Dir: Michiyoshi Doi | Drama, Japan 77' 1958 Reviewed by Peter Herbert A wild tale of obsessive lesbian love built on a sensitive understanding of melodrama may have been out of step...

Dir/scr: Katharina Otto-Bernstein. 2025. Germany/US. 107mins Anyone fascinated by espionage will enjoy this new documentary about the life of CIA spymaster Peter Sichel (1922-2025) who died, aged 102, after an eventful...

Dir: Antoine Fuqua | Cast: Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Juliano Valdi, Nia Long, Jayden Harville | US biopic 127' Fans who ‘grew up’ with Michael Jackson and his music and want...

Dir: Damiano Michieletto | Italy 110' There's a vague touch of Pygmalion to the idea of this earnest, classically styled Italian costume drama, although the film takes itself far more seriously...

Dir.: Francois Truffaut; Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont) Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Laud, Francois Truffaut, Natalie Baye; France 1972/3, 116 min. Natalie Baye, who has died aged 77, rose to...

Dir: Ben Wheatley | 2026 USA Reviewed by Peter Herbert What could possibly link a feudal field in England with a modern high rise building and a small quiet town in America?...

Dir:: Greg "Freddy" Camalier | US Music Doc 108' Muscle Shoals is a town in Alabama where a particularly magical alchemy is at play. In the environment, the soil and the...

Dir: Olivier Assayas | Cast: Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Will Keen, Jude Law | 152' Political Thriller Reviewed by Ian Long  Having bowed out of frontline politics, Vadim Baranov (Paul...

Kinaesthesia celebrates the centenary of the “dream film” in cinema and its years of flowering during the silent film period. Featuring an original score and including stunning newly digitally remastered...