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FILM REVIEWS
- Mar 22
HOLLY
When the film leans into its Stephen King inspired paranormal subtext Holly shines brightest. Alas director Fien Troch is more interested...
- Feb 24
HOLY ROSITA
Despite an excellent lead performance by actress Daphne Agten, Flemish film Holy Rosita lacks the thematic heft and coherence to make it...
- Feb 7
WIL
Based on a Flemish war novel, Wil struggles to translate the book’s hefty themes onto the big screen. With more moral nuances and less...
- Nov 4, 2023
WHEN IT MELTS (HET SMELT)
Building up excruciatingly long to a pivotal scene you see coming a mile off, Flemish literary adaptation When It Melts is as predictable...
- Aug 28, 2023
THE MEMORY GAME (HET GEHEUGENSPEL)
As a drinking game about tired old thriller clichés The Memory Game has some mileage in it, but otherwise there’s preciously little to...
- Sep 14, 2022
RITUAL
Halfway through some twists and turns derail Ritual to such an extent that the movie goes off the boil spectacularly fast. For its first...
- Sep 9, 2022
TORI AND LOKITA
With saintly protagonists and pantomime villains, who are beyond redemption, Tori and Lokita is scarcely believable in all its forced...
- Aug 3, 2022
ZEPPOS: HET MERCATORSPOOR
This failed mix between old-school adventure and modern gadgets is let down the most by a screenplay that lacks charm and coherence. As a...
- Jun 25, 2022
NOWHERE
A lack of originality is compensated by decent performances and an authentic visual style in Flemish drama Nowhere. A man still...
- May 25, 2022
COOL ABDOUL
This is not a gritty sports drama. It’s a film that leaves the heart cold, the eyes drowsy and the mind bored. Cool Abdoul might be based...
- Apr 3, 2022
JUWAA
This Belgian movie is well-intended but director Ngangi Mutiri’s lack of experience results in a picture that fails to resonate. There is...
- Mar 15, 2022
ANIMALS
A tonally out-of-place third act brings a disappointing end to an otherwise compelling, raw, heart-breaking movie. Animals is a movie...
- Feb 2, 2022
L'ENNEMI
The efforts of lead Jérémie Renier can’t hide that this cold, distant Belgian potboiler hardly ever lures you to the edge of your seat....
- Nov 22, 2021
UN MONDE (PLAYGROUND)
The strongest movie to come out of Belgium in quite some time effortlessly draws you into a touching, near-documentary tale about...
- Nov 12, 2021
DEALER
In a movie filled with characters you couldn’t care less about, debut helmer Jeroen Perceval’s obnoxiously loud direction is the least of...
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