A soft-hearted, if sometimes amusing, elegy about love in all forms, be it unrequited, unconditional or burgeoning, as several students navigate a school ‘Talentime’ show and family problems in Yasmin Ahmad’s sincerely-made final feature.
This is one of Akin’s most rollickingly pleasurable films, a high-energy comedy filled with absurd moments about an F&B manager who is faced with making hard business and romantic decisions.
Based on an incredulous true story, this easy-going and quirky effort by Soderbergh starring a delightful Matt Damon, should leave a smile on your face.
Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried do heat up the screen in this erotic drama about the fears of infidelity, but the mind games under Egoyan’s slick direction don’t always work deeply or satisfyingly.
A Best Director winner at the Berlinale, Farhadi weaves a complex web of human relationships that become incredibly strained when a young woman mysteriously disappears in this riotous if unsettling drama.
Radu Jude’s debut feature takes cinematic tedium to mesmerizingly hilarious levels as he follows a young girl who is obliged to shoot for a commercial after winning a car in a lucky draw.
Clandestine affairs and the desire for sexual connection mark Lou Ye’s naturalistic, if at times, meandering take on the taboos of the conservative Chinese society.
Not dull, but also not memorable, Ho’s debut feature sparkles at times but also disappoints.
Flies the British social realism flag sky-high—this is a remarkably piercing yet sensual work by Andrea Arnold, not to mention featuring a breathtaking performance by Katie Jarvis.
A masterful take on the post-apocalyptic genre that finds moments of genuine warmth despite its ultra-bleak setting and aesthetic, based on a book by Cormac McCarthy, and featuring outstanding performances from Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Eternality Tan 