FOUR AND A HALF STARS A former prison warden is spotted by a man he had once brutally interrogated. The man rounds up others who also seek revenge. DRAMA IRAN Persian #ITWASJUSTANACCIDENT Starring Vahid Mobasseri, Miriam Afshari Jafar Panahi’s IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is a morally searching thriller that demonstrates, yet again, how little this filmmaker needs in order to say something profound. Stripped of excess and driven by tension rather than plot mechanics, the film unf

FOUR STARS When a career man loses his job after decades of loyalty, he devises an alarming plan to get his job, any job, back. DRAMA KOREA Korean #NOOTHERCHOICE Starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin You know you’re well into awards season when every other film you watch hits the 2 hour 30 mark, and so it is with Park Chan-wook’s challenging NO OTHER CHOICE. Part social satire, part comedy horror, part devastating drama, it’s all parts Park from the exquisite visuals to the off

FOUR STARS Two men travel the back blocks of north America collecting folks songs for posterity. Men whose personal relationship goes far deeper than their professional one. DRAMA US English #THEHISTORYOFSOUND Starring Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor If your idea of a good time is sitting in mone-chrome calm for a couple of hours while a pair of impeccable, handsome men meander through early 20th-century America collecting folk songs, THE HISTORY OF SOUND is the film for you.  Di

FOUR STARS Mrs Warren has come to stay with her daughter as history and emotion overwhelm them both. PERIOD DRAMA UK English #MRSWARREN Starring Imelda Staunton, Bessie Carter "Women have to feel a great deal that they don't feel!" When George Bernard Shaw wrote MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION in the 1890s, he knew exactly what he was doing - shaking the establishment and forcing polite society to look at itself. It was so incendiary that the play wasn’t publicly performed until 192

FOUR STARS A young asylum seeker hopes to get the right to work in Paris. For now, he's delivering food. DRAMA FRANCE French #SOULEYMANE Starring Abou Sangare, Alpha Oumar Sow Bike deliveries have become ubiquitous with the urban landscape - dropping drinks, meals and pizzas cities wide. Yet behind every bike is a person and interactions with the drivers are seldom more than a polite ‘thank you’ or a grumpy ‘get off the footpath!’ What happens around those exchanges is THE S

FOUR STARS Chaos runs rampant in the kitchen of a New York restaurant. DRAMA US Spanish & English #LACOCINA Starring Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara Directed with considerable nerve by relative newcomer Alonso Ruizpalacios, LA COCINA is a frenetic exploration of the chaos, camaraderie, and class tensions simmering beneath the surface of a busy New York restaurant kitchen. Think of it as a cipher for modern America with all its inequity, anger, aggression and aspiration. Inspired b