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Two years ago today, Jacques Audiard's musical premiered to a standing ovation—but a backlash soon followed. We take a look back at this controversial title: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/05/emilia-perez-jacques-audiard-2024.html

Jacques Audiard’s incredible run from Read My Lips through The Sisters Brothers cemented his place as one of the true modern greats, and ...

The complexities of parental love and responsibility are examined in Anne-Sophie Bailly's impressive feature debut. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/05/my-everything-anne-sophie-bailly-2024.html

Anne-Sophie Bailly's assured feature debut My Everything examines the difficulties faced by a fortysomething single mother, who sets about...

The 40th edition of BFI Flare , the UK’s leading LGBTQIA+ film event, closed on 29th March seeing a continued growth in audiences attending ...

Mark Jenkin's haunting new film centres on the mysterious reappearance of a long-lost fishing boat. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/04/rose-of-nevada-mark-jenkin-2025.html

Mark Jenkin's new film Rose of Nevada is a haunting and atmospheric time-loop drama set in a struggling Cornish fishing village. The narra...

Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's latest film sees the Brussels-based filmmakers pushing their technique to the limits. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/04/reflection-in-dead-diamond-h-cattetb.html

Brussels-based duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's dazzling fourth feature film, Reflection in a Dead Diamond , sees normal service resume...

The excellent Alexander Skarsgård stars in one of #BFIFlare's Best of Year selections, which is in Dutch cinemas from Thursday. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-pillion-harry-lighton-2025.html

The entirety of BFI Flare ’s Best of Year strand will be screened on Sunday, which marks the close of this year’s edition of the festival. ...

Gregg Araki's finest film will be back on the big screen as part of this year's #BFIFlare. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-mysterious-skin-gregg-araki.html

More than 20 years on from its screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin returns to the big screen ...

Coal mining in Argentina is small and highly concentrated in the Río Turbio basin of southern Patagonia, where a state‑owned company operate...

Ella Rumpf excels in this #BFIFlare-selected study of a couple on the brink of parenthood. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-love-letters-alice-douard-2025.html

In 2021, France passed a major bioethics reform that opened IVF and other medically assisted reproduction to all adult women, including sing...

This thoughtful documentary, which will be screening on Saturday at #BFIFlare, examines life with Treacher Collins syndrome. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-broken-r-ricardo-ruales.html

Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren's documentary The Broken R (Spanish: Rotacismo ), which screens on Saturday as part of BFI Flare , was made with...