Better Man (2024) ***

A portrait of a British rock star, Robbie Williams, as a young ape.

Seven Veils (2024) ***

Paying For It (2024) ***

Swimming Home (2024) ***

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) ***

The fifth "Mad Max" movie. A prequel to "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015). 

Humane (2024) *

Sugarcane (2024) **

Profoundly depressing documentary about abuses and crimes committed in a residential school in British Columbia.

The Outrun (2024) **

Set on Scotland's Orkney Islands, its a German/UK coproduction directed by Nora Fingscheidt ("System Crasher") and starring Saoirse Ronan as a young alcoholic woman.

Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024) ***

Another exciting animated film from the Aardman studio.

Young Werther (2024) ***

We Live In Time (2024) ***

Another superlative performance from Florence Pugh in an excellent melodrama directed by John Crowley ("Brooklyn").

Memoir Of A Snail (2024) ***

Seriously eccentric Australian animated film about very oddball characters.

La Fonte des glaces (2024) *

Bergers (2024) *

Les Rayons gamma (2024) ***

Nos belles-soeurs (2024) ***

A musical adaptation of Michel Tremblay's famous play. The film is available (to buy or rent) on YouTube here.

Jour de chasse (2024) *

A Canadian thriller that tries so hard to make some sort of a statement about racism and sexism that it almost forgets about suspense and thrills.

1995 (2024) **

Autobiographical comedy about a young Canadian filmmaker trying to make a short movie in Egypt.

Ababouiné (2024) ***

A very peculiar Canadian black comedy about a revolt of Catholic schoolchildren against their religious teachers, set in a poor Montreal neighbourhood in the 1950's. One of the best films by Andre Forcier, an enfant terrible of the French Canadian cinema. 

Adam change lentement (2024) *

Unpleasant film about a pathetic loser.

Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles (2024) ***

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L'Ouragan F.Y.T. (2024) **

Incident (2024) ****

An Oscar-nominated short documentary about a police shooting in Chicago. Excellent film consisting only of surveillance and bodycam footage. It's available here on YouTube.

The Only Girl In The Orchestra (2024) ***

Good documentary about a classical musician.

A Lien (2024) ***

Terrifying short film about an ICE raid.

Bleu de Chanel (2024) ***

Stylish commercial starring Timothée Chalamet.

Diet Pepsi (2024) ***

Taste (2024) ***

Jaw-dropping music video starring Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega. Gory and hilarious.

Please Please Please (2024) ***

Another great music video from Sabrina Carpenter.

Like A Good Neighbaaa (2024) ***

Hilarious State Farm commercial making fun of Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent.

Espresso (2024) ***

A stunning videoclip by Sabrina Carpenter.

Instruments Of A Beating Heart (2024) ***

Oscar-nominated documentary short about Japanese students performing Beethoven's "Ode To Joy".

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (2024) ***

Tense short film about courage. Winner of the Palm d'or for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival.

Anuja (2024) **

Oscar-nominated short film about a gifted young girl working in a garment factory.

I’M Not A Robot (2024) **

A young woman discovers that she is, indeed, a robot. A Belgian short nominated for an Academy Award.

Closing Time (2024) **

Well-directed horror short set in a diner.

The Spider (2024) **

Horror short about a young man bitten by a spider.

I Am Ready Warden (2024) *

Oscar-nominated short documentary about the execution of a death row inmate in Texas.

Sing: Thriller (2024) ***

Excellent pastiche of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video.

Beurk (2024) ***

Oscar-nominated French cartoon about little kids disgusted by adults kissing on the camping site.

Wander To Wonder (2024) ***

Quirky animated film that starts as a parody of children's TV shows, but soon shifts in an unexpected direction.

An Almost Christmas Story (2024) ***

Impressive animated short about an owl lost in New York City.

Magic Candies (2024) ***

A little too sentimental, but otherwise a very original and entertaining animated short from Japan.

Papillon (2024) ***

The life of Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany.

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2024) ***

A Halloween special with Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) singing with Simpsons, Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars characters.

In The Shadow Of The Cypress (2024) *

Strange and melancholic cartoon about an old sailor, his daughter and a beached whale.

Beautiful Men (2024) *

Belgian animated film about three bald brothers travelling to Istanbul to get hair transplants.

Baby Reindeer (2024) ***

One of the most talked about TV series of 2024, based on a true story.

Fallout (2024) ***

Exciting post-apocalyptic TV series about half of humanity surviving in underground shelters and the other half fighting for survival on the surface.

Agatha All Along (2024) **

An uneven TV series about witches, hexes, covens and spells. The first episode is very good (and surprising), but the other ones are quite confusing.

Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (2024) ***

"You can't go around apologizing for jokes. They're jokes. So I've got a plan. The next time I get cancelled over a joke, the next time I upset people with a joke, I'm gonna come out on the day of the cancellation, I'm gonna make a statement, a public statement. I'm gonna say, I've rehearsed this, I'm gonna say 'I'm SORRY!' And the people I've offended will say 'You don't really mean that apology.' And I'll say 'So you're saying I can say something and not mean it.' Now you're getting it."

Hacks: Season 3 (2024) ***

A fine TV series starring Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder and Lorenza Izzo.

Sugar (2024) ***

Stylish TV series about a private detective, directed by Fernando Meirelles.

Birth (2024) ***

Excellent adult film about a pregnant woman (Casey Calvert).

Landman: Season 1 (2024) ***

Fine TV series starring Billy Bob Thornton, set in West Texas.