A recovering drug addict leaves his rehabilitation centre for a day to visit his acquaintances in this restrained, melancholic if also warmly empathetic second feature by Joachim Trier.
Not top-tier Almodovar, but he fashions an unsettling, and at times, outlandish treatment on both psychological and gender identities.
Shot in the Punjabi language, Gurvinder Singh’s Venice Orrizonti-selected first feature is both meandering and meditative at the same time, with fine attention to environmental detail.
Loads of explicit sex and misogyny wrapped in this study on sexual degradation and the politics of the (female) body, but wished it was more gripping.
This silent film about silent films will be sure to make enough noise to garner some trophies come awards season.
Strong performances by Glenn Close and Mia Wasikowska help to elevate this heartfelt Oscar-baiting period film to something that is worth a watch.
Another compelling gem from the Dardennes—tender, empathetic and mature, yet so deceptively simple.
Elizabeth Olsen delivers a first-rate performance in this restrained tale about trauma and paranoia.
Clint Eastwood’s weakest in a long while, but it still remains fairly engaging because of the strength of Leonardo DiCaprio’s singular performance.
Scorsese’s brilliant love letter to the film lover, and the finest use of 3D technology since ‘Avatar’.
