The Old Oak (2023)
★★★★☆
The Old Oak, Ken Loach’s last film: the final part of his Northeast Trilogy and a distinguished, committed career.
Still in cinemas
San Sebastián Film Festival 2023: 22-30 September
★★★★☆
San Sebastián Film Festival 2023: 22-30 September
Ballywalter (2022)
★★★★☆
Northern Ireland-set Ballywalter, directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah and written by Stacey Gregg, is a moving little gem that stars Seána Kerslake and Patrick Kielty.
Past Lives (2023)
★★★★☆
Universally acclaimed romantic Past Lives is an extraordinary feature debut by US/Korean Celine Song.
Fremont (2023)
★★★★☆
Fremont directed by Babak Jalali is an absurdist but moving look at displacement and the immigrant experience.
Toronto International Film Festival 2023
★★★★☆
Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Film reviews
Tate Galleries art and film exhibitions 2023
★★★★☆
Tate Galleries exhibitions 2023: Isaac Julien: What Freedom is to Me and Capturing the Moment
Bafta Awards 2023
★★★★☆
Bafta Award Winners 2023
Emily (2022)
★★★★☆
Emily Brontë’s creative inspiration is explored through an imagined version of the author’s short life in Frances O’Connor’s stirring directorial debut Emily.
The Lost King (2022)
★★★☆☆
Sally Hawkins stars as an amateur historian in search of the grave of King Richard III in director Stephen Frears’ uplifting true-story drama The Lost King.
It Is In Us All (2022)
★★★★☆
It Is In Us All is a strange and mystical film debut by Antonia Campbell-Hughes. held together by Cosmo Jarvis’s extraordinarily visceral central performance, set against awe-inspiring, massive Irish landscapes.
The Forgiven (2021)
★★★☆☆
The unexpected consequences and repercussions of a terrible accident in the Moroccan desert are explored in The Forgiven, John Michael McDonagh’s adaptation of Lawrence Osbourne’s 2012 novel, starring Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain.
San Sebastian Film Festival 2022
MODELO 77 / PRISON 77 ALBERTO RODRÍGUEZ SPAIN Not in competition Modelo Prison. Barcelona, 1977. Manuel, a young accountant, imprisoned and awaiting trial for…
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Black Mail
★★★☆☆
Black Mail, written and directed by Obi Emelonye, is a slick, London-set plot-driven thriller with an appealing central character played by Nigerian star OC Ukeje.
Listen (2020)
★★★☆☆
Listen, Ana Rocha de Sousa’s powerful first film about forced adoption, is heart-rending and almost unbearable to watch at times.
Atabai (2020)
★★★☆☆
Atabai by Iranian director Niki Karimi makes the most of stupendous landscapes and reveals its stories gradually.
