than a deep-sea dive but it offers a firm celebration that's likely to encourage those who have watched it to seek out more material from the man himself - and that can never be a bad thing.
Fast-talking security guard joins his future brother-in-law on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta in order to prove himself worthy of marrying the cop's sister.
The Right Of The Weakest makes no concessions to the usual demands of cinematic narrative - people don't feel anger or remorse or love when they ought to - they just behave like people.
A group of unemployed men who see no hope in their future decide to try to turn their fortunes around with a hold-up.
Norio Tsuruta, a new director at the helm, retains the elements that made Ring 0's predecessors so popular, from the piercing music to the eerily scary deaths.
Once Rio has settled into its status as a romantic chase caper, the breakneck momentum comes ready-fitted.
A rare macaw leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota for the exotic wonders of Rio de Janeiro... meeting a bunch of feathered friends on the way.
As the film sinks into a morass of sugary fizz a serious question bursts to the surface: are children really interested in emotional cohesion within communities?
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three chicks (kids) after they leave Rio de Janeiro for the wilds of the Amazon...
The uneven nature of the script and this slapdash glueing-together of three narratives means that, in its later stages, the film is more miss than hit.
Two friends get so stoned on expeimental CIA dope in the Eighties that they don't wake up until 2017.
In the colonial tradition there is only one course of action, unreasonable force and the hard hand of authority pressing down upon the throats of the protesters
A Roman tribune is sent to find the missing body of an executed Jew rumored to have risen from the dead.
Scraping nails and scratching heads are about as scary as this film gets, and these are two activities its audience will find themselves regularly indulging in.
A student visiting Italy to learn how to conduct an exorcism encounters something unexpected.
Rivals takes a refreshingly ‘un-Hollywood’ approach to the police drama, which is all the more potent for its refusal to sacrifice plot on the altar of action.
Brothers on the right and wrong side of law enforcement come into conflict.
As we progress, it becomes apparent how skilfully director/co-writer Mama Keita has juxtaposed flashbacks to Alfa's life in France with his ongoing African journey of self-discovery.
A romantic comedy road movie, with thriller elements, in Senegal.
Though its tendency to whimsy means it’s not quite as tightly plotted as it needs to be, this charismatic little thriller still manages to punch above its weight.
Two strangers travelling together in rural France find themselves in a dangerous situation after agreeing to stay in an older couple's mansion.
The story is gently played out and generally avoids exploitation, despite the risk of Jilal coming across as the magical exotic character there only to help Sebastian experience transformation - Suarez is too grounded for that.
A thirtysomething slacker agrees to take an elderly Muslim man on a 2,000 mile journey which will change them both.
News and features
News & Features
Going ape
Antonin Niclass on character creation, empathy and animated short Into The Forest
Freeform
Will Niava on grief, new immigrant experiences and Jazz Infernal
In silence
Emir Kumova on child marriage in Türkiye, moral challenges and making The Witness
