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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.
  • Any Way The Wind Blows (2003)
    Review preview for Any Way The Wind Blows

    The film has soul rather than unity of purpose.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Ensemble movie defined as "Antwerp on a Friday in June".
  • Belgica (2016)
    Review preview for Belgica

    Groeningen completely sells us the world of the bar, his immersive tracking and handheld camera leading us into the melee where coke and hedonism are served straight up and the music pounds to be let into your bloodstream.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two brothers find their hedonistic bar business heading for trouble.
  • Ex Drummer (2007)
    Review preview for Ex Drummer

    As gratuitous and confrontational a story as you’re likely to come across.

    Richard Mellor · 3 out of 5
    A group of punk misfits ask a famous novelist to join their band... despite the fact he can't play, only to find their plans spiralling out of control.
  • The Fifth Season (2012)
    Review preview for The Fifth Season

    Depends on a sense of inevitability, of the weight of impending doom that is as much moral as corporeal.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When the midwinter ritual goes awry, the seasons stop rotating, crops start failing, and a village begins to come apart at the seams.
  • Jumbo (2020)
    Review preview for Jumbo

    It's a far from perfect film, but it's a lot better than the critical consensus suggests, and at the heart of it is a fascinating character study.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated by carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That’s when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park’s new flagship attraction...
  • Meanwhile On Earth (2024)
    Review preview for Meanwhile On Earth

    There’s a sweet, melancholy flavour to Clapin’s work.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Siblings Elsa and Franck were very close. Since Franck disappeared during a space mission three years ago, Elsa has struggled to move on with her life. Until one day she is contacted by an unidentified life form.
  • Mr. K (2024)
    Review preview for Mr. K

    Production designers Manolito Glas and Maarten Piersma do a stunning job with the sets, creating an atmosphere of sleaze and decay which one can almost smell, whilst layering in detail.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A magician checks into a hotel full of strange occupants... and discovers there is no way to leave.
  • A Pure Place (2021)
    Review preview for A Pure Place

    Sumptuous costuming and production design, together with Yoshi Heimrath’s lucid cinematography, make this a feast for the eyes.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A tale of dirt, soap, and magic set in a cult on a remote Greek island.
  • Racer And The Jailbird (2017)
    Review preview for Racer And The Jailbird

    As entertaining as the above is with its two charismatic leads, it is not an especially novel path for a 'crime couple' thriller to take, and it is in the last act that Racer kind of goes off the rails.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    In the Belgian underworld, a secret threatens a couple's romance.
  • The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears (2013)
    Review preview for The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears

    For all that its often said "they don't make them like they used to" this is very, very close.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman's disappearance forms the central mystery in this visually stylish neo-giallo.
  • Undergods (2020)
    Review preview for Undergods

    The dystopian stories in Spanish director Chino Moya's feature debut nest within one another like a series of Russian dolls - dolls that have been carved by someone with a soft-spot for JG Ballard.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.
  • The Wonders (2014)
    Review preview for The Wonders

    Wisdom is quiet and the future a mystery

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her three younger sisters.

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