Erupcja Review (2026 Manchester Film Festival)
It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl. One woman trying to make sense of the female experience is pop...
Film Festivals
Alongside our in-depth reviews from some of the world’s biggest film festivals, you’ll also find the latest film news, exclusive features, trailers, interviews, and everything in between. We cover festivals from across the globe, including the Glasgow Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Fantasia International Film Festival, and FrightFest, bringing you the latest from the world of cinema all year round.
Photosensitive Review (2026 Kinoteka Polish Film Festival)
In many ways, Photosensitive is a perfectly traditional boy-meets-girl romance. Robert (Ignacy Liss) is a celebrated photographer who has retreated into...
Madfabulous Review (2026 BFI Flare)
By the time Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, died at the age of just 29, he’d bankrupted his...
Anniversary Review (2026 Kinoteka Polish Film Festival)
Jan Komasa’s Anniversary is a chilling, superbly acted dystopian drama that asks where political division ultimately leads — even if...
Big Girls Don’t Cry Review (2026 BFI Flare)
Some sounds you never forget. They immediately take you back in time to a particular place in your life. And...
Montreal, My Beautiful Review (BFI Flare 2026)
Arriving at this year’s BFI Flare after an acclaimed launch in its home country of Canada, Montreal, My Beautiful has...
Amazomania Review (CPH:DOX 2026)
To this day, about 200 tribes have remained unconnected from the world community. Most of them are found in the...
The Wizard of the Kremlin Review (2026 Glasgow Film Festival)
Vladimir Putin is a ruthless leader of the modern era, raising the iron curtain that had been lowered in the...
Dream of Another Summer Review (CPH:DOX 2026)
I’ve always thought of Beirut—with the cliffs framing it, the rocks at its feet, and the horizon somewhere behind high-rise...
The Good Boy Review (2026 Kinoteka Polish Film Festival)
A fabulous cast illuminates this dark comedy fable, where the dystopian moral reformation of A Clockwork Orange meets the underhanded social...
Traces Documentary Review (CPH:DOX 2026)
SEMA is a Ukrainian organization that fights against the stigma of women affected by conflict-related sexual violence. Striving for post-traumatic...
La Pietà Review (TDF 2026)
The glacier Okjökull in Iceland started shrinking in 1890. At an accelerating pace, the glacier was declared dead in 2014,...
Bury The Devil Review (2026 Glasgow Frightfest)
Real-time possession shocker Bury The Devil burrows deep into the dementia-horror sub-genre, forcing evil to the surface with structural finesse,...
The Convenience Store Review (2026 Glasgow Frightfest)
The movie adaptation of the cult Japanese video game The Convenience Store faithfully captures its unsettling, dreamlike minimalism before upgrading...