Reviews

Dir: Gabriel Mascaro | Cast: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarrás, Adanilo, Rosa Malagueta, Clarissa Pinheiro | Portugal, Sci-fi drama 82' 2025 Stories about courageous women refusing to budge are always...

Wri/Dir: Max Walker-Silverman | Cast: Josh O'Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Amy Madigan | Drama 95' Reviewed by Ian Long Thomas “Dusty” Fraser Jr. is a mild-mannered Coloradan rancher, reeling from a...

Dir: Yann Samuell | France, Drama 113' The idea of a springtime stroll through the meadows of Southern France sounds like a delightful romp. But maybe not with a teenage delinquent...

Dir: David Roux | France, Drama 93' La Femme de, based on Hélène Lenoir's enigmatically titled novel 'Son nom d'avant', is a grim affair that follows David Roux's first feature The...

Dirs: Efrain Mojica and Rebecca Zweig. Mexico /USA/France Reviewed by Peter Herbert Jaripeo is a traditional carnival dating from the 16th century in Mexico’s Michoacan region. It aims to bring together local...

Dir: Ferzan Özpetek | Italy, Drama 2025 What starts with a delicious al fresco lunch between a group of Italian actors - who are all female- soon becomes a contemplative script...

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: James McAvoy 2026. Reviewed by Peter Herbert California Dreamin’ is a wistful 1965 song by The Mamas and Papas about yearning for a better time that filmmakerJames McAvoy recalibrates here as...

Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Cast: Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate, Settimio Di Porto, Ferruccio Nuzzo | Italy 137’ In 1962 Pier Paolo Pasolini found himself...