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Film Review | The Swallows of Kabul: Prisons within prisons

Winner of the Valletta Film Festival’s Audience Award, Zabou Breitman’s and Eléa Gobé Mévellec’s adaptation of Yasmina Khadra’s novel...

Film Review | The Traitor: Taking refuge in the truth

Closing the Valletta Film Festival in rigorous style, Marco Bellocchio’s exhaustive-but-exhausting biopic excels at portraying one of the key flashpoints of Mafia history

Film Review | Greta: Mining those predictable thrills

Though it certainly packs a suspenseful punch in its final act, Neil...

Though it certainly packs a suspenseful punch in its final...

Film Review | Happy As Lazzaro: An insidious happiness

Alice Rohrwacher’s dissection of capitalist injustice is a cutting but...

Alice Rohrwacher’s dissection of capitalist injustice...

Film Review | Avengers: Endgame: For to end, yet again...

With Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios close a first mammoth chapter on an...

With Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios close a first...

Film Review | Limestone Cowboy: Lonesome rider on the campaign trail

Abigail Mallia’s quirky homegrown comedy is a disarmingly heartfelt and...

Abigail Mallia’s quirky homegrown comedy is a...

Film Review | The Silence: Looking for another quiet place

The latest offering in post-apocalyptic horror from the Netflix stable is...

The latest offering in post-apocalyptic horror from the...

Finally busting out of the ‘grimdark’ hellhole for good, the DC Cinematic Universe delivers a light-hearted superhero romp that is flawed but...

Finally busting out of the ‘grimdark’ hellhole...

Film review | Us: I’m afraid of Americans

Jordan Peele overcomes the sophomore film slump in style with a taut,...

Jordan Peele overcomes the sophomore film slump in style...

TV Review | Love, Death & Robots: scintillating taste of the apocalypse

Though hampered by some retrograde storytelling and attitudes, Tim Miller marshals a dizzying and intermittently inspired anthology of sci-fi shorts in this...

Though hampered by some retrograde storytelling and...

Film review | The Guilty: End of the line

Taut and minimal, Gustav Möller’s single-location thriller sees a...

Taut and minimal, Gustav Möller’s...

[WATCH] Maltese director says his prize-nominated film is 'something special'

Despite being proud of his final product, Winston Azzopardi said he had no hopes of winning at the UK National Film Awards

Despite being proud of his final product, Winston Azzopardi...

Film review | Captain Marvel: All hail the guiding star

The Marvel Cinematic Universe launches into its next phase with its first...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe launches into its next phase...

Film review | Destroyer: Redemption ain’t easy

Shot with a polish that’s overqualified for its B-movie provenance, and...

Shot with a polish that’s overqualified for its...

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Building micro-stories out of Malta’s ‘Babylon of hatred’ | Maxime Durand

Independent filmmaker Maxime Durand speaks to MaltaToday about ‘Coming Soon’; his self-produced series of humorous shorts inspired by Malta’s...

Independent filmmaker Maxime Durand speaks to MaltaToday...

Russian Doll and Sex Education | High concept goes delectably bite-sized

Netflix lands a double-whammy with Sex Education and Russian Doll - eight-episode series that grip you with a perfect hook and deliver a zany journey

Netflix lands a double-whammy with Sex Education and...

Film Review | Velvet Buzzsaw: Yet another Netflix letdown

Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo re-unite with ‘Nightcrawler’...

Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo re-unite with...

Film review | The Favourite: When ambition and sadism go hand in hand

Greek weird-wunderkind Yorgos Lanthimos lands his most mainstream success yet...

Greek weird-wunderkind Yorgos Lanthimos lands his most...

Film Review | Colette: Lush but unsentimental

Keira Knightley is on top form in this biopic about the taboo-smashing titular...

Keira Knightley is on top form in this biopic about the...

Film review | Roma: The vibrating truth at the periphery

Alfonso Cuarón scores an understated triumph with this quiet,...

Alfonso Cuarón scores an understated triumph with...