Wendy Ide
Reviews‘The Last Dance’: Tokyo Review
Dayo Wong and Michael Hui are the odd couple at the heart of this Hong Kong drama set in a Taoist funeral home
Reviews‘My Friend An Delie’: Tokyo Review
Chinese actor Dong Zijian makes his directorial debut with this significant drama
Reviews‘Daughter’s Daughter’: Tokyo Review
Huang Xi’s drama stars Sylvia Chang in an elegant story of motherhood and loss
Reviews‘Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989’: Tokyo Review
Göran Hugo Olsson digs into the archives for this sobering look at the Middle East conflict
Reviews‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’: London Review
A box of love letters is the catalyst for Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s lyrical documentary
Reviews‘That Christmas’: London Review
Feelgood Netflix animation based on the book by Richard Curtis
Reviews‘Thank You For Banking With Us’: London Review
Two sisters strain against Palestine’s patriarchal bonds in this effective Ramallah-set debut
Reviews‘Joy’: London Review
James Norton, Bill Nighy and Thomasin McKenzie star in this surprisingly sterile 1970s IVF drama
Reviews‘Endurance’: London Review
Doc uses digital technology to bring Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition back to colourful life
Reviews‘For Rana’: Busan Review
A circus motorcyclist in Iran is desperate to find a new heart for his ailing daughter
Reviews‘Montages Of A Modern Motherhood’: Busan Review
A first-time mother comes under increasing pressure in this astute Hong Kong drama
Reviews‘Waterdrop’: Busan Review
A bereaved teenager goes to extreme lengths to find a new family in this uneven Korean debut
Reviews‘Sicilian Lessons’: Venice Review
An ex-politician goes undercover in this Sicilian mob comedy which fails to hit the target
Reviews‘April’: Venice Review
An doctor in rural Georgia risks herself to care for her female patients in Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Venice Jury Prize-winning feature
Reviews‘Harvest’: Venice Review
Athina Rachel Tsangari’s film is a textured adaptation of a novel set in a 17th century Scottish village
Reviews‘Familiar Touch’: Venice Review
Sensitive drama follows an American woman struggles to keep hold of herself in the face of dementia
Reviews‘Don’t Cry, Butterfly’: Venice Review
A woman turns to the spirits to win back her philandering husband in this enigmatic Vietnamese debu
Reviews‘The New Year That Never Came’: Venice Review
The fall of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu is explored in this 1989-set debut which won the top Horizons prize at Venice
Reviews‘I’m Still Here’: Venice Review
Walter Salles directs Fernanda Torres in a standout performance as a real-life matriarch in military-ruled Brazil of the 1970s