Movie reviews of Victor Fraga

This American doc – which follows the couple for eight years – is extremely well crafted. It’s evident that the director/subject had extensive experience with the movie camera. Review

While very audacious in its message of solidarity in a world increasingly xenophobic and intolerant, The Flood is very conservative in its format. The narrative is formulaic and sanatised. Review

Young couple grapples with IVF while attempting to keep the spark in their relationship alive, in this heartfelt yet emotionally draining British drama. Review

In a nutshell, this is an entertaining yet partial and timid biopic of a man bigger than any football team in which he played. Review

Crack addicts dwelling in a semi-open rehab in Sao Paulo grapple with recovery, in this moving yet harrowing documentary. Review

The fifth documentary by 40-year-old Belgian documentarist Kristof Bilsen is a tribute to kindness and solidarity, and also a painful register of the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s on the patients and their families. Review

Watch A Dog Called Money for the music and the images, just don’t attempt to squeeze a lot of sense out of it. Review

Highly personal Brazilian doc about the recent collapse of democratic institutions in the Latin American nation is a sobering and painful reminder that the individual and the political establishment are inextricable. Review

The mission registered in this 90-minute documentary is so extreme that it almost looks like fiction. Plus the fact that the landing took place 50 years ago adds yet another layer of distance and alienation to the experience. And that’s precisely what makes Apollo 11 a fascinating watch. Sometimes reality is so fantastic. Review

If you have the opportunity, watch this film at the cinema, so you can grasp the enormity of the Earth, its natural wonders and the damage that we’re inflicting on them. Review

A heartfelt movie worth a watch, yet not without imperfections. Review

Nifty comedy about pitfalls and prejudices of showbiz starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling is delightful to watch. Review

While insightful, The Brink is also a timid documentary. Review

The documentary provides some interesting yet partial insight into post-Gaddafi’s Lybia. The camerawork isn’t particularly impressive, but this is natural for a piece of guerrilla-like filmmaking with very limited resources. Review

A wonderfully silly and star-studded zombie comedy. Review

Young female painter is commissioned to create the wedding portrait of Heloise without her realising it, in exquisite romance meditating on subtle male oppression. Review

Criminals use ancestral whistling language from the Canary Islands in order to communicate with each other, in extremely jumbled up thriller set between Bucharest and Spain. Review

Biopic of Cosa Nostra's supergrass acts as the moral compass of a nation grappling with a sanguinary past. Review

Palestinian director asks fundamental questions about being a "stranger" abroad, in absurdist political comedy with echoes of Mr Bean. Review

There are a couple of interesting moments in the movie. Review

Matthias and Maxime has colour and flare, and a few good moments, but overall it isn’t a profoundly moving film that will stay with you for a long time. Review

Ice on Fire, however, fails to address the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable communities of our planet. Review

Parasite is a fast-paced comedy of the absurd with few ingredients of a thriller thrown in. Review

The outcome is a tedious, partly formulaic and mostly unremarkable movie. Review