Movies to watch in Rotterdam
Film tip: The Christophers turns forgery into a battle of artistic egos
Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel turn an inheritance scam into a witty duel about creativity, ownership and artistic legacy.…
Film tip: Hokum mixes grief, witches and haunted-hotel horror
Hokum sends Adam Scott to a remote Irish inn where the rooms are gloomy, the locals are evasive and the honeymoon suite may…
Film tip: The Invite pairs Olivia Wilde with Seth Rogen in a sharp comedy
The Invite gathers Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton around one dinner table, then lets suppressed…
Film tip: Omaha turns a family road trip into a quiet mystery
Omaha begins with a father, two children, a dog and a car that seems to be running on worry. Cole Webley’s tender debut turns a…
Film tip: Moss & Freud turns fashion, art and fame into quiet drama
Moss & Freud brings together two British icons at a very strange, very intimate point in their lives: Kate Moss at the height of…
Film tip: Resurrection turns cinema history into a hypnotic dream
Resurrection is the kind of film that does not simply ask to be watched, but quietly demands that you surrender to it. Bi Gan…
Film tip: The Odyssey sends Matt Damon through gods, monsters and storms
Christopher Nolan takes on one of the oldest adventure stories in Western literature and gives it the full giant-screen…
Film tip: Toy Story 5 puts Woody and Buzz up against a tablet
Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of Pixar’s plastic posse are back, but this time their competition does not come from another…
Film tip: Tuner pairs Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman in a stylish thriller
Tuner turns piano tuning into a surprisingly stylish crime thriller, which is already more than most of us achieved with music…
Film tip: Mother Mary turns fame, fashion and music into a fever dream
Mother Mary looks like a glossy pop comeback story, then slowly locks you inside a feverish chamber piece about fame, art and old…
Film tip: Disclosure Day asks what happens when humanity learns the truth
Disclosure Day brings Steven Spielberg back to the skies, where humanity, fear and very large questions tend to behave badly.…
Film tip: Sukkwan Island turns a wilderness trip into psychological drama
Sukkwan Island begins like a rugged father-son adventure, then slowly tightens into something colder, stranger and far more…
Film tip: The Tasters turns every meal into a moment of fear
The Tasters turns one of the strangest and most disturbing footnotes of the Second World War into a tense historical drama.…
Film tip: Silent Friend is a poetic slow-burn rooted in nature
A giant ginkgo tree, a century of longing and Ildikó Enyedi behind the camera is already a strong pitch. This one looks like the…
Film tip: Michael - a glossy rise, a loaded legacy
Antoine Fuqua’s Michael arrives in Rotterdam with obvious crowd-pulling power, but this is no simple jukebox victory lap. With…
Film tip: Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor shine in The History of Sound
Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor headline a period romance that trades big speeches for glances, songs and the ache of timing. If…
