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  • 40-Love (2014)
    Review preview for 40-Love

    Gourmet is phenomenal as the shopping centre aficionado who makes us understand a little more why the world is in the state it is in today.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    When a man loses his job he is forced to become more involved with his tennis prodigy son.
  • The Axe (2005)
    Review preview for The Axe

    Garcia – reminiscent of a young Jack Lemmon - puts the hang into dog perfectly and the script will bite your arm off.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    It's murder to find a job in France.
  • Above The Law (2017)
    Review preview for Above The Law

    There's not an inch of fat on this slickly edited and tightly plotted Belgian crime thriller

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A robber's final heist becomes mixed up in a murder conspiracy.
  • Beasts (2020)
    Review preview for Beasts

    The director fully conveys how just being a lone woman in an all-male environment can be stressful in and of itself.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A woman finds herself in a political and emotional power struggle as she tries to save her family farm.
  • Burnt Out (2005)
    A white collar worker goes to pieces following the suicide of his best friend.
  • The Child (2005)
    A petty criminal decides to sell his own child on the black market. Will it be the catalyst he needs to grow up himself?
  • Daguerrotype (2016)
    Review preview for Daguerrotype

    Like its subject, this is a film that takes time to develop.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When an assistant to a daguerreotype photographer falls in love with the latter's daughter the relationship mirrors the art form as love and pain combine.
  • Home (2008)
    Review preview for Home

    This enticing tale of spiralling humour and darkness is an accomplished debut.

    Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
    Change knocks on a French family’s front door when a motorway opens up outside their house.
  • The Midwife (2017)
    Review preview for The Midwife

    The acting here is of high quality, with Frot shading just enough warmth and melancholy into Claire to stop her becoming a total wet blanket... Deneuve, throwing caution to the wind

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A midwife's life is shaken up by the arrival of her father's old flame.
  • Mayhem! (2023)
    Review preview for Mayhem!

    Despite the speed of the action and the variety of locations across which the film takes place, not a single shot feels rushed or incidental.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A professional boxer, recently released from prison, is forced to break probation and flee to a faraway island in Thailand. He starts a family there, only to have to deal with blackmail.
  • The Promise (1996)
    Review preview for The Promise

    The Dardennes' film is unfussy and the revelations small but that is why it is so affecting.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The son of a shady slum landlord faces a moral quandry after he makes a promise to a dying man.
  • Public Benches (2009)
    Review preview for Public Benches

    The juxtaposition between comedy and meditation on contemporary life does throw the viewer off-guard a little bit, but it is no the less effective for doing so.

    Adam Micklethwaite · 3.5 out of 5
    Ensemble film that sees a regular day at the office shattered when the staff notice a banner on the building opposite reading: Man Alone.
  • Rosetta (1999)
    Review preview for Rosetta

    A masterpiece of realist cinema.

    Nicholas Dawson · 4.5 out of 5
    An isolated teen hunts for a job... and friendship.
  • Read My Lips (2001)
    Review preview for Read My Lips

    The script avoids sentimentality. The performances offer little gratification to romantics.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Deaf secretary and ex-con plan robbery of drugs money from night club owner.
  • The Silence Of Lorna (2008)
    Review preview for The Silence Of Lorna

    This is not at first glance a very engaging film, but it has a lot more going on beneath the surface.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A young immigrant in a sham marriage finds herself unexpectedly torn when the gangsters who arranged it want her junkie husband dead.
  • SK1 (2014)
    Review preview for SK1

    SK1 at its best, is an examination of doubt.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Drama about the multi-year hunt, arrest, and trial of serial killer Guy Georges — nicknamed The Beast of Bastille.
  • The Son (2002)
    Review preview for The Son

    A perfect antidote for insomnia.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A carpenter takes on an apprentice who harmed his family when he was younger.
  • Simone: Woman Of The Century (2022)
    Review preview for Simone: Woman Of The Century

    This challengingly structured moving picture connects past with present not in linear form but in fragments of story that come in waves.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist message still keenly relevant today.
  • Tiger Brigades (2006)
    Review preview for Tiger Brigades

    The film looks terrific and is beautifully paced by the Cornuau brothers.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The first motorised special police unit in Paris before the Great War contains terrorism, uncovers corruption and falls under the spell of a Russian princess.
  • Time Of The Wolf (2003)
    Review preview for Time Of The Wolf

    It is easy to admire Haneke's skill as a filmmaker, but harder to enjoy the experience.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An apocalyptic scenario as lived by a one-parent family in the French countryside.
  • Two Days, One Night (2014)
    Review preview for Two Days, One Night

    Marion Cotillard tenderly lets us in on every nuance of dread, every vital decision.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Sandra, a young woman assisted by her husband, has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.

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