Celine Song, de vrouw achter het meesterwerk Past Lives (2023), een van de meest indrukwekkende romantische drama’s van de laatste decennia. Song slaat in 2025 een verrassende nieuwe weg in het genre van de romantische komedie met haar nieuwste film Materialists. De film is op het eerste gezicht een typische Amerikaanse romcom over matchmaking, liefde […]

In mei 2025 presenteerde de Amerikaanse regisseur India Donaldson haar langverwachte speelfilm Good One. Deze ingetogen maar geladen vertelling volgt de zeventienjarige Sam (vertolkt door Lily Collia) tijdens een wandeltocht in het boslandschap, vergezeld door haar vader Chris en zijn beste vriend Matt. De ongewone samenstelling van personages vormt de kern van de spanningsopbouw en […]

Mike Leigh is not the kind of director who tries to make you feel comfortable. His movies don’t offer easy answers, happy endings, or simple characters. Instead, he shows life as it really is — messy, funny, painful, and sometimes hard to watch. Hard Truths, his latest film, fits right into that tradition. Set in […]

Black Dog (2024), directed by Guan Hu, premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and won the Un Certain Regard prize. Set in 2008 in a desolate Chinese town on the edge of the Gobi Desert, the film unfolds against preparations for the Beijing Olympics. It follows Lang, portrayed by Eddie Peng, an ex-convict and […]

I will start off by saying: this is why I love cinema, for movies like this. Sinners, by Ryan Coogler, is a spectacle and such a refreshing watch. It is a movie with a clear vision and many layers, while also celebrating blues music and its role in the 1930s’ for black communities.   At first […]

Ongeveer dertig jaar geleden vond er in België een van de meest schokkende strafzaken uit zijn recente geschiedenis plaats: de zaak rond Marc Dutroux. In 2004 werd Dutroux uiteindelijk veroordeeld voor de ontvoering, verkrachting en moord op meerdere minderjarige meisjes. De impact van deze zaak was niet alleen immens op de slachtoffers en hun families, […]

From the opening shot, I knew I would love this documentary. We see a gaucho (cowboy) lying on top of his horse in the early morning hours, slowly waking up in an Argentine valley. This shot immediately sets the tone for what’s to come: a peek into the lives of cowboys and cowgirls in the […]

Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope is, at its core, a film about beauty—how it captivates, how it defines people, and how it can both empower and imprison. Set against the stunning backdrop of Naples, the film follows the life of a woman named Parthenope, who shares her name with the city’s ancient Greek origins. She is more […]

Grand Tour (by Miguel Gomes) takes its viewer on a two hour and eight minute journey through former British colonies in 1917 in Asia, narrating a heart-wrenching love story. We follow Edward (Gonçalo Waddington) as he flees from his fiancé Molly (Crista Alfaiate).  Their story unfolds in two chapters. First we follow Edward, as he […]