26 May 2023
Unclenching the Fists review – sensitive and thoughtful coming-of-age story
Led by a superb central performance from Milana Aguzarova, this is a promising second feature from an up-and-coming filmmaker
Articles by Fedor Tot
26 May 2023
Inland Empire review – David Lynch’s nightmare fuel masterpiece returns to stalk cinemas
Few other films have ventured as far down the rabbit hole as this three-hour long avant-garde headtrip, now restored in gorgeous 4K
19 May 2023
Under the Fig Trees review – sensitive and eloquent filmmaking from Tunisia
Sun-dappled naturalism shines through in this sweet and relaxed fiction feature debut from documentary filmmaker Erige Sehiri
14 May 2023
The Dam review – Sudan-set drama is evocative but unspecific
Though we might have seen a more politically radical film, Ali Cherri’s dreamy debut has echoes of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
05 May 2023
Pamfir review – technically superb and powerful filmmaking from Ukraine
First-time director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk delivers a richly drawn, impressively subtle film set on the Ukrainian borderlands
28 Apr 2023
Love According to Dalva review – deafeningly empty exploration of child abuse
This miserable and pointless debut feature from writer-director Emannuelle Nicot has nothing to say about its traumatic subject matter
13 Apr 2023
The Plains review – sensitive and perceptive journeys on the nature of time
David Easteal's three-hour film, shot almost entirely from inside a car, makes mundanity into something genuinely profound
06 Apr 2023
The Outwaters review – truly terrifying reinvention of found-footage horror
Robbie Banfitch breathes new life into an exhausted sub-genre with this nightmarish, experimental vision set in the Mojave Desert
06 Apr 2023
Godland review – exquisitely poetic story of colonial folly
Writer-director Hlynur Pálmason sets out in the tradition of Herzog with this visually rich tale of a priest's ill-fated Icelandic expedition
30 Mar 2023
Law of Tehran review – fierce and propulsive Iranian crime drama
Director Saeed Roustayi delivers an ambitious, morally complex thriller that thrives on left-field turns and gritty atmosphere
28 Mar 2023
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman review – pleasant but empty Haruki Murakami animation
Pierre Földes adapts the revered Japanese novelist to sometimes diverting effect, but the approach is frustratingly surface level
23 Mar 2023
The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future review – magical realist fable climbs to a superb peak
Though it takes a while to find the right groove, this debut from Chilean director Francisca Alegrí locates some spectacular images