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‘Resurrection’ review: Jackson Yee stars in Bi Gan’s sprawling cinematic vision
Dir: Bi Gan. China/France. 2025. 155mins
Bi Gan’s Resurrection reframes the historical past of cinema as a type of twentieth-century monster story that pans out over...
‘Hot Milk’ review: Emma Mackey anchors uneven adaptation of Deborah Levy novel
Dir/scr: Rebecca Lenkiewicz. UK. 2025. 93mins.
Sofia (Emma Mackey) has been caring for her intermittently wheelchair-bound mom Rose (Fiona Shaw) for so long as she...
‘Ari’ review: Léonor Serraille delivers an engaging Rohmer-style drama
Dir/scr: Léonor Serraille. France/Belgium. 2025. 88mins
Lyon-born director Léonor Serraille, who received the Digicam d’Or for finest debut in Cannes in 2017 with Montparnasse Bienvenue, returns...
‘Dreams’ review: Jessica Chastain powers Michel Franco’s dance-based drama
Dir. Michel Franco. Mexico/US. 2025. 100mins
Love and dance make up one of many longest-established {couples} in cinema. When the dance occurs to be ballet, it’s seemingly...
‘The Blue Trail’ review: Gabriel Mascaro drama fights ageism in a future Brazil
Dir. Gabriel Mascaro. Brazil/Mexico/Netherlands/Chile 2025. 86mins.
Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Path is a balmy riverboat experience into the unknown – in addition to a bolshy protest towards ageism...
‘The Ice Tower’ review: Marion Cotillard stars in Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Snow Queen re-take
Dir: Lucile Hadzihalilovic. Fr/Ger. 2025. 118mins
Numerous diversifications and appropriations – amongst them Disney’s Frozen – have diluted the sheer weirdness of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy...
‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ review: Fast and frenetic movie geek nostalgia
Dir. Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani. Belgium/Luxembourg/France/Italy 2025. 87mins
Hardcore modernists dedicated to residing prior to now, Brussels-based duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani have created their very...
‘Girls On Wire’ review: Implausible action drama from China’s Vivian Qu
Dir/scr: Vivian Qu. China. 2025. 114mins
Crippling money owed, habit and simmering grudges have dogged the households of cousins Tian Tian (Liu Haocun) and Fang...
‘What Marielle Knows’ review: Stylish, sly German comedy starring Julia Jentsch
Dir/scr: Frederic Hambalek. Germany. 2025. 87mins.
Ever since a buddy slapped her face within the playground, 13-year-old Marielle has gained the power to see and...
‘The Message’ review: Low-key black-and-white pleasure from Argentina’s Iván Fund
Dir. Iván Fund. Argentina/Spain/Uruguay 2025. 91mins
The younger heroine of Argentinian drama The Message is just not a horse whisperer, precisely – extra an empathetic gazer at, and seemingly a ‘channeler’...