The Dead and The Others (2018) by Nader Messora and Salaviza: a magnetic story about the cruel divide between indigenous and western lives in rural Brazil

★★★★☆ In short: The beautiful and melancholy portrayal of a 15-year-old indigenous Krahô at a crossroads between an anxious and … More

A Fantastic Woman (2017) by Sebastián Lelio: the poetic and enthralling fight for justice of a trans superwoman at odds with her world

There’s something timeless and dreamlike about A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio. Perhaps because it’s set in a far-off yet … More

This year’s edition of the BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, which took place 16th – 26th March 2017, offered … More

The human brain is a universe of its own. It encloses such unfathomable mysteries that modern science is only at … More

Isn’t it great when one of your favourite directors of the moment delivers a film that’s even more brilliant and … More

As Connecticut just became the 17th US State to ban death penalty (http://goo.gl/12gpk) and Norway is judging Anders Breivik for … More

In France where the run-up to the presidential election is the excuse for the right-wing parties to fuel once again … More

When I recently saw Andrew Haigh’s ‘Weekend’, it immediately made me think of Richard Linklater’s ‘Before Sunrise’ (1995). It would … More

‘Elena’ by Andrei Zvyagintsev – who also directed the beautiful and sombre ‘The Banishment’ in 2007 – is a slow- … More

After her promising, widely-acclaimed second feature “Fish Tank” in 2009 (see review here) Andrea Arnold returns with an adaptation of … More