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Two Spanish filmmakers reimagine the fate of Garcia Lorca's unfinished novel, in a masterfully multithreaded tribute to gay love and resilience

From the 70th BFI London Film Festival:

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The Black Ball (La Bola Negra) - DMovies
BEST DIRECTOR EX-AEQUO PRIZE AT CANNES: two Spanish filmmakers reimagine the fate of Garcia Lorca's unfinished novel, in a masterfully multithreaded tribute to gay love and resilience - from the 70th ...
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October 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Online artist comes up with the ultimate thrill by suspending disbelief and creating a near impossible stunt

From HollyShorts:

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Creators - DMovies
Online artist comes up with the ultimate thrill by suspending disbelief and creating a near impossible stunt - from HollyShorts
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October 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Enduring work: Aaron Fisher’s horror satire CORPORATE RETREAT (2026) "exposes office (and national) politics as a mad, megalomaniac cult". In SITGES' Midnight X-Treme line-up from 1.15am. Review for DMovies. dmovies.org/2026/06/20/c...
Corporate Retreat - DMovies
American horror satire exposes office and national politics as a mad, megalomaniac cult - from Raindance
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October 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson star in this loud tale of failed motherhood and female insanity

Now on various VoD platforms:

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Die, My Love - DMovies
Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson star in this loud tale of failed motherhood and female insanity - on VoD on Friday, January 24th
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October 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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American cinema has normalised, fetishised and celebrated violence for decades - is anyone surprised that many citizens are cheering the livestream of a firing squad execution?

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A shocking execution on your screen? You've seen it all before! - DMovies
American cinema has normalised, fetishised and celebrated violence for decades - is anyone surprised that many people are cheering the livestream of a real-life firing squad execution?
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October 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Boats, men and their imagination get terribly lost at sea, in Mark Jenkin's inventive fisherman's tale

Now on various VoD platforms:

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Rose of Nevada - DMovies
Boats, men and their imagination get terribly lost at sea, in Mark Jenkin's inventive fisherman's tale - now on various VoD platforms
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October 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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"It becomes increasingly clear that there are no limits to Israel’s desire for Palestinian annihilation"

Now on VoD:

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The Voice of Hind Rajab - DMovies
Five-year-old girl trapped inside car with six dead relatives begs for help over the telephone, in Kaouther Ben Hania's horrifyingly real register of the Gaza Genocide - showing at the 74th edition of...
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October 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Queer writer wishes to reboot a slasher franchise, leading to bloody set pieces and gags

Hysterically funny spoof of the 1980s is on Mubi and Apple TV:

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - DMovies
Queer writer wishes to reboot a slasher franchise, leading to bloody set pieces and gags - hysterically funny spoof of the 1980s is on Mubi and Apple TV
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October 11, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Billionaire asks Spanish architect to build the perfect bunker, in Florian Zeller's kaleidoscopic meditation on wealth and paranoia

From the BFI London Film Festival:

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Bunker - DMovies
Billionaire asks Spanish architect to build the perfect bunker, in Florian Zeller's kaleidoscopic meditation on wealth and paranoia - from the BFI London Film Festival
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October 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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Two young WW1 "rejects" experience young love, while also performing extravagant cabaret acts to action-hungry soldiers

Lukas Dhont's tale of quiet gay romance shows at the BFI London Film Festival:

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Coward - DMovies
BEST ACTOR WINNER AT CANNES: two young WW1 "rejects" experience young love, while also performing extravagant cabaret acts to action-hungry soldiers - Lukas Dhont's tale of quiet gay romance shows at ...
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October 10, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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Fassbinder's and Saint Laurent's diva Ingrid Caven captivates Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra and audiences alike with her bittersweet warble

From the New York International Film Festival:

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Sixteen Moments of My Life - DMovies
Fassbinder's and Saint Laurent's diva Ingrid Caven captivates Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra and audiences alike with her bittersweet warble - from the New York International Film Festival
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October 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Quiet yet piercing portrait of a Palestinian Bedouin family living on the margins of Jordanian society shows at the 70th BFI London Film Festival:

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Concrete Land - DMovies
Quiet yet piercing portrait of a Palestinian Bedouin family living on the margins of Jordanian society shows at the 70th BFI London Film Festival
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October 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Gay party animal and occasional drug dealer seeks a deeper purpose in life, and eventually finds it in the most unlikely of people

From the BFI London Film Festival:

