Movie reviews of Victor Fraga

The life of Czech composer Josef Mysliveček is turned into a lavish film about the rise and tragic downfall of the artist who influenced Mozart. Review

All in all, an enjoyable little movie. Review

Mia Hansen-Løve's tale of a young widow, her married love and and her ailing father is bursting with humanity and sensibility. Review

Diego Lerman’s seventh feature film boasts a magnificent cinematographer signed by Wojciech Staron. The images are dark and yet never gloomy. The suburbs of Buenos Aires exude the poetry of the ugly, the aesthetics of urban chaos. Review

Austria's enfant terrible Ulrich Seidl punches San Sebastian in the stomach with a depiction of paedophilia that's tender and grotesque in equal measures . Review

This is a very conventional and easily digestible film. One that will stay with you for a duration of time inferior to Julia’s short-lived romances. Review

American indie about young woman in rural America grappling with her father's death is so deeply sombre and austere that it left me feeling lifeless and cold. Review

The emotional journey of this small Danish family has failed to enrapture me. Review

The American dreams morphs into a nightmare, hallucination or mere "bullshit", as marginalised citizens recall their experience - heartfelt doc. Review

Kenneth Branagh remembers the Troubles and the pain of departing from his birth city at the age of just nine, in this lukewarm childhood memoir. Review

Octogenarian filmmaker and DOP join forces in order to create a film exuding youth, while also paying tribute to Spanish/Mexican music and dance. Review

Slow and straightforward drama set during Finnish summer meditates on love, betrayal and brutal honesty. Review

The outcome is a fast-paced, engaging little film that will make you laugh. Review

Modern, heart-wrenching samurai fable exposes a ruthless and deeply xenophobic Japanese society driven by greed. Review

A weird, creepy and strangely soothing little film. Review

Biopic of East German writer and filmmaker Thomas Brach reveals a deeply subversive artist who finds comfort on neither side of the Wall. Review

This little contemporary science-fiction drama about machine-versus-nature is at times hypnotic, bursting with dark lyricism. At times it seems to evoke Tarkosvky, with numerous windows, dirty glass and slow, reflective panning shots. Review

Child abuse, torture, Nazism and religious mortification come together. Review

Lithuanian fantasy drama investigates the power of dreams; sadly the outcome is soporific rather than oneiric. Review

Mother and grandmother fight over a child with all weapons available, in this blood-soaked slapstick comedy from Russia. Review

However The List of Those Who Love Me lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. While Yilmaz often gets smacked and battered, the script does nor deliver any punches. Review

Two Spanish girls contemplate a suicide pact as they grapple with the malaises of adolescence, in this tender and realistic drama. Review

Defector of Stalin's barbaric secret police seeks forgiveness from the family members of the people he executed, in this very bizarre political fable. Review

The splendid cinematography combined with ghostly, sinister sound engineering make A Vanishing Fog a hypnotic experience. Review