Aontas – Manchester Film Festival 2025
A reverse-chronology heist movie in the Irish language, Aontas is more a tale of personal tragedy than a thriller. But it’s worthContinue Reading
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Aïcha – Manchester Film Festival 2025
An opportunity to reinvent herself is placed in the lap of a young Tunisian woman following an accident. Aïcha plays at ManchesterContinue Reading
Universal Language – Manchester Film Festival 2025
Set in a Winnipeg where somehow everyone speaks Farsi, Universal Language is an absurd comedy/drama from Matthew Rankin, which was Canada’s submissionContinue Reading
Last Swim – Manchester Film Festival 2025
A bright young British-Iranian student heads out with friends on their last day of school life. A full day isContinue Reading
Motel Destino – Manchester Film Festival 2025
Marie’s Manchester Film Festival 2025 gets underway in a Brazilian sex-motel, full of neon lighting and … erm … sounds.Continue Reading
Film Review: Leila and the Wolves (1984)
For its first-ever US theatrical release, Lebanese filmmaker Heiny Srour’s visionary feminist work Leila and the Wolves receives a new 40th anniversaryContinue Reading
Film Review: Oh My Goodness! (2025)
Wheeling its way into UK cinemas from 14th March, the French comedy Oh My Goodness! is a fun, lightweight caper featuring two groupsContinue Reading
4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s Cruising (Special Edition)
Controversial at the time of release in 1980 and still challenging today, Arrow Video issues the William Friedkin/Al Pacino classic Cruising onContinue Reading
Blu-ray Review: Arrow Video’s A Certain Killer / A Killer’s Key
Arrow Video brings a pair of stylish Japanese hitman films to English-speaking home video enthusiasts for the very first time.Continue Reading
Marie’s Top Ten Films of 2024
Marie begins our coverage of the best in Film of 2024. Regular visitors to this site will not be atContinue Reading