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‘Saturn’ review’: Transilvania non-fiction winner paints complex portrait of fractured Spanish family
Dir/scr: Daniel Tornero. Spain. 2024. 96mins
A damaged household struggles to heal in Saturn, an intense, deeply private characteristic debut from Spanish director Daniel Tornero....
‘Bright Future’ review: Romanian documentary revisits 1989 Pyongyang Festival of Youth and Students
Dir/scr: Andra MacMasters. Romania/South Korea. 2024. 89mins
The idealistic glow of the previous is seen with the benefit of hindsight in Shiny Future. Andra MacMasters’...
‘The Last Spy’ review: CIA spymaster Peter Sichel shares his eye-opening life story
Dir/scr: Katharina Otto-Bernstein. 2025. Germany/US. 107mins
CIA spymaster Peter Sichel died in February 2025, aged 102. His closing testimony is a considerable interview reflecting on a...
‘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...
‘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...
‘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...
‘Little Amelie’ review: Life in 1960s Japan through the eyes of a Belgian toddler
Dirs/scr: Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han. France. 2025. 76mins
The awakening consciousness of slightly Belgian lady born in Japan is recounted to charming and typically profound impact...