Reviews

Dir: Matthew Vaughn | UK Thriller 139' Pirandello meets Philip K. Dick in this disarming piece of escapism that starts out seeming to be an ultra-glossy piece of escapist hokum but...

David Barnard | Musical Concert film 120' Who’d have thought a couple of English lads from Tyneside would make it to multi-millionaire status. Not only coining it, but also giving pleasure...

Dir: Ulaa Salim | Sci-Fi 99' Director Ulaa Salim returns to The Rotterdam Film Festival after his first feature Sons Of Denmark premiered there in 2019 to wide acclaim. His latest...

Dir: Rodrigo Areias | Cast: Albano Jeronimo, Edward Ashley, Victoria Guerra, Edgar Morais, Carmen Chaplin | Portugal, Drama 122' Charles Augustus Howell, the main character in this suggestive slow-burn drama from...

Dir: William Cameron Menzies | Cast: John Mills, Rene Ray, Robert Newton, Charles Oliver | UK Crime Drama 70' Although John Mills is technically the star, The Green Cockatoo is principally...

Dir: Nicolaj Arcel | Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Søren Malling, Morten Hee Andersen, Magnus Krepper, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Laura Bilgrau...

Dir: Anne Fontaine | France, Biopic drama, 122' Anne Fontaine’s ravishing musical biopic of Joseph Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) opens with various modern musical versions of the legendary French composer’s 1928 masterpiece...

Dir: Julia De Simone | Cast: Lucília Raimundo, Samira Carvalho, Maria D"Aires, Mãe Celina de Xangô Brazil, Drama 94’ This beguiling third feature from Brazilian filmmaker Julia De Simone is set...

Dir: Jonathan Ogilvie | Cast: Ed Oxenbould, Marton Csokas Roxie Mohebbi | New Zealand, Drama 98' 2024 The Rotterdam Film Festival is traditionally a place where discoveries are made from unexpected...