Eagles of the Republic – Manchester Film Festival 2026
The country’s most loved actor is pressured into taking on a role he doesn’t want to – as the (stillContinue Reading
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The Stranger – Manchester Film Festival 2026
Indifference, colonialism, a murder trial, and a lot of sunshine in François Ozon’s black and white adaptation of Albert Camus’Continue Reading
Sophia – Manchester Film Festival 2026
A little girl goes missing in Tunisia on a visit with her mother to meet her estranged father. Sophia is a tenseContinue Reading
The Fence (Le Cri des Gardes) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
An English language film from French legend Claire Denis, who visits Africa again for a tense standoff between a localContinue Reading
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
Teenager Rico is struggling to make a living, and transitioning into fatherhood is not as easy as he imagines. Mad BillsContinue Reading
The Last Viking – Manchester Film Festival 2026
Darkly humorous and absurd, the latest from Andres Thomas Jensen and his ensemble also has a human side. The Last Viking playsContinue Reading
Film Review: The Tasters (2025)
Seven young women are forced into a role which they would not have chosen in war-time Germany in 1943. AContinue Reading
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4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s Peking Opera Blues (Limited Edition)
Tsui Hark’s 1986 rambunctious, fast-moving film Peking Opera Blues gets the Arrow Video limited edition treatment. With a host of extras, theContinue Reading
Film Review: The President’s Cake (2025)
1990s Iraq is not the place to be living if you are required to produce a cake at 48 hours’Continue Reading
Marie’s Top Films of 2025
Marie begins The Movie Isle’s 2026 with a look back at her Top Ten Films of 2025. 2025 has, forContinue Reading