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VOD film review: Hive (Zgjoi)
April 18, 2022 | Anton BitelBlerta Basholli’s tale of a war-widowed beekeeper rebuilding her broken Kosovan community is a sweet but stinging tale of hope.Read More
VOD film review: See You Then
April 15, 2022 | Cathy BrennanA work of refreshing maturity on the differences between cis and trans women.Read More
VOD film review: Parallel Mothers
March 27, 2022 | David FarnorPedro Almodóvar’s thrilling, thoughtful and playful melodrama is powered by two phenomenal performances.Read More
VOD film review: Paris 13th District
March 26, 2022 | Matthew TurnerJacques Audiard adapts Adrian Tomine’s short stories for this achingly sexy collection of inter-connected romantic dramas.Read More
VOD film review: West Side Story (2021)
March 6, 2022 | David FarnorSteven Spielberg’s lavish update of the iconic musical is cinema at its ravishing, dazzling, swooning best.Read More
VOD film review: Flee
February 11, 2022 | Katherine McLaughlinThis exquisitely crafted animation based on a refugee’s tale is tense, unpredictable and profoundly moving.Read More
VOD film review: Cow
February 11, 2022 | Matthew TurnerAndrea Arnold follows the life of a British dairy cow in this mooving documentary.Read More
VOD film review: Mouthpiece
March 12, 2021 | Bianca GarnerA compelling exploration of grief and womanhood powered by two shining performances.Read More
For Sama: Essential viewing
October 27, 2019 | David FarnorOne mother’s heartbreaking dispatch from Syria is political turmoil at its most personal.Read More
VOD film review: Happy As Lazzaro
August 1, 2019 | Rachel BowlesAlice Rohrwacher’s fantastical realist drama resonates with centuries of Italian working class history.Read More