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Un Certain Regard
‘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...
‘The Chronology Of Water’ review: Kristen Stewart’s debut is an intense deep-dive into the life of a troubled artist
Dir: Kristen Stewart. France/Latvia/US. 2025. 128mins
Some artists dwell with demons, and Kristen Stewart’s function directorial debut dives deep into those who affected Lidia Yuknavitch,...
‘Urchin’ review: Harris Dickinson directs an elevated study of addiction
Dir/scr: Harris Dickinson. UK. 2025. 99mins
Mike (Frank Dillane), a rough-sleeper in London, is trapped in a spiralling downward cycle of substance abuse. Following a...
‘I Only Rest In The Storm’ review: Pedro Pinho visits neo-colonialism in Guinea-Bissau
Dir: Pedro Pinho. Portugal/France/Brazil/Romania. 2025. 211mins
A Portuguese environmental engineer tries to navigate the difficult waters of being a white man in West Africa in I...
‘Pillion’ review: Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling star in frank British debut
Dir/scr: Harry Lighton. UK. 2025. 106mins
The commuter city of Bromley, 10 miles from the centre of London, might not appear to be the obvious...
‘My Father’s Shadow’ review: Sope Dirisu stars in this electric debut set in 1990s Nigeria
Dir: Akinola Davies Jr. UK/Nigeria. 2025. 95mins
Nigeria, 1993. A vital election has simply run, and the persons are hopeful of a win for Social...
‘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...