drama I Am Kalam 11 Jan 2021 "Do you believe that destiny makes a man, or his actions?" ★★★★ Nila Madhab Panda's Indian drama I Am Kalam (2010) was produced by the charity Smile Foundation, an NGO…
drama In The Name Of 16 Dec 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Every day we die and are reborn again" ★★★★★ Małgorzata Szumowska's 2013 Polish drama In The Name Of (Polish: W Imię) brings together Poland's two clashing entities - the Church…
drama Atlantics 7 Dec 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Some memories are omens" ★★★★★ In an interview with Netflix, director Mati Diop stated that she wanted to dedicate her supernatural romantic drama Atlantics (French: Atlantique, 2019) to the lost…
drama The Salvation 30 Nov 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Never start a fight you can't win" ★★★★ There are very few twists one can subject a western film to these days. Doing so would require the contortion of an…
drama The Wife 13 Nov 2020Dec 21, 2020 "The public can't stomach bold prose from a woman" ★★★★★ The dazzling appeal of Björn L. Runge's drama The Wife (2017) rests in Glenn Close's reflections on her character, which…
drama Metamorphoses 2 Nov 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Mouths are gateways to the soul" ★★★ Christophe Honoré's Metamorphoses (2014) is an ambitious project aiming to transform the massive and multifaceted magnum opus of the Roman poet Ovid (comprised of…
drama Pity 26 Oct 2020Dec 21, 2020 "And then people stop pitying you. They get tired." ★★★★ After his debut film L in 2011, Greek director Babis Makridis’ second feature film explores the raw emotion of grief…
drama The Emperor of Paris 23 Oct 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Serve your country or remain mediocre" ★★★★ Jean-François Richet's 2018 historical drama The Emperor of Paris (French: L'Empereur de Paris) puts a modern spin on the tale of the historical…
drama Sleeping Beauty 9 Oct 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Some people fake their deaths. I'm faking my life." ★★★ Do not let the title of this Australian erotic drama mislead you. Ten seconds into the trailer, you will be…
drama The Wild Pear Tree 3 Oct 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Who says free will is free? Even if it was, how could you trust it?" ★★★★★ Acclaimed Turkish film director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon A Time in Anatolia, 2011)…
drama Taste of Cherry 27 Sep 2020Dec 21, 2020 "When you're unhappy, you hurt other people, too" ★★★★ Iranian films do not necessarily get the attention they deserve, unless they are featured in renowned international award competitions. Perhaps this…
drama Arctic 9 Sep 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Don't worry, they'll be here tomorrow - or the day after tomorrow - don't worry" ★★★★ It's no surprise that when discussing Joe Penna's Icelandic survival drama Arctic (2018) with…
drama The Devil’s Mistress 24 Aug 2020Dec 21, 2020 "War is the most shameful thing on earth, whichever side one is on" ★★ To dub or not to dub? That is the question for the Czech film industry. Perhaps…
drama Alexandria: Again and Forever 7 Aug 2020Jan 11, 2021 "Suffering has its charms" ★★★★ Youssef Chahine's Egyptian drama Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) is the third and final entry in a trilogy of films, presenting a look-back at the…
drama Attitude Test 1 Aug 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Education is like an erection. When you have it, it shows." ★★ Augusto Matte and Fabrizio Copano's 2016 Chilean drama Attitude Test (Spanish: Prueba de Actitud) seems like the love…
drama Chicken with Plums 15 Jul 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Life is a breath, life is a sigh. It is this sigh that you must seize." ★★★★ Chicken with Plums (2011) is a lesser known drama created by acclaimed directors Marjane…
drama Brides 8 Jul 2020Dec 21, 2020 "I am from a place I will never see again" ★★★★ Before the Greek Weird Wave of cinematographers took international audiences by storm in 2009, Pantelis Voulgaris’ Brides (Greek: Nyfes, 2004)…
drama Cook Off 4 Jul 2020Dec 21, 2020 "We all encounter difficulties" ★★ Tomas Brickhill's 2017 Zimbabwean romantic drama Cook Off defied all odds when it was picked up by Netflix. Unfortunately, its severe filming conditions make it…
drama Wasp Network 22 Jun 2020Dec 21, 2020 "It's important that you know the truth" ★★★ The 1990s are known for the dissolution of the Soviet Union (December 1991), the end of the Cold War (1947-1991), and the…
drama Loving Vincent 12 Jun 2020Dec 21, 2020 "You want to know so much about his death, but what do you know of his life?" ★★★★★ This 2017 experimental animated biographical drama about the life of Vincent van…
drama 4L 4 Jun 2020Dec 21, 2020 "We're not talking. I don't bother life, and she leaves me alone." ★★ The latest Spanish dramedy featured on Netflix promises a life-changing road trip through the Sahara desert. With…
drama Beats 2 Jun 2020Dec 21, 2020 "This is Chicago. Both my brothers are dead and I'm standing here." ★★★★ With music-centred dramas like Step Up (2006) and High School Musical (2006) once at the heart of…
drama Jungle 17 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "The jungle shows us what we really are" ★★★★★ As impressive as the artistic performance was, witnessing Leonardo DiCaprio writhing around in The Revenant (2015) for three hours made me…
drama Ip Man 15 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "The virtue of martial arts is benevolence" ★★★★★ Chinese action drama Ip Man (2008), written by Edmond Wong, was meant to be the first of a successful film series starring…
drama Spinners 13 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "I'm a demon" ★★★★ Timothée Chalamet has received enough nods to become a household name, recognised by all as a gracefully budding actor. So when I came across his short…
drama Handsome Devil 8 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "If you spend your whole life being someone else, who is going to be you?" ★★★ As an ardent fan of Father Ted, I knew I was in for a…
drama Like Father, Like Son 3 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Can you really love a child without your blood?" ★★★★★ Childhood seems to be a recurring theme of exploration for Japanese director and screenwriter Hirokazu Kore-eda [Nobody Knows, Still Walking].…
drama Blade of The Immortal 28 Apr 2020Dec 21, 2020 "It's our dreams that keep us alive, after all" ★★★ Few films command attention the way Japanese samurai dramas do. However, in a world dominated by five-minute videos and flashing…
