World cinema

Saint Omer review – Alice Diop’s compelling courtroom drama

The French director draws on her own experience in this story of a writer sitting in on the trial of a woman accused of murdering her own baby

Wendy Ide

04, Feb, 2023 @3:00 PM

Saint Omer review – witchcraft and baby killing in extraordinary real-life courtroom drama

Alice Diop’s unnerving fiction feature is based on the true case of a Senegalese immigrant accused in the French court of murdering her 15-month-old daughter

Peter Bradshaw

02, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM

EO review – an innocent donkey leads the way in surreal Bresson-inspired ride

Life is seen through the eyes of a put-upon beast of burden in this beautifully photographed homage to Au Hasard Balthazar by the veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski

Peter Bradshaw

01, Feb, 2023 @4:24 PM

A Human Position review – elegantly restrained Norwegian drama

Nothing much happens, but less is more in Anders Emblem’s quiet tale of a traumatised journalist

Wendy Ide

29, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM

Mostly Martha is a feast of a film – and the US remake is a dog’s dinner

More people have probably seen No Reservations, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, but the original German film is charming and better in every way

Maddie Thomas

24, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

Nascondino (Hide and Seek) review – remarkable documentary about a Neapolitan street kid

For four years, Victoria Fiore follows bright, personable Entoni, at the mercy of Italy’s new law concerning children from organised crime families

Wendy Ide

22, Jan, 2023 @11:30 AM

Holy Spider – prurient Iranian serial killer drama

Based on the real-life case of a man who murdered 16 women, Ali Abbasi’s tense film feels at once timely and dehumanising

Wendy Ide

21, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM

More Than Ever review – thoughtful drama about how to die well

Vicky Krieps shows her emotional range as a woman taking ownership of terminal illness in Emily Atef’s sensitive film co-starring the late Gaspard Ulliel

Wendy Ide

21, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM