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Un Certain Regard
‘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...
‘A Poet’ review: A failed Colombian poet mentors a promising young talent
Dir/scr: Simon Mesa Soto. Colombia/Germany/Sweden. 2025. 123mins
“I’m a poet,” protests the put-upon protagonist of Colombian Simon Mesa Soto’s Un Sure Regard title. “Truly, you’re...
‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ review: A Cairo careworker finds herself caught up in local gang tensions
Dir: Morad Mostafa. Egypt/Sudan/Tunisia/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/France/Germany. 2025. 131mins
A good life is rendered unattainable by the unconscionable calls for of others in Aisha Can’t Fly Away, Morad...
‘Eleanor The Great’ review: June Squibb headlines Scarlett Johansson’s warm debut
Dir: Scarlett Johansson. US. 2025. 98mins
Consolidating her headliner standing on the age of 94, June Squibb seems to be, as a personality in Eleanor...
‘Homebound’ review: Neeraj Ghaywan’s empathetic Indian drama is backed by EP Martin Scorsese
Dir/scr: Neeraj Ghaywan. India. 2025. 117mins.
Does being homebound point out remaining the place one is, or does it recommend travelling again to at least...
‘Heads Or Tails?’ review: John C. Reilly is Buffalo Bill in this ‘rambunctious’ spaghetti Western
Dir: Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis. Italy/USA. 2025. 107mins
Within the late nineteenth century, American showman ‘Buffalo Invoice’ Cody (John C. Reilly, bewhiskered and...
‘Caravan’ review: A mother and her disabled son take to the road in Italy
Dir: Zuzana Kirchnerova. Czech Republic/Slovakia/Italy. 2025. 103 minutes
The burden of care is all-consuming in Caravan. Zuzana Kirchnerova’s achieved debut function charts the bond between a weary...
‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ review: Un Certain Regard winner is set in 1980s Chile
Dir/scr: Diego Cespedes. Chile/France/Germany/Spain/Belgium. 2025. 110 minutes
Love is a continuing saving grace in The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo. Diego Cespedes’s placing debut function...
‘A Pale View Of Hills’ review: Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel gets tangled between Japan and the UK
Dir/scr: Kei Ishikawa. Japan/UK/Poland. 2025. 123mins
The autumn-out from the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki has an afterlife that extends by generations on...
‘The Plague’ review: Joel Edgerton produces, stars in timely hazing drama
Dir/scr: Charlie Polinger. US/United Arab Emirates. 2025. 98mins
Author/director Charlie Polinger’s jittery first characteristic takes place at an all-boys water polo camp, the place adolescents...