Eric Summer movies, cinema features and reviews

Celine Deveaux's French-Portuguese debut can be too quirky for its own good, but a fantastically written lead character keeps it afloat

Writer-director Catherine Corsini helms an uneven drama about a woman who returns to Corsica with her two teenage daughters

Sarah Kambe Holland’s debut feature, expanding on her short of the same name, pairs bold queer storytelling with a rich visual world

Though its dramatic reenactment scenes weaken it, this doc about the post-war American psyche is a genuinely novel slice of history

From eye-opening documentaries to intimate dramas, we highlight the films that might have slipped beneath your radar this past year...

Chinonye Chukwu's latest film is a precise, exacting study of America's all-too recent history, centred on an incredible lead turn

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet delivers a warm and comedic exploration of feminine desire that feels like a breath of fresh air

Amber Midthunder makes for a brilliantly convincing action heroine in this gory and breathlessly thrilling piece of period sci-fi

Ryan Gosling and a scene-stealing Chris Evans star in a Russo brothers spy thriller made of thrilling action but little personality

Javier Bardem makes for a powerful anchor in this cutting Spanish dramedy about a boss's entitlement and overreach

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