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Club Kid - DMovies
Gay party animal and occasional drug dealer seeks a deeper purpose in life, and eventually finds it in the most unlikely of people - from the BFI London Film Festival
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October 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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The personal and the communal collide to explosive results, in an elegant documentary about Berlin's iconic sex club

From the 13th Doc'n Roll Film Festival:

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KitKatClub: Kinks of Berlin - DMovies
The personal and the communal collide to explosive results, in an elegant documentary about Berlin's iconic sex club - from the 13th Doc'n Roll Film Festival
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October 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Hybrid of doc and fiction peeks into loud and colourful celebrations in two very different countries

Inventive tribute to Africa and the African diaspora shows at the BFI London Film Festival:

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Dao - DMovies
Hybrid of doc and fiction peeks into loud and colourful celebrations in two very different countries - inventive tribute to Africa and the African diaspora shows at the BFI London Film Festival
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October 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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"It’s a place where you can work, relax, spend time talking with friends, mingle, and then go and watch films"

Just as we prepare to attend the Egyptian Festival, we interview El Gouna's’s new Artistic Director:

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Our dirty questions to Andrew Mohsen - DMovies
As we prepare to attend the 9th El Gouna Film Festival, DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the event's new Artistic Director; find out why film professional should head to Egypt's Red Sea coast
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October 8, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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Korean comedy horror drinks from the same water as Alien and Predator, before morphing into a completely different beast

Highly ambitious production is in cinemas everywhere:

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Hope - DMovies
Korean comedy horror drinks from the same water as Alien and Predator, before morphing into a completely different beast - highly ambitious production is in cinemas on Friday, September 25th/ also sho...
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October 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Incestuous American family seduce and fight each other atop the mountains of Catalonia, in Karim Ainouz's weirdest film to date

Now on various VoD platforms:

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Rosebush Pruning - DMovies
Incestuous American family seduce and fight each other atop the mountains of Catalonia, in Karim Ainouz's weirdest film to date - now on various VoD platforms
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October 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Friends and family must engage in a very unpleasant, difficult and necessary conversation about the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, in a movie with a surprisingly hopeful message

From the BFI London Film Festival:

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Ben'imana - DMovies
CAMERA d'OR WINNER AT CANNES: friends and family must engage in a very unpleasant, difficult and necessary conversation about the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, in a movie with a surprisingly hopeful message -...
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October 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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Bernardo Bertolucci's final screenplay (about addiction, pain and solitude) becomes a lame chamber piece with a vomit-inducing ending

From the BFI London Film Festival:

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The Echo Chamber - DMovies
Bernardo Bertolucci's final screenplay (about addiction, pain and solitude) becomes a lame chamber piece with a vomit-inducing ending - from the BFI London Film Festival
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October 9, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Teen fugitive runs seeks shelter in a film studio, in Lucile Hadžihalilović's ice-cold, cryptic and laborious new creation

Stream it now:

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The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace) - DMovies
Teen fugitive runs seeks shelter in a film studio, in Lucile Hadžihalilović's ice-cold, cryptic and laborious new creation - on VoD on Tuesday, January 20th
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October 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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Knowingly exaggerated coming-of-age story combines teenage angst, family problems, romance and rollerblading with an appropriately generous helping of tacos

From LA Shorts:

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Bladez - DMovies
Knowingly exaggerated coming-of-age story combines teenage angst, family problems, romance and rollerblading with an appropriately generous helping of tacos - from the LA Shorts International Film Fes...
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October 9, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Julianne Moore is the worst actress of New York, and she's ready to wreck a small stage musical

Jesse Eisenberg's charming new comedy shows in the 70th BFI London Film Festival:

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The Debut - DMovies
Julianne Moore is the worst actress of New York, and she's ready to wreck a small stage musical - Jesse Eisenberg's charming new comedy shows in the 70th BFI London Film Festival
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October 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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"A powerful reminder that the neocolonial tactics of Zionism are not without precedent, and that British Imperialism has the ability to shape-shift into something equally depraved."

Now on various VoD platforms:

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Palestine 36 - DMovies
Historical drama offers valuable insight into Palestine under British rule, plus it's a tribute to the self-determination of Arabs - from the Sarajevo Film Festival/ now on various VoD platforms
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October 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Life as a refugee is awful, but Robert is determined to use his art as a means to find inner happiness

Excellent musical shows at the BFI London Film Festival:

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Congo Boy - DMovies
BEST ACTOR UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE FOR BRADLEY FIOMONA DEMBEASSE IN CANNES: life as a refugee is awful, but Robert is determined to use his art as a means to find inner happiness - excellent musical s...
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October 10, 2026 at 7:49 AM