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‘Blame’ review: Three Covid-19 scientists fall victim to truth-twisting narratives
Dir: Christian Frei. Switzerland. 2025. 123mins
Verified information hardly ever impede the unfold of a fantastic conspiracy fable. In Blame, Swiss director Christian Frei explores...
‘Flophouse America’ review: Poverty, addiction and one-room living wreak havoc on a child’s life
Dir: Monica Stromdahl. Norway, Netherlands, US. 2025. 78mins
All the percentages are stacked towards 12 year-old Mikal in Flophouse America. Monica Stromdahl’s unflinching documentary captures...
‘Animality’ review: Ai Weiwei explores our often shocking relationship with animals
Dir/scr: Ai Weiwei. Germany. 2025. 122mins
In China, males armed with poles work as a workforce to membership to loss of life the city road...
‘Sanatorium’ review: Striking portrait of Odesa’s Soviet-era health facility
Dir: Gar O’Rourke. Eire/Ukraine. 2025. 90 minutes
Hunkered on a stretch of scrubland simply outdoors of Odesa in southern Ukraine, close to an estuary famed...
‘The Helsinki Effect’ review: Timely doc revisits pivotal East/West summit
Dir/scr: Arthur Franck. Finland/Germany/Norway. 2025. 88mins
In the summertime of 1975, with the icy fingers of the Chilly Struggle nonetheless exerting a good grip on...
‘Lowland Kids’ review: America’s first climate refugees prepare to leave their Louisiana home
Dir/scr: Sandra Winther. Denmark/USA. 2025. 99mins
The Louisiana bayou neighborhood of Isle de Jean Charles is a magical place, nestling amongst bountiful rivers, beneath honey-kissed...
‘The Redemption’ review: Daniel Guzman, Luis Tosar star in Madrid-set social drama
Dir/scr: Daniel Guzman. Spain/Romania. 2024. 115mins
An engrossing tackle a small-time criminal who finds himself out of his depth as he tries to stop his...
‘Ready Or Not’ review: Irish rites-of-passage debut is lively and vital
Dir: Claire Frances Byrne. Eire. 2024. 83mins
What begins as a jaunty, coming of age romp steadily darkens into one thing extra disturbing in Prepared...
‘That Summer In Paris’ review: Tender debut plays out as the city hosts the 2024 Olympics
Dir: Valentine Cadic. France. 2025. 77mins
Valentine Cadic’s debut function That Summer time In Paris reveals the fragile contact and light-weight, ethereal method that immediately...
’Gen_’ review: A Milan hormone specialist treats fertility and gender issues
Dir: Gianluca Matarrese. France/Switzerland/Italy. 2025. 104mins
The worlds of IVF therapy and gender affirmation might look like uncommon bedfellows however they arrive collectively below the...