International Oscar 2026 - The Film Verdict

“Nothing Is Final With Kafka”: Agnieszka Holland on ‘Franz’ and Rehumanising a Legend

September 5, 2025 di Carmen Gray

Polish director Agnieszka Holland discusses ‘Franz’, her “punky” Toronto-bowing take on the novelist Kafka.

Franz

September 5, 2025 di Kevin Jagernauth

Newcomer Idan Weiss shines in Agnieszka Holland’s vivid portrait of the tortured writer, Franz Kafka.

Hijra

August 28, 2025 di Deborah Young

Three women’s journey to Mecca becomes a stunning allegory on life for a 12-year-old girl in Saudi director Shahad Ameen’s (‘Scales’) bewitching road movie, ‘Hijra’.

A dazzling if confusing thriller set in 1977 Brazil during the worst years of the dictatorship, ‘The Secret Agent’ finds actor Wagner Moura embroiled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with the corrupt police of Recife.

A Poet

May 20, 2025 di Lucy Virgen

Black humor, irony and a bit of poetry make the Colombian ‘A Poet’ a very enjoyable watch.

The Things You Kill

January 25, 2025 di Deborah Young

More a psychological study than a thriller, ‘The Things You Kill’ explores the corruption and internalized violence of a patriarchal society, spiced with some bold narrative tricks from Alireza Khatami, co-director of the Iranian festival hit ‘Terrestrial Verses’.