02 Nov 2021
Memoria review – wondrous rumination on power, trauma and memory
Tilda Swinton is exceptional in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's funny, mediative tale about an expat drawn to a strange sound in Colombia
Articles by Ben Flanagan
14 Oct 2021
Drive My Car review – ambitious and deeply moving Murakami adaptation
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi delivers his best film yet with this self-consciously epic, three-hour tale about a director and his driver
16 Sep 2021
The Maltese Falcon review – landmark film noir is still brilliant entertainment
John Huston's 1941 classic, back in cinemas for its 80th anniversary, is packed with unforgettable performances across the board
16 Sep 2021
Rose Plays Julie review – an identity thriller you can’t take your eyes off
Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy's dazzling and evocative film explores serious themes while functioning as unashamed genre fare
09 Sep 2021
Wife of a Spy review – immaculately staged and luxurious melodrama
A woman begins to suspect her husband is a spy in Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa's twist-filled wartime thriller
30 Aug 2021
Souad review – emotional tale of two sisters in the internet age
Egyptian writer-director Ayten Amin grapples with the relationship between teens and social media in this poignant coming-of-ager
28 Jul 2021
The Unseen River review – soulful short from a new Vietnamese master
Phạm Ngọc Lân’s latest is an extraordinary study of landscape, built around a moody and reflective story of a young couple
27 Jul 2021
Bye Bye Morons review – French farce with a touch of Monty Python
Winner of Best Film at the 2021 César Awards, Albert Dupontel’s screwball comedy stars Virginie Efira as a woman out to find her son
21 Jul 2021
Night of the Kings review – intense and gripping story about stories
An Ivory Coast prison becomes the setting for a tale within a tale in this atmospheric drama from writer-director Philippe Lacôte
15 Jul 2021
Deerskin review – Jean Dujardin dazzles in a perfect midnight movie
The great French actor gives his best performance to date in Quentin Dupieux’s loopy comedy about a man obsessed with his jacket
08 Jul 2021
Yes You Cannes: 5 Films Set at the Cannes Film Festival
With Cannes 2021 now underway, Ben Flanagan looks back at the festival's most memorable filmic appearances to date...
07 Jul 2021
Alice and the Mayor review – bland political drama is out of ideas
Nicolas Pariser's look at French local government is really just a front for a middlebrow quasi-father-daughter relationship drama