This playfully filmed coming-of-age narrative never loses its empathetic eye.
Simon is 21 years old. He introduces himself as a mover's helper. He claims not to know how to cook or clean the bathroom, but he does know how to make a bed. Recently, he seems to have become a different person…
Dosch is in her element here, bringing depth to every glance, captured by Pascal Granale not just in the thrust of sex but in more impressionistic interludes.
The film feels at first as if it’s tugging in several different directions, but gradually pulls it all together.
Indigenous visionaries, scientists and communities are rematriating the buffalo to the heart of the North American plains they once defined, signaling a turning point for Indigenous nations, the ecosystem, and our collective survival.
Made with plenty of upbeat vigour, the end result is a primer history lesson for newcomers to Sierra Leone that also touches on the cultural tensions that can develop even between those pulling in the same direction.
Accomplished reporter Sorious Samura collaborates with an old friend on a play intended to celebrate Sierra Leone... and gets more than he bargained for along the way.
Using a mix of both professional and amateur actors the film reveals the intimate details and attitudes of these incarcerated individuals
A theatre group escapes the reality of incarceration through the creativity of staging a play, with a cast that includes actors who have been incarcerated.
The style is very much fly on the wall. Except, I could not imagine any documentary maker hanging around for hours and hours of this stuff. Let alone any self-respecting fly.
Ten years after a failed music career a woman runs into her former bandmate and offers him a place to stay while her husband is away, forcing them to confront their past.
There's much here that recalls Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, but Mark Gillis' film takes a very different direction and is, in its way, much more subversive.
A man whose father is gradually sliding into dementia and who worries about his junkie son takes a drastic course of action.
The story of a torpedoed ship, the prisoners of war on board who struggled to survive, and the local fishermen who went to their aid despite the threat of attack from the Japanese army.
The training sessions begin to pall - for the audience as much for the participants - but once the action moves to Norway, the pace and the scenery pick up considerably.
A comedy drama about a male synchronised swimming team.
A weighty legacy of films about dead girls has informed this film and shaped its imagery.
An A-List Girl clique starts a secret cult where each of them must embody one of the seven deadly sins. They realise there's more to their small religious town when they start to go missing one by one.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
With a haunting choral score by the Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, The Siren trades heavily on the beauty of its setting and the willingness of its audience to suspend disbelief when lulled by a very traditional approach to storytelling.
Tom falls in love with a mysterious woman who swims by night in a lake where far too many people have recently drowned.
On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East's first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
The richness of all this is something that will intrigue viewers with an interest in the history of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Manchester as cities, as well as appealing to football fans.
A look at the life and legend of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
Sisi & I weaves a tapestry of finely observed moments with the sparkling duo of Wolff and Hüller at the top of their game.
In this wild reinterpretation of the “Sisi” myth, the focus is on Austrian Empress Elisabeth’s close friendship with her last lady-in-waiting, Irma Countess von Sztáray, who falls in love with the charismatic Sisi and is captivated by her modern ideas.
Barlow and Senes let the situation simmer, with plenty going on to keep viewers entertained.
Travelling to a remote location to celebrate the hen night of her childhood best friend, a woman re-encounters her childhood bully, who is once again determined to make her suffer.
Phoenix gives his character more depth than such men are usually afforded but deliberately takes a back seat, allowing Reilly the dramatic lead role he has long deserved.
Two assassins set out into the wilderness on the trail of a man with a secret.
The only way to pull off a film like this is to approach it with absolute confidence. Jalmari Helander does a fantastic job.
After a solitary prospector strikes gold in the wilderness of Lapland, he runs into a retreating detachment of Nazi soldiers who set their sights on claiming the bounty. Unfortunately for the stormtroopers, this is no ordinary miner.
I was entertained, in much the same way but not to the same extent as the first outing.
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honour. When the Red Army commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless cross-country chase ensues
Haïdara’s ability to switch moods from fun to fear is a key selling point of the film.
Despite adversity, Sana wants her twins to have a spring vacation, but all her plans fall through. Together, they decide to stay in a luxury villa on the Riviera, owned by Sana's former in-laws. Without telling anyone. Six days of sunshine that mark the end of innocence.
It is the superb acting and tightly plotted scripts that carry you through the mire of raw emotions - clutching your box of Kleenex like a floatation aid.
Last look at the body of a hugely successful TV series before burial.
Easily delivering on the big emotional beats, The Six Triple Eight is a natural crowd pleaser.
The story of the only battalion of African American women to serve in Europe during World War Two, and its seemingly impossible task: correctly delivering a mail backlog of over 17 million letters.
Skating, drugs, genital preferences, menstruation; there is a frankness and authentic air to the chatter.
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.
Tells a dark story in vivid colour, with lots of action and laughs, largely thanks to a great cast and truly dedicated technical team.
When a young girl's sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life-chaotic, real and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to unleash.
