FILM REVIEWS

The past few years have not been kind to Flemish cinema and this inept, infantile, tedious film debut of famed local novelist Dimitri...

Despite all of the movie’s good intentions BXL is a message in search of a movie to build around it, and when the message is this forced...

In scope, inventiveness and ambition this impressive, monumental yet flawed documentary, tackling the legacy of colonialism head-on,...

If you like your messages blunt, your plot predictable and your emotions rather underwhelmed, Young Hearts is the movie for you. For a...

A Cannes favourite earlier this year, Flemish 'me too' tale Julie Keeps Quiet is at heart a short film stretched out to feature length...

As a raw, unflinching portrait of a teenager fighting off parental abuse and trauma in an institution Skunk would have resonated a lot...

When the film leans into its Stephen King inspired paranormal subtext Holly shines brightest. Alas director Fien Troch is more interested...

Despite an excellent lead performance by actress Daphne Agten, Flemish film Holy Rosita lacks the thematic heft and coherence to make it...

Based on a Flemish war novel, Wil struggles to translate the book’s hefty themes onto the big screen. With more moral nuances and less...

Building up excruciatingly long to a pivotal scene you see coming a mile off, Flemish literary adaptation When It Melts is as predictable...

As a drinking game about tired old thriller clichés The Memory Game has some mileage in it, but otherwise there’s preciously little to...

Halfway through some twists and turns derail Ritual to such an extent that the movie goes off the boil spectacularly fast. For its first...

With saintly protagonists and pantomime villains, who are beyond redemption, Tori and Lokita is scarcely believable in all its forced...

This failed mix between old-school adventure and modern gadgets is let down the most by a screenplay that lacks charm and coherence. As a...

A lack of originality is compensated by decent performances and an authentic visual style in Flemish drama Nowhere. A man still...

This is not a gritty sports drama. It’s a film that leaves the heart cold, the eyes drowsy and the mind bored. Cool Abdoul might be based...

This Belgian movie is well-intended but director Ngangi Mutiri’s lack of experience results in a picture that fails to resonate. There is...

A tonally out-of-place third act brings a disappointing end to an otherwise compelling, raw, heart-breaking movie. Animals is a movie...

The efforts of lead Jérémie Renier can’t hide that this cold, distant Belgian potboiler hardly ever lures you to the edge of your seat....

The strongest movie to come out of Belgium in quite some time effortlessly draws you into a touching, near-documentary tale about...