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THE INTERNET'S MOST HONEST FILM REVIEWS. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.


Rififi (1955)
Arguably the pinnacle of the heist genre, Dassin’s wonderful French thriller is without doubt one of the most influential films of all time.
Sep 16, 20231 min read


The Beasts (2023)
Inspired by real events involving a Dutch couple in Santoalla, Sorogoyen's tension filled drama deserves more recognition.
Sep 16, 20231 min read


Bergman Island (2022)
Mia Hanson-Love’s seventh full-length film isn’t simply a two-hour homage to the films of Ingmar Bergman as its title may suggest.
Sep 16, 20231 min read


Return To Seoul (2023)
Davy Chou's second feature film concerns Freddie, a Korean adoptee brought up in France who on a whim decides to travel to Seoul.
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Beau Travail (1999)
Claire Denis' fascinating adaptation of Herman Melville's 1988 novel Billy Budd is really something.
Sep 10, 20231 min read


Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Sergei Eisenstein’s astonishing early Soviet silent film is just as powerful today as it must have been almost a century ago.
Sep 10, 20231 min read


Nostalgia (2023)
Returning to his home town of Naples after forty years living in Egypt, Felice must face the Camorra, and his past.
Sep 10, 20232 min read


Daisies (1966)
Věra Chytilová’s groundbreaking comedy drama was once again in the top fifty of Sight and Sound’s recent all time list...
Sep 10, 20231 min read


The Quiet Girl (2022)
Nine year old Cáit is sent to live at a distant cousins house for the summer in rural Waterford, Ireland.
Sep 10, 20231 min read


Victoria (2015)
Schipper’s film is genuinely one take, filmed over a two and half hour period one morning in Berlin, and is sensational.
Sep 3, 20231 min read


EO (2023)
The titular character is a donkey that we follow over a period of time as he passes from owner to owner, some nice, some absolutely not.
Sep 3, 20231 min read


Delicatessen (1991)
In post-apocalyptic France, Clapet is a butcher who owns a decrepit apartment building in which he rents out rooms to people.
Sep 3, 20231 min read


Like Rabid Dogs (1976)
Mario Imperoli's film centers on Tony, a young man who spends his time outside of work persecuting and murdering prostitutes.
Sep 3, 20231 min read


Holiday (2018)
Holiday follows the troublesome exploits of Sascha, who is forced into the inner ring of her new gangster boyfriend.
Sep 3, 20232 min read


The Plains (2023)
Can a three-hour art-house piece set almost entirely in a car be any good? Yes, emphatically.
Sep 2, 20232 min read


Pacifiction (2023)
Albert Serra's latest film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year, and we've had to wait almost a year to get it here.
Sep 2, 20232 min read


1976 (2023)
A wealthy and elegant woman is drawn into Chile's anti-Pinochet resistance.
Sep 2, 20231 min read


Her Way (2021)
Laure Calamy is superb as a Strasbourg sex-worker who has to move job locations to a more dangerous scene in order to earn more money.
Sep 2, 20232 min read


Sonatine (1993)
Beat Takeshi's fourth feature may well be his masterpiece, mainly focusing on the events in between the violence of a group of yakuza.
Sep 2, 20231 min read
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