Broken English (2025)
★★★★☆
Marianne Faithfull is a much-misunderstood icon. Broken English, this documentary to set the record straight, made near the end of her life by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, also features myriad stars of music and film.
Alexa Dalby
Pillion (2025)
★★★★☆
Pillion is a sensational feature debut by Harry Lighton with graphic images of sub-dom gay sex.
Dragonfly (2025)
★★★★☆
Dragonfly is a small film. Small in the sense it’s obviously low budget (location) and a two-hander. But it’s so well written (by director Paul Andrew Williams) and exquisitely acted that it seems bigger.
Odyssey (2025)
★★☆☆☆
The confusingly titled Odyssey is a violent thriller set in a gentrifying Britain, directed by Gerard Johnson.
BFI LFF 2025: Winners
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.
Suleymane’s Story (2024) (L’Histoire de Suleymane)
★★★★☆
Souleymane’s Story, directed by Boris Lojkine, is a searingly realistic two days in the life of one of the invisible asylum seekers – a bicycle courier in Paris.
Urchin (2025)
★★★★☆
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The Kitchen Brigade (2022)
★★☆☆☆
The Kitchen Brigade is a wish-fulfilment comedy about the topical issue of migration to the European Union.
Busan Film Festival 2025: 17-26 September: Awards
★★★★☆
Busan Film Festival 2025 Awards
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.
Tokyo Film Festival: Tokyo Taxi (2025)
Tokyo Taxi, a remake of Driving Madeleine, directed by Yamada Yoji, announced as the 38th TIFF Centerpiece. The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is…
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San Sebastián Film Festival: 19-27 September 2025: Awards
★★★★☆
San Sebastián 2025
From Ground Zero (2024)
★★★★☆
From Ground Zero, compiled by Rashid Masharawi and executive produced by Michael Moore, is a poignant compilation of short films showing everyday life in a destroyed Gaza.