Dir: Yasser Shafiey | Egypt, Comedy Drama. 2025 Reviewed by Meredith Taylor A broken refrigerator is the talking point for this absurdist domestic drama, that sees Egypt’s Yasser Shafiey revitalisijg the comedy...

Director: Tiago Melo Cast: Rejane Faria, Valmir do Côco, Spencer Callahan, Tânia Maria : Brazil - 97’ - 2026 Mosquito bites are itchy but they also carry disease and viruses like dengue...

Dir: Volkan Uce | Turkey, Belgium Doc 83' "The Angel of Death is on vacation" complains a mortuary attendant in an early scene of this darkly humorous Turkish film, a third...

LINE-UP FOR CINEMA MADE IN ITALY 2026 Over five days, this year’s mini festival at the BFI will screen ten of the latest contemporary Italian films, including biopics, period drama, historical...

Dir: Alexander Singer | US Drama Reviewed by Richard Chatten Before 'The Graduate' there was 'All That Heaven Allows' and 'A Cold Wind in August'. The latter is not surprisingly one of...

Dir: Itonje Soimer Guttormsen | Cast: Renate Reinsve, Helene Bjorneby, Numan Acar | 117’ Reviewed by Meredith Taylor The family reunion sub-genre is reworked with a slight sibling rivalry twist this time...

Dir: Max Keegan | Doc Rural life in the remote French region of Ariège has remained largely unchanged since the 19th Century. Towns like Albi are off the tourist track and...

Dir: Phil Jutzi | Germany Doc Reviewed by Richard Chatten George Orwell wrote of poverty in 'Down and Out in Paris and London' "You thought it would be quite simple; it is...

Dir.: Robert Bresson; Cast: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie, Jean Pelegri, Dolly Scal, Kassagi, Pierre Etaix; France 1959, 75 min. Pickpocket, shot more or less at the same time as...