Limelight

Jason Blake Limelight Oct 19, 2026 3/5 Harking back to darkly fantastical rural-setting flicks like The Cars That Ate Paris and Wake in Fright, writer/director Dario Russo’s oddball fable The Fox transports us to a regional town in a parallel universe where animals can talk. Go to Full Review The Fox (2026) 94% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Oct 19, 2026 3.5/5 Olivia Colman shines in an off-beat, magic-real and earthily raunchy comedy-drama. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Sep 21, 2026 4/5 A fascinating portrait of the collective endeavour of opera and of the individuals who make the magic happen. Go to Full Review La Scala: The Force of Destiny (2025) - - - -

Jason Blake Limelight Sep 21, 2026 3.5/5 ressure inducts its audience into the backroom history of D-Day and Operation Overlord to spotlight the importance of a frequently overlooked consideration in war-making: the weather. Go to Full Review Pressure (2026) 89% - -

Diana Simmonds Limelight Sep 8, 2026 5/5 This powerful post #MeToo documentary reveals how defamation laws have been weaponised to silence survivors. Go to Full Review Silenced (2026) 100% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Sep 8, 2026 3.5/5 The film’s violent climax lacks the chilling brutality of Parasite’s, but it packs a surprise punch nonetheless, and the film’s deeply cynical final frames stay with you. Go to Full Review The Party's Over! (2025) - - - -

Jason Blake Limelight Jul 7, 2026 3.5/5 The film’s interrogation of “liberal” values and attitudes that are, for the most part, untested by the realities of a migration crisis whose enormity, the film suggests, brings out the worst in everyone it touches. Go to Full Review The Last Resort (2026) - - - -

Jason Blake Limelight Jun 15, 2026 4/5 Grégory Magne’s beautifully observed comedy treats music, musicians and its audience with respect. Go to Full Review The Musicians (2025) 100% - -

Jason Blake Limelight May 12, 2026 4/5 It’s a beautiful film, too, with Amrum’s flat, windswept landscapes quietly but evocatively showcased. Go to Full Review Amrum (2025) 98% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Apr 22, 2026 3.5/5 Circling its mysteries, this atmospheric film doesn’t quite stick its landing, but Jodie Foster is superb. Go to Full Review A Private Life (2025) 82% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Apr 14, 2026 3.5/5 An engaging, quietly pointed study of autonomy, ageing and belonging starring a legend of the Spanish screen. Go to Full Review Calle Malaga (2025) 98% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Mar 24, 2026 4.5/5 This film about John Davidson, who lives with Tourette’s, is compassionate, moving and very funny. Go to Full Review I Swear (2025) 96% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Mar 12, 2026 4/5 Lovingly compiled and edited, a captivating portrait of the legendary composer and jazz virtuoso. Go to Full Review Once Upon a Time: Michel Legrand (2024) - - - -

Jason Blake Limelight Feb 24, 2026 4/5 Director Óliver Laxe doesn’t prepare us for the disaster that unfolds – which makes this film so memorable. Go to Full Review Sirāt (2025) 90% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Dec 19, 2025 4/5 Richard Linklater’s irresistibly immersive film follows the shooting of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. Go to Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 92% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Dec 3, 2025 3.5/5 There's a hefty sense of purpose to James Vanderbilt's courtroom drama, but glossy conventions make it seem lightweight. Go to Full Review Nuremberg (2025) 72% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Nov 25, 2025 3.5/5 Still, you can’t help admiring Twiggy’s resilience and ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ attitude, and it’s a little refreshing to sit through a story of celebrity that doesn’t require you to watch someone wallow in its pitfalls. Go to Full Review Twiggy (2024) 100% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Oct 28, 2025 4/5 This exquisite American film absorbs the viewer in the shifting moods and minutiae of a woman's assimilation into aged care. Go to Full Review Familiar Touch (2024) 99% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Oct 28, 2025 3.5/5 It may not reshape the action-thriller tropes, but it’s smartly shot and gives Emma Thompson a role to relish. Go to Full Review Dead of Winter (2025) 76% - -

Jason Blake Limelight Sep 24, 2025 4/5 The rituals of village life are vividly captured in this austere yet arresting drama set in the Italian Alps. Go to Full Review Vermiglio (2024) 93% - -