Broken English (2025)
"Broken English" is a 2025 UK documentary chronicling the tumultuous life of Marianne Faithfull, featuring her final recorded performance. Directed by Ian Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the film blends interviews, archival footage, and soundscapes to rescue cultural memory. Tilda Swinton and George MacKay lead as investigators for the fictional "Ministry of Not Forgetting," while musicians such as Nick Cave and Courtney Love contribute. The documentary is now released nationwide, positioning Faithfull’s legacy at the forefront of contemporary cinema.
The Hollywood Blacklist – Locarno Film Festival 2026
The 79th Locarno Film Festival (August 5‑15, 2026) will host a retrospective titled “Red & Black – Hollywood Left and the Blacklist,” curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht and produced with the Cinémathèque suisse and UCLA Film & Television Archive. The program revisits the Cold‑War era...
Pink Narcissus (1971) Bfi Flare 2026
The British Film Institute has unveiled a 4K restoration of James Bidgood’s 1971 underground masterpiece *Pink Narcissus*, premiering at the BFI LGBT Flare Festival. The painstaking upgrade preserves the original 8mm grain while enhancing sound with classical scores and newly...
No Ordinary Heist (2026)
No Ordinary Heist, a 2026 UK thriller directed by Colin McIvor, dramatizes the largest bank robbery in British history, where a gang forces Northern Bank employees to commit the theft through “tiger‑kidnapping.” The film follows boss Richard and employee Barry...
Dead Man’s Wire (2025)
Gus Van Sant’s new film *Dead Man’s Wire* blends dark comedy with true‑crime suspense, set in 1970s Indianapolis. Bill Skarsgård stars as disgruntled developer Tony Kiritsis, who holds mortgage broker Richard Hall hostage with a “dead man’s wire” tied to...
Directors’ Fortnight 2026
Alain Guiraudie’s latest photographic series debuted at Paris’s Crèvecœur gallery as part of the 58th Directors’ Fortnight in 2026. The exhibition features a stark, naked figure wandering a forest, echoing the director’s cinematic themes of nature, desire, and myth. Guiraudie,...
Menopause Mystery (2026) CPH:DOX 2026
"Menopause Mystery," a new documentary premiering at CPH:DOX, follows Danish‑Norwegian director Louise Unmack Kjeldsen as she confronts the personal and scientific dimensions of menopause. The film chronicles her journey from insomnia and depression to a global collaboration with researchers exposing...
My Tennis Maestro (2025)
Andrea Di Stefano’s 2025 film *My Tennis Maestro* attempts a tragi‑comedy take on the Italian sports‑drama wave sparked by Luca Guadagnino’s *Challengers*. While the screenplay wavers between raunchy humor and melancholy, Pierfrancesco Favino’s nuanced turn as a washed‑up coach anchors...
The Darling of Paris (1926)
The 1926 silent film "The Darling of Paris" uses a dual‑role structure to contrast a 1890s stage star with her 1920s counterpart, reflecting the era’s fascination with rejuvenation. Betty Compson’s performance spans youthful vigor and seasoned age, aided by transformative...
Ablaze (2025)
Ablaze (2025) is a French drama set against the 2018‑2020 Gilets Jaunes protests, following Karine and Jimmy, a middle‑class couple whose marriage is tested by Karine’s escalating activism. The film portrays their personal conflict amid broader social unrest, but critics...
Kinoteka 2026
Kinoteka 2026, the UK’s premier Polish Film Festival, opens on 4 February with a centenary retrospective of Andrzej Wajda, spanning six decades of his politically charged work. The programme pairs classic titles such as *Ashes and Diamonds* and *Man of Marble* with...
The Martini Shot (2025)
Stephen Wallis’s new existential comedy‑drama *The Martini Shot* debuts on UK digital platforms via Miracle Media. The film stars a veteran ensemble—including John Cleese, Derek Jacobi and Morgana Robinson—centered on a terminally ill director who stages a final, surreal shoot. While the cast...
The Tasters (2025)
The Tasters, directed by Silvio Soldini, dramatizes the true‑story of seven German women forced to sample Adolf Hitler’s meals to guard against poison. Elisa Schlott leads as Rosa Sauer, a Berlin refugee who balances loyalty, love for an SS officer,...
Dead Souls (2026) Rotterdam Film Festival 2026
Alex Cox’s 2026 film Dead Souls, debuting at the Rotterdam Film Festival, is the first Western‑made adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s surreal poem. The director blends classic frontier imagery with hallucinatory sequences, supported by striking cinematography from Ignacio Aguilar and Chance...
Comrade X (1940)
Comrade X, a 1940 King Vidor comedy starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr, was produced during the brief Nazi‑Soviet non‑aggression pact. The film satirizes the uneasy alliance, featuring a Soviet heroine who ends the story driving a tank, and includes...
Turner and Constable (2026)
The new documentary "Turner and Constable" (2026) commemorates the 250th birthdays of J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, pairing their rival yet complementary landscapes with the current Tate Gallery exhibition. Director David Bickerstaff eschews a conventional narrative, using curators, sketchbooks and...