H is for Hawk (2025)
★★★☆☆
Claire Foy plays an academic devastated by bereavement who finds solace in a connection with a goshawk in Philippa Lowthorpe’s true-story drama H is for Hawk.
Female Filmmakers
Hamnet (2025)
★★★★☆
The story of the marriage between Agnes and William Shakespeare and how unthinkable tragedy helped the playwright create Hamlet is told in Chloe Zhao’s emotional adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet.
BFI LFF 2025: Hamnet (2025)
★★★★☆
The story of the marriage between Agnes and William Shakespeare and how unthinkable tragedy helped the playwright create Hamlet is told in Chloe Zhao’s emotional adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet.
BFI LFF 2025: H is for Hawk (2025)
★★★☆☆
Claire Foy plays an academic devastated by bereavement who finds solace in a connection with a goshawk in Philippa Lowthorpe’s true-story drama H is for Hawk.
BFI LFF 2025: Sound of Falling (2025): (In die Sonne schauen)
★★★★☆
Mascha Schilinsky’s superb Sound of Falling is an immersive, fractured reflection on childhood, telling the story of four young girls from different eras.
BFI LFF 2025: The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
★★☆☆☆
Amanda Seyfried portrays the founder of the Shaker movement in director Mona Fastvold’s historical drama The Testament of Ann Lee, co-written by Brady Corbet.
The Librarians (2025)
★★★★☆
Oscar-nominated The Librarians, directed by Kim A Snyder and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, is a documentary about the unlikely defenders of intellectual freedom in schools in Trump’s changing USA.
Solo (2023)
★★★★☆
The rush of a new love turns sour for young drag queen Simon, whilst also dealing with the return of his absent mother, in writer-director Sophie Dupuis’s excellent drama Solo.
Mother Vera (2024)
★★★☆☆
Mother Vera is an award-winning documentary by Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson that enthrallingly reveals the life of a nun in Belarusia both pre- and post-convent.
Mistress Dispeller (2024)
★★★☆☆
Mistress Dispeller, an intimate documentary with extraordinary access by Elizabeth Lo, shows a unique Chinese practice.
Late Shift (2025) (Heldin)
★★★★☆
Late Shift is a gripping tribute to the everyday reality lived by hospital nurses, directed by Petra Volpe and starring Leonie Benesch.
Hot Milk (2025)
★☆☆☆☆
Sofia and Rose have relocated to Spain to try and cure Rose’s mysterious health condition. While supporting her mother, Sofia falls for the enigmatic Ingrid in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s directorial debut Hot Milk.
Cannes: Sound of Falling (2025): Day 2: Wed 14 May 2025 (In die Sonne schauen)
★★★★★
Cannes: Sound of Falling (2025): Day 2: 14 May
Cannes Film Festival 2025: Opening Film Tuesday 13 May: Partir Un Jour (2025) (Leave One Day)
★★★★☆
Cannes 2025: Opening Film 13 May 2025,