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‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’ review: Jude Law impresses as Vladimir Putin in Oliver Assayas drama
Dir. Olivier Assayas. France. 2025. 156mins
Olivier Assayas’s English-language The Wizard of the Kremlin is undeniably compelling – and the way might it not be, on condition that it tells one...
France unveils 2026 shortlist for best international feature Oscar
Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Imprecise, Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Simply An Accident, Rebecca Zlotowski’s A Non-public Life, Hafsia Herzi’s Cannes finest actress-winning The Little...
‘Roqia’ review: Atmospheric Algerian debut filters civil war through a genre lens
Dir/scr: Yanis Koussim. France/Algeria/Qatar/Saudi Arabia. 2025. 89mins
In modern-day Algeria an ageing Muslim priest struggles with Alzheimer’s, to the rising concern of his trustworthy disciple....
‘Memory’ review: Ukrainian filmmaker Vladlena Sandu explores her troubled past in lyrical docudrama
Dir/scr: Vladlena Sandu. France/Netherlands. 2025. 98mins
Lyrical hybrid documentary Reminiscence permits Ukranian filmmaker Vladlena Sandu to revisit key experiences from her childhood and household historical...
’Yakushima’s Illusion’ review: Vicky Krieps stars in Naomi Kawase’s humanistic Japanese hospital drama
Dir/scr: Naomi Kawase. France/Japan/Belgium/Luxembourg. 2025. 122mins
Bodily and emotional affairs of the center are entrance and centre in Naomi Kawase’s unfastened however poignant drama that...
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ ‘Nina Roza’ and Goran Rebić’s ‘In The Hidden’ lead Locarno Pro winners
Tasks from Austria, Switzerland, Canada and Italy have been among the many winners eventually night time’s Locarno Professional Awards (Sunday 10 August).
Locarno Professional, the...
‘Out Of Love’ review: Camille Cottin stars as a French woman flung into motherhood
Dir/scr: Nathan Ambrosioni. France. 2025. 111mins
Workaholic insurance coverage assessor Jeanne (Camille Cottin) has little interest in being a guardian; her marriage broke down due...
‘Dandelion’s Odyssey’ review: Artistic animation takes a plant’s eye-view of the apocalypse
Dir: Momoko Seto. France/Belgium. 2025. 76 minutes
4 dandelion seeds – or ‘achenes’ to provide them their scientific title – embark on a outstanding journey...
‘Arco’ review: Natalie Portman produces appealing French time-travel animation
Dir: Ugo Bienvenu. France. 2025. 82mins
A boy in a rainbow go well with falls from the sky, forsaking him a looping ribbon of color. He...
‘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...