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‘Left-Handed Girl’ review: Sean Baker-backed family drama is set on the bustling streets of Taipei
Dir: Shih-ching Tsou. Taiwan/France/USA/UK. 2025. 109mins
Returning to her native Taiwan from her US residence, common Sean Baker collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou channels the color and chaos...
‘A Useful Ghost’ review: A haunted vacuum cleaner collides with Thailand’s recent past
Dir/scr: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. Thailand/France/Singapore. 2025. 130 minutes.
If Yorgos Lanthimos relocated to Thailand his subsequent movie would possibly look one thing like critic, trainer, author...
‘Love Letters’ review: Drama charts lesbian couple’s rocky road to parenthood in 2014 France
Dir/scr: Alice Douard. France. 2025. 97mins
The pressures on a French lesbian couple anticipating their first youngster lie on the coronary heart of Love Letters....
Cannes Critics’ Week unveils prizes for 2025 edition
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s comedy-drama A Helpful Ghost has gained the Grand Prix within the impartial Critics’ Week sidebar in Cannes.
The movie was chosen by a...
‘Adam’s Sake’ review: Critics Week opens with tense hospital drama from ’Playground’s Laura Wandel
Dir: Laura Wandel. Belgium/France. 2025. 78 minutes.
Lucy (Léa Drucker) is a nurse on a paediatric unit in a busy unnamed hospital, the place we...
‘Reedland’ review: A violent crime rocks a rural Dutch community
Dir/scr: Sven Bresser. Netherlands/Belgium. 2025. 111mins
When ageing Dutch reed cutter Johan (Gerrit Knobbe) discovers the physique of a younger lady on his land, his...
‘Don’t Cry, Butterfly’: Venice Review
Dir/scr: Duong Dieu Linh. Vietnam/Singapore/Indonesia/Philippines. 2024. 97mins.
Hardworking Hanoi-based marriage ceremony planner Tam (Le Tu Oanh) learns of her husband Thanh’s (Le Vu Lengthy) infidelity...
‘Paul & Paulette Take A Bath’: Venice Review
Dir/scr: Jethro Massey. UK. 2024. 109mins
As hinted at by its title, Paul & Paulette Take A Tub is a playful love story wherein its...
‘Perfumed With Mint’: Venice Review
Dir/scr: Muhammed Hamdy. Egypt/France/Tunisia/Qatar. 2024. 113mins
Cairo-born Muhammed Hamdy’s debut characteristic confronts the ghosts of the previous and the best way they hang-out and form...
‘Don’t Cry, Butterfly’, UK feature ‘Paul & Paulette’ head Venice Critics’ Week winners
Vietnamese function Don’t Cry, Butterfly and UK title Paul & Paulette Take A Bathtub have been among the many winners on the 39th Venice...