Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.
As a calling card for a new filmmaker, The Inspection is a mostly impressive one, viscerally externalising an unpleasant internal struggle.| Read in full: The Inspection film review We Love Cinema
His confidence as a film-maker might ultimately outpace his ability as a writer in the last act, but The Inspection still marks him out as one to watch.The Guardian
Succeeds in skillfully conveying the complex set of emotions it depicts, but doesn’t completely evaluate them.Little White Lies
A by-the-numbers boot camp drama elevated by resonant emotional truth and seen through the revealing lens of all-too-lived experience.Empire
The latest in Keanu Reeves' most consistent franchise is its best, partly thanks to a better-than-perfect turn from Donnie Yen
Writer-director Léa Mysius seamlessly blends the natural and the supernatural in this tragic love story starring Adèle Exarchopoulos
Though it takes a while to find the right groove, this debut from Chilean director Francisca Alegrí locates some spectacular images
A French couple clash violently with the locals in this fascinating, though slightly sagging, new film from director Rodrigo Sorogoyen
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
We've gathered up our most glowing reviews from this year's festival, from dynamic documentaries to dizzying debuts
To coincide with the release of Women Talking, Anna McKibbin explores the ethos behind the films of the acclaimed director
Overrated hack or underrated auteur? Fedor Tot explores the twisty filmmaker's output to mark the release of Knock at the Cabin
