Dir: Francois Ozon | France 2025 112’ Reviewed by Peter Herbert  The Stranger is amongst French auteur Francois Ozon’s most uncompromising work, embracing the demands of a literary French classic with the intensity...

Dir.: Jan Komasa; Cast: Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycenbel, Tomasz Zietek, Barbara Kurzaj, Zdzislas Wurdejn, Lukasz Simlat, Poland 2019, 115 min Director Jan Komasa (Warsaw ’44) adapts Mateusz Palewicz’s extraordinary story...

Dir: Paolo Sorrentino | Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti, Orlando Cinque, Milvia Venturiello | Italy Drama 131' Paolo Sorrentino returns to form with this impressive Venice film festival opener crafted with...

Dir: Gianfranco Rosi | Italy Documentary 115’ 2025 Best known for his Berlinale winning title Fire At Sea Gianfranco Rosi returned to Venice 2025 where he previously won the Golden Lion...

Dir: Andrea Di Stefano | Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Tiziano Menichelli, Giovanni Ludeno, Dora Romano, Paolo Briguglia, Valentina Belle, Edwige Fenech, Roberto Zibetti, Fabrizio Careddu | Italy. 2025. 125' With its peppy...

Dir: Julia Jackman | Cast: Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe | US Drama 90' Reviewed by Ian Long 100 Nights of Hero takes place in a gnostic-inspired universe created by the...

Wri/Dir: Tamara Kotevska | Doc 2025 Blending folklore with the contemporary this simple but far-reaching fable carries with it the tragic reality of 21st century life. But there’s always hope.  The legend...

Dir/Wri: Jim Jarmusch | US Comedy 2025 Offbeat humour and amusing performances from Charlotte Rampling, Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Kate Blanchett make this wry trio of interlocking domestic stories worthy...

Dir/Wri: Benny Safdie | Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader | US Sports Biopic 123' | 2025 Reviewed by Ian Long  Early on in Benny Safdie‘s The Smashing Machine, a reporter...