Movie reviews of Victor Fraga

Anger morphs into murderous thoughts, in this quiet and slow character study from Turkey. Review

The acting is wooden, the repetitive music score is irritating, and the cinematography is pedestrian and monotonous. There is nothing to rescue the movie from utter pointlessness and boredom. Review

Takeshi Kitano's completely bonkers slapstick crime thriller from hell gets moody festival audiences lolling. Review

The acting is lukewarm at best. The script – while comprehensible – unnecessarily zigzags back and forth in time for no apparent reason. Review

Todd Phillips's sequel to his own 2019 movie is an elegant and profound blend of musical fantasy and courtroom drama. Review

Sicilian soldier stirs the relative peace of a large Italian family, in this beautiful yet soporific drama. Review

A widowed father of two sons despairs as his eldest mingles with fascists, in this effective social realist drama set in France. Review

Farming villagers of Scotland grapple with meddling outsiders, in Athina Rachel Tsangari's rich yet protracted new drama. Review

Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of William Burroughs's early short novel (starring a drug-addicted, randy Daniel Craig) is an anodyne blend of strawberry fantasy and vanilla erotica. Review

Asif Kapadia's blend of documentary and sci-fi is a disappointing mess, undecided about its priorities. Review

Finally wilfully – however confusingly – blends reality, allegory and hallucination. It’s all very messy, just like Lino’s state of mind. Review

Almodovar's first feature film in English is an amusing and enlightening meditation on cancer and suicide, and a lot less melodramatic than his Spanish movies. Review

George Clooney and Brad Pitt trade barbs and snide comments, in this entertaining comedy thriller. Review

In a career-defining performance, Fernanda Torres (with a helping hand from her mum) establishes Walter Salles's latest film as the ultimate Brazilian dictatorship drama. Review

Italian filmmaker and French street artist join forces in order to create an exuberant short film blending urban textures and techniques. Review

Jew-hating supremacist is the focus of this trivial American bang-bang with disingenuous political undertones. Review

WW1 drama about self-harmers and the Spanish flu is so clumsily staged that it's barely watchable. Review

Feuding teens see their paths collide more than once, in this very long and (mostly) accomplished French drama. Review

The vicissitudes of love unite, excite and haunt three female friends, in this simple and effective, Truffaut-esque drama. Review

Mother of three boys is hellbent on having a daughter, in this profound real-life drama from Italy. Review

There is absolutely nothing risqué, audacious or even innovative. Review

John Lennon and Yoko Ono become American conveyors of change during the early 1970s, in this superbly assembled documentary. Review

The artistic choice to remain entirely observational compromises the film’s ability to educate an d energise the international community. Instead, the documentary feels like a lonely lament, a scream in the dark following the tragic realisation that democracy is but a short-lived dream. Review

Despite a hypnotic performance by deliciously insane and deviant Biscayart, a few good tunes and dance acts, Kill The Jockey isn’t a masterpiece. Review