In the Brazilian countryside, a family straining to care for their bedridden patriarch have their lives changed when a shady nurse offers a diabolical deal: put their elder to rest and host an Argentinian drug kingpin who urgently needs a place to hide.
As a slice of Brazilian life, Charcoal is nicely unconventional and unpredictable, bucking the expectations inherent to its premise and taking its characters down strange emotional paths, but it might be a little too quiet for its own good.| Read in full: Charcoal film review We Love Cinema
Markowicz maintains a tight grip on the tone, keeping it just on the biting point between black comedy and agonising suspense.The Guardian
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
Though there are a few nice ideas, this follow-up to the surprisingly good 2019 original is bogged down by the genre's worst instincts
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
