2019
Japanese master filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi’s final movie Labyrinth of Cinema is a love-song to movies and a reckoning with Japanese history.
Matteo Garrone’s latest fantasy Pinocchio offers a more realistic portrayal of the classic tale that still incorporates some escapist fantasy elements
Big Fur isn’t about convincing you of the validity of Sasquatch, but rather, the fascinating journey of a man as he re-creates Bigfoot.
After all the attention and commitment to the story, Waiting for the Barbarians leaves viewers without a solid and satisfying payoff.
A darkly funny mashup between a sports documentary and gangster drama, it is an incredibly entertaining film that also delves into serious cultural issues.
Overflowing with internal and external conflict, Hans Petter Moland’s Out Stealing Horses is a gently-paced, exceptionally-written, sensory experience.
Kevin Lee spoke with Karen Maine about sexual education, her personal experiences in Catholic school, how that guided her direction in the film and more!
With Proxima, Winocour has left an indelible mark on cinematic space travel, by viewing it through a feminist lens and placing more emphasis on earth.
Reichardt once again displays her generous understanding of life on the margins, and the implicit need to create relationships in harsh lands.
Spinster is a relatable journey from recently broken up single to content and confident, yet still single.
Despite taking place in a city with a ubiquitous gang subculture, Days of the Whale is unconventionally warm and luminous.
It is a fun zom-com, but if you aren’t desperately seeking out for a lighthearted zombie film, then it’s maybe not the first film you would come across.
The plot is predictable but Rowland’s keen direction and Murtagh’s poignant script raises The Shadow of Violence well above your average crime drama.
Fluctuating between the brilliant and the unremarkable, the filmmaker’s body of work is a sensitive seesaw, ready to shift its weight at any given moment.
A forgettable military and horror thriller, Tom Paton’s Black Ops has all of the best intentions but fails to hit most of them.