Marrakech International Film Festival — A–Z of films

Trobisch lets the normality bite.

Small of scale but big of heart, Ant-Man And The Wasp is a light and charming outing for a staggering film juggernaut.

For those who know and love Van Gogh's work, the effect is hypnotic, a translation of his vision into a new medium.

This simple yet charming film is perfect for young children.

The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

It is Blade Runner.

Intelligent, humane and multi-layered, The Breadwinner is a much more substantial film than its central heroic narrative might suggest.

Lee works the narrative with an ambivalence that borders on the inscrutable

You might notice the elegance of composition while knowing that the place contains so much human suffering.

This is a quiet movie, which never loses its focus on its central character study, while allowing points about economic and social inequalities to sound out loud and clear.

Many filmmakers would be happy to have this as their crowning glory; considered as a debut it’s little short of astonishing.

Place, who appears in almost every scene, has never been better.

The nature of erasure and memory rubs up against ideas of collective guilt in Ghassan Halwani's measured and moving documentary.

Whether she is probing at the ideas of the ties that bind us to a home or considering the morality of goat horns, she constantly nudges us to move around and, perhaps, get a better view.

Whether Forrest's crippled state of mind represents America's tattered prestige is open for discussion.

Touching and brave.

This is Scorsese at the top of his game.

Mortensen has gained weight. He plays Tony with confidence.

By looking at what would lie outside of the traditional framework of most documentaries, Ross builds a much more absorbing picture of people fully embedded within an environment.

Glavonic, who has a background in documentary, has crafted a moody and broody piece, built less on onscreen incident than the oppressive atmosphere and offscreen imaginings.

We are spared the usual sugary score and the savant trope is nowhere to be seen. Instead we get the mess, the anger and the frustration much more common in real life.

The film remains mysterious without being confusing - you don't need to grasp every detail to understand its metaphors and message and its enigmatic aura invites repeat viewings.

The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

De Niro’s renowned devotion to the art of acting has never been so tested as it is here.

The writer/director casts his net wide, taking inspiration from auteurs like John Boorman and Sam Peckinpah through to freeze-frame moments that could slot straight into TV detective dramas of the time.

We are at a point where the wonders of earth and an awe in regards to nature cannot be shown often enough.

Inspires a feeling of awe.

Besri, who has a background in maths and physics, constructs his film like a careful equation

Landscape and music and everyday objects are used to splendid effect.

Shawky allows his characters to sit firmly in the driving seat.