Movie reviews of Victor Fraga

A sobering and harrowing film about the plight of Burmese immigrants living and working in Thailand... Review

Superb Estonian film uses innovative tableaux vivants technique in order to portray the Stalin's forced removal of 40,000 Estonians to Siberia in 1941... Review

Jaw-dropping documentary entirely filmed from dashcams on Russian cars provides a shocking, bleak and despondent portrait of the largest country in the world... Review

Intimate doc takes a look at the fiery personal and professional relationship living legends of tango María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes... Review

Stephen Frears once again offers you the opportunity to look at a British monarch in the eyes, and what you will see is refreshingly human and candid... Review

American filmmaker uses feral rodents as a gauge of social segregation in Baltimore, in very innovative doc also not without flaws... Review

Insightful and engaging, but it also slips into clichés and neglects urgent topics... Review

A hybrid of horror and bank heist starring James Franco; it does work on some levels, but it eventually loses the plot... Review

A shining example of cinema as a fearmongering tool, and the last thing you need to watch right now... Review

A twisted feminist movie revisiting the past and our notions of memory, but perhaps it would work better as a TV series... Review

A film about reconciliation of dysfunctional families and making amends with past, highly recommended! Review

A perfectly-executed and pleasant comedy about clumsy and kind-hearted criminals carrying out a heist, but it lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... Review

Kathryn Bigelow delivers an enrapturing and harrowing portrayal of police impunity and racism in the US during the riots of the 1960s... Review

Outstanding doc raises urgent economic, sociological and philosophical questions... Review

A vérité documentary about an Afro-American family, and it succeeds in both its realism and message of hope at the face of adversity. Review

Offers a unique insight into an extremely peculiar and explosive event... Review

An accomplished and elegant movie... Review

A genuinely anti-war movie... Review

British survival horror successfully recycles devices from the shark and claustrophobia horror movies to very convincing results... Review

Lurking just beneath the visual frenzy is a straightforward, predictable plot. Review

Dotted with very interesting anecdotes... Review

Remains a very modern film about fear and madness. Review

A highly experimental and audacious doc with homemade feel investigates the aimlessness of youth across three different continents. Review

An insider's view into the predicament of Wikileak's founder Julian Assange and his acolytes Jacob Appelbaum and Sarah Harrison... Review