Is it a coming-of-age story? Migrant sex-worker fairytale? Trans allegory? Who knows, frankly, but we’re pretty sure Ariel never told Papa Triton she “was getting her legs and pussy done” in pursuit of her prince charming. The Lure (Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2015)Īgnieszka Smoczyńska’s surreal debut – think Hans Christian Andersen by way of David Lynch – is a horror-musical mashup about a pair of man-eating mermaids hired as singers in a Warsaw strip club. Read our interview with Sorrentino about the film here. This autobiographical drama from the director of The Great Beauty is a joy – visually lush, and tonally chaotic as only life can be. Then, the unthinkable happens, and Paolo Sorrentino’s drama switches to a more sombre key as our protagonist fronts up to some important decisions about his future.
Best known until now for his work on prestige television shows like The Terror and Deutschland 83 , Berger brings terrible clarity to his account of young conscripts fighting to stay alive in the trenches during the final days of the war, mindful, perhaps, of the restive political mood in present-day Europe.įor its first hour, The Hand of God is a colourful picaresque about a young man’s coming of age in 1980s Naples, with excitement at the signing of the world’s greatest footballer, Diego Maradona, reaching fever pitch across the city.
All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger, 2022)Įdward Berger’s adaptation of the classic WWI novel is an epic-scale vision that has hoovered up awards nods of late – it’s in the running for nine Oscars at the time of writing – while drawing criticism in Germany for playing fast and loose with the facts. Read more about the inspirations behind the film here. The A+ cast is on top form, too, from Ralph Fiennes’ exhibitionist record producer – whose Jagger-like moves are worth the price of entry alone – to Tilda Swinton’s serene rock goddess and Dakota Johnson’s Lolita-like turn as Fiennes’ mysterious daughter. If you like your Luca Guadagnino sun-kissed and sensual you need to see A Bigger Splash, an erotically charged tale of spilling sexual passions from the Italian auteur and disrespecter of peaches.
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