Movie reviews of Victor Fraga

French military families prepare to depart from Madagascar in the early 1970s, in this disjointed, irritating and misfiring tale of decolonisation. Review

A lone widower freezes his dead wife in the hope of keeping her company into eternity, in this Taiwanese piece of slow cinema (with a social twist). Review

Maria has to juggle seafood harvesting, midwifery and illegal abortions, in this dark and sullen drama set during the 1970s in rural Galicia, Northwestern Spain. Review

Philosophy professor fights to preserve his position and his legacy, in Argentinean lighthearted comedy with distinct political flavours. Review

The artistic director of a famous fashion house in Paris returns to Canada for his estranged father's funeral, only to uncover a dirty secret he could never fathom - bizarre yet strangely gripping crime drama. Review

Isabel Coixet delivers a superb meditation on the contradictory sentiments of love, compassion, contempt and complicity, set in the rural, mountainous region of Rioja. Review

A celebratory yet highly exoticised look at the world’s most populous country through very European lenses. Review

Yoga instructor has to juggle a divorce and a bizarre knee injury, in this hilarious deadpan comedy about unreliable memories, reconnections and, er, shattered mindfulness. Review

Four men in the same family and of the three generations grapple with the trappings of heterosexual matrimony, this very lighthearted and conventional American romcom. Review

Deeply sensory piece of slow cinema explores the life of a Black American woman in the Deep South, as her legacy is carried across four generations. Review

Cristi Puiu's new creation is a highly conversational, cryptic and esoteric examination of a Romania crippled by corruption, Covid and micro-aggressions of all sorts. Review

This is a sardonic allegory of political doctrine gone unhinged, as well a tragic register of a society on the brink of social collapse. Review

Greek director Christos Nikou’s sophomore feature is fun and enjoyable to watch (if only you cover your eyes in the most graphic sequences). But it’s also highly formulaic and predictable, with a lukewarm ending. Review

A peculiar piece of filmmaking worthy of praise as well as an attentive viewing. Review

The problem with the Boy and Heron is that its is too multithreaded. The convoluted narrative is ostensibly dotted with Japanese folk, mythology and cultural references not recognisable to Western eyes such as mine. Review

Swedish director Isabella Eklöf’s sophomore feature is bursting with raw authenticity, all wrapped up in the cold Greenlandic weather and Scandinavian stoicism. Not a remarkably heart-wrenching experience, however a palpable and honest one. Review

The long-lost, seemingly crude and tasteless home movies of Charles Carson are in reality bursting with tenderness and poetry. Review

This is a quiet and tender movie that blends courtroom and family drama. Review

For maximum adrenaline, you should be trapped in a dark room without escape and without respite. The 91 minutes should run out fairly quickly, much like the dwindling oxygen in May and Drew’s tanks. Review

The Oceans Are the Real Continents is a visually enrapturing piece of slow cinema with a very loose narrative arc. Review

Three failed clowns get together in order to forcibly draw some laughter, joy and blood from those who stand on their path - clumsy Irish comedy. Review

Viennese men and women engage in a vertiginous battle for love and lust, in this charming and unusual French anthology. Review

Christian Petzold's new creation is an inventive and profound meditation on the deceitful machinations of the creative mind. Review

Drug dealer offers comfort, redemption and liberation to some of the most vulnerable people of Tehran - ultra-subversive, scream-out-loud Iranian movie. Review