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‘Sleepless City’ review: Coming-of-age drama set in Europe’s largest shanty town in Spain
Dir: Guillermo Galoe. Spain/France. 2025. 97mins.
Politics and poetry are fused to memorable impact in Guillermo Galoe’s function debut, the colourful, melancholy and immersive Sleepless Metropolis....
‘The Richest Woman In The World’ review: Isabelle Huppert drama plays on a notorious real life L’Oréal heir
Dir: Thierry Klifa. France. 2025. 121mins
Isabelle Huppert is luxuriously reducing in The Richest Girl In The World. This household drama clearly impressed by L’Oreal...
‘Once Upon A Time In Gaza’ review: Satirical, resonant follow-up to ‘Gaza Mon Amour’
Dirs. Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser. France/Palestine/Germany/Portugal/Jordan//Qatar 2025. 90mins
Whereas the world sees day by day pictures of Gaza beneath siege, there's a notable dearth of...
‘Eagles Of The Republic’ review: Tarik Saleh reunites with Fares Fares to end his Cairo trilogy
Dir/scr: Tarik Saleh. Sweden/France/Denmark. 2025. 128mins
The primary two instalments of Tarik Saleh’s politically-charged ‘Cairo trilogy’ had been despairing examinations of the corruption and paranoia...
‘A Poet’ review: A failed Colombian poet mentors a promising young talent
Dir/scr: Simon Mesa Soto. Colombia/Germany/Sweden. 2025. 123mins
“I’m a poet,” protests the put-upon protagonist of Colombian Simon Mesa Soto’s Un Sure Regard title. “Truly, you’re...
‘Splitsville’ review: Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona play love rivals in partner-swap comedy
Dir: Michael Angelo Covino. US. 2025. 105mins
One open marriage finally ends up wreaking havoc on two {couples} in Splitsville. Like director/co-writer/star Michael Angelo Covino’s...
‘Highest 2 Lowest’ review: Spike Lee reteams with Denzel Washington for ambitious crime thriller
Dir: Spike Lee. US. 2025. 133mins
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite for the primary time in practically 20 years for Highest 2 Lowest, an...
‘Alpha’ review: Julia Ducournau's ‘Titane’ follow-up is set against a mysterious French plague
Dir/scr: Julie Ducornau. France. 2025. 128mins
Julie Ducornau is filled with surprises. Together with her first two options, Uncooked and Titane, she established herself as...
‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ review: A Cairo careworker finds herself caught up in local gang tensions
Dir: Morad Mostafa. Egypt/Sudan/Tunisia/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/France/Germany. 2025. 131mins
A good life is rendered unattainable by the unconscionable calls for of others in Aisha Can’t Fly Away, Morad...
‘Imago’ review: Critics’ week doc looks at a Chechen enclave in Georgia
Dir: Déni Oumar Pitsaev. France/Belgium. 2025. 110mins
Chechen filmmaker Déni Oumar Pitsaev directs his personal quest to know his roots, come to phrases together with...