Festivals

How Tunisia is using cinema to combat terrorism

By Grace Banks

The Carthage Film Festival once again proved that radical liberalism is alive and well in North Africa.

Hail, Caesar! to open the 66th Berlin Film Festival

By Little White Lies

Joel and Ethan Coen’s will have its world premiere at the Berlinale on 11 February.

Five films to see at the Argentine Film Festival 2015

By Little White Lies

A feel-good football comedy and a Patagonian road movie are among the highlights of this year’s programme.

Stonewall – first look review

By David Jenkins

Director Roland Emmerich offers a laughably tin-eared take on ’60s gay counterculture.

Evolution – first look review

By David Jenkins

Lucile Hadžihalilović makes a triumphant return with this experimental surgical horror (with added starfish).

Afternoon – first look review

By David Jenkins

Tsai Ming-Liang and his collaborator/muse Lee Kang-Sheng have a long, deep conversation about their relationship.

In Jackson Heights – first look review

By David Jenkins

Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s ode to cultural diversity is a bustling profile of New York.

Office – first look review

By David Jenkins

This cubist corporate musical set during the financial crash of 2008 oozes with boldness and creativity.

Where to Invade Next – first look review

By David Jenkins

Michael Moore’s new movie is an example of a filmmaker with nothing valuable to say.

High-Rise – first look review

By David Jenkins

Ben Wheatley’s JG Ballard adaptation is a glowing cluster of stand-alone transgressions.

Our Little Sister – first look review

By David Ehrlich

The latest from Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda is sweet and saccharine to a fault.

Our Brand Is Crisis – first look review

By David Jenkins

Sandra Bullock tears up the political scene in La Paz in David Gordon Green’s feather-light political comedy.

I Saw the Light – first look review

By David Jenkins

This country music biopic starring Tom Hiddleston is a model of thoughtful restraint.

Demolition – first look review

By David Jenkins

A top-tier festival opener arrives in the form of this scattershot yet thoughtful study of grief.

Anomalisa – first look review

By David Ehrlich

The master of misanthropy returns with a superb, quasi-animated feature on the nature of empathy.

Cemetery of Splendour – first look review

By David Jenkins

This neon-lit ghost story from Apichatpong Weerasethukal is another hushed adventure into the sublime.

Cannes Film Festival 2015 – the winners

By David Jenkins

Who picked up the silverware at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, including the coveted Palme d'Or?

Macbeth – first look review

By David Jenkins

The stunning pros and unfortunate cons in Justin Kurzel’s take on the Bard just about balance out.

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