Movie reviews of Victor Fraga

Deeply poetic Swiss documentary about Jamaican trans woman excels in inventiveness. Review

Moroccan prepubescent teens fight for survival on the deserted streets of Spanish exclave Melilla, in this cold and distant Swiss-French documentary. Review

Two tormented young women bond through their afflictions and pains, in this unusually structured Portuguese drama. Review

Italian teen dreams of eloping to a distant land with a slightly older man, in this twisted queer coming-of-age drama. Review

Ukrainian man returns to his precarious countryside village in order to tend his sick mother, in this beautiful yet monotonous riff on departure. Review

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Dani Rosenberg’s third feature film makes a subtle yet unequivocal anti-war statement without slipping into didacticism and pamphleteering. Review

Raju Jude presents his unsightly, messy and completely bonkers new movie, a caustic satire of a Romania intoxicated by film wizardry. Review

This is a film that will make you smile, even gently shake your hips, however it will neither enrapture nor hit you. Review

Three very different women fight for their perceived home, in this exquisite allegory of Dutch colonial relations in Indonesia at the turn of the century. Review

Artist and audience forge a toxic, love-hate relationship, in Quentin Dupieux's dirty, hilarious tribute to the (movie) theatre. Review

While visually bewitching, Slimane also feels loose and fragmented. Perhaps that too was a creative choice, providing the movie with an otherworldly, enigmatic aura. Either way, I look forward to seeing Pereira fully develop his language and vision, and author his first feature film. Review

Young Brazilian filmmakers Leandro Goddinho and Paulo Menezes have created a film that’s uncomfortably funny to watch. Review

Gerwig hilariously mocks toxic masculinity, conformity, consumerism and even American pop culture. The design, costumes, art direction are as impeccable as Barbie’s hair and attire. You will feel like you have been transported into a toy world. Review

Futile, inept young dancer and his new, exciting stepmother develop an intense relationship full of surprises - British cringe comedy with elements of kitchen sink. Review

Completely bonkers, female-made Asian horror about schoolgirl slowly morphing into a tiger neither scares nor astounds viewers. Review

A "half-blood" Chilean, a Brit and an American are hired by a powerful landowner in order to decimate the indigenous people of remote Tierra del Fuego, in Southern Chile, in this enigmatic metaphor of the country's complex identity... Review

Resolute and unyielding teen moves in with her father and stepmother following her mother's premature death, in this credible tale of grief and rejection. Review

Filthy-queer-radical metafictional dramedy about suicidal Chilean filmmaker living in Mexico is hilarious, sexy, gruesome and tense in equal measures. Review

The Persian Version boasts a fascinating real-life story with enough twists and turns to make even the most skilled of drivers dizzy. Review

Despite the relative darkness of the sauna, these women emanate enough hope and joie-de-vivre to illuminate up even the murkiest of hearts. Review

A mine worker refuses to accept the fast and explosive changes that have befallen his community - quiet and meditative German drama. Review

This is a sweet little comedy that will put a smile on your face and make you chuckle. Review

An Iranian and a Romanian student reflect on the repercussions of the revolutions in their own nations, in this clever and moving documentary consisting entirely of archive footage. Review