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‘Enzo’ review: Directors’ Fortnight opens with Laurent Cantet’s last film, directed by Robin Campillo
Dirs. Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet. France/Italy/Belgium. 2025. 102mins.
Directed by Robin Campillo, however credited up entrance as ‘a movie by Laurent Cantet’, Enzo is a strong...
‘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...
‘Sound Of Falling’ review: Trauma seeps through a century of women’s lives in rural Germany
Dir: Mascha Schilinski. Germany. 2025. 148mins
At instances it appears as if tragedy has seeped into the very partitions of the sprawling farmhouse in Germany’s...
‘Promised Sky’ review: Follow-up to ‘Under The Fig Trees’ opens Un Certain Regard
Dir: Erige Sehiri. France/Tunisia/Qatar. 2025. 95mins
Reflecting actual occasions, Promised Sky follows three Ivorian girls attempting to make a recent begin for themselves as sub-Saharan...
‘Leave One Day’ review: Cannes opens with crowd-pleasing musical of ‘exceptionally Gallic’ flavour
Dir: Amélie Bonnin. France. 2025. 96 minutes.
Nudging into her early forties, Cécile (Juliette Armanet) is about to embark on a brand new chapter in...
‘The Last Shore’ review: The aftermath of the tragic death of a Gambian migrant
Dir: Jean-Francois Ravagnan. Belgium/France/Qatar. 2024. 71mins
The Final Shore goes past the headlines to reclaim a life misplaced in tragic circumstances. Jean-Francois Ravagnan’s absorbing debut...
‘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...