Film Dictionary

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

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

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

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

Another exciting animated film from the Aardman studio.

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

Seriously eccentric Australian animated film about very oddball characters.

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

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 th...

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

A very peculiar Canadian black comedy about a revolt of Catholic schoolchildren against their religious teachers, set in a poor Montreal nei...

Unpleasant film about a pathetic loser.

An Oscar-nominated short documentary about a police shooting in Chicago. Excellent film consisting only of surveillance and bodycam footage....

Good documentary about a classical musician.

Terrifying short film about an ICE raid.

Stylish commercial starring Timothée Chalamet.

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

Another great music video from Sabrina Carpenter.

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

A stunning videoclip by Sabrina Carpenter.

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

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

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

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

Well-directed horror short set in a diner.

Horror short about a young man bitten by a spider.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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, t...

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

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

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

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