The final moments of this film, as bodies shamble out of the shadows, capture the real darkness of the zombie genre in a way that recalls the best of George Romero's work.
When a sonic pulse turns the hearing population into zombies, what effect will it have on the lives of the deaf people who survive?
On the surface, this is a comedy of manners taken to extremes. Underneath is a layer of questions about intimacy and why some people feel the need to seek out strangers so that they can be themselves.
A young professional dominant gets a surprise just when he's trying to impress the boss in a new job.
Though it plays around with science fiction and finds wry humour in reflecting elements of the procedural, this is ultimately a film about something more fundamental to human experience.
Mitchell Morse's investigation into a serial killer in a sleepy beach town is complicated by a severed foot on the beach, his fracturing relationship with his wife, and his own slipping sanity.
Yi Baoxingchen's film is as mixed media as a single thing like film can be, and all the stronger for it.
Life is a ray of sunshine that breaks through darkness. In the vast universe, the life of human beings and of all the things in the world comes to an end, a short and wonderful experience which is at the same time evanescent, just like a dayfly.
It's never entirely clear how much of what is happening might be visible to others and how much exists in the shared imaginary between mother and child.
A girl celebrating her ninth birthday notices that her mother is beginning to change in a disturbing way.
The interweaving of footage from numerous different sources makes it possible to track the paths of key individuals as they move through the chaos around them.
A New York Times documentary exploring the post-election attack on the US Capitol building by supporters of Donald Trump.
Robert J Lyons and Jeremy Workman’s Oscar-shortlisted short documentary seeks not only to commemorate him but also to try and tease out what it was about him that enabled this.
50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that changed the course of American history but destroyed his political career in the process.
The use of that Super 8 is crucial to the feel of the film, already giving it the emotional quality of something that is remembered, even though we know on an intellectual level it is a contemporary item.
The director's parents recollect the day they nearly died.
One can’t escape the feeling that, having established its premise, it doesn’t really know where to go, but this is made up for by the superb central performance and by Koka Singh Arora’s intelligent approach to direction.
A mute serial killer decides to end his life, but resolving his guilt is not that easy.
Lambe wisely steers away from explicit accounts or depictions of most of the harm inflicted on the toddler.
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts and records from the investigation into the murder of James Bulger.
This is a simple tale, simply done, but strong for it.
A guilt-stricken Angela, visits her parents for what at first seems to be a routine family dinner, only for a painful truth to bubble to the surface, and the evening descends into a nightmare.
It's an obvious metaphor for aspects of life in the 21st Century, complemented by the textured look of Wexler's photography and the archive images which support the central narrative.
It is a fascinating piece, beautifully constructed and observed.
In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local table tennis players wander from one obscure location to another.
There's a lot of natural comedy here but it's balanced by the tragedy of Asil's situation as she comes to seem more and more out of her depth.
After consulting with his relatives, a 35-year-old father consents to the marriage of his 14-year-old daughter. With individuals having different perspectives, his family grapples with the decision.
Dzieduszycka’s lack of screen experience does not prevent her from delivering a compelling performance in a film which manages to delve deeply into its characters despite its brevity.
A woman with limited hopes toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid, and is befriended by a visiting truck driver.
It's a warm November day in the early 1960s and Liz is picking up the kids for her weekly carpool. Little does she know that this will be a drive she'll never forget.
Slow to build and with an assembly of characters who are all more complex than they seem on the surface, Drive My Car exemplifies Japan’s growing body of literary cinema.
Nishijima Hidetoshi as a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day the wife disappears.
