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H Is For Hawk - Film Review - Eye For Film

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Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 4h

A bereaved woman takes solace in training a bird in H Is For Hawk www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/h-is-... #LFF2025 #filmsky 🎬

After a woman's father dies, she takes solace in training a goshawk.

Wild Foxes - Film Review - Eye For Film

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Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 13h

"Wild Foxes transcends the framework of a sports drama, turning into an intimate reflection on identity and fragility." www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/wild-... #41WFF #FilmSky🎬

At a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille is knocked back by an accident that starts to make him question his place inside the ring.

Solomamma - Film Review - Eye For Film

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Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 14h

"Askevold’s refusal to offer easy answers is compelling" - and here's a second point of view on Solomamma www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/solom... #41WIFF #FilmSky🎬

When a single mother discovers the identity of her sperm donor, her pursuit of truth blurs the boundaries between love, ethics, and self-deception.

Solomamma - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 14h

"Edith’s archetypal subterfuge seals her fate early on and delivers a meek denouement of the “ it takes a village” variety" - we take a look at Solomamma www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/solom... #41WFF #FilmSky🎬

Single mother Edith learns the identity of her anonymous sperm donor and decides to meet him under the pretense of an interview for her job as a journalist. The two begin to develop a genuine connecti...

Two Prosecutors - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 1d

Tallinn announces doc programmes www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2025-10... #PÖFF29 #FilmSky

Still showing santa signing a book from Electing Ms Santa

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 1d

"Chillingly restrained and quietly devastating" - we take a look at Two Prosecutors www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/two-p... #LFF #LFF2025 #41WFF #FilmSky🎬

Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination... the desk of a newly appointe...

Shaolin Martial Arts - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 1d

Students defend their temple when the government threatens to close it, in highly influential Shaw Brothers film Shaolin Martial Arts www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/shaol... #filmsky 🎬🥋

When the ruling dynasty in China sends soldiers to destroy the Shaolin Temple, students use their martial arts to defend the school.

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 1d

'For me it was always an interesting layer to have a broken family that is broken in languages as well' - Olmo Omerzu talks to us about Ungrateful Beings www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... #73SSIFF #FilmSky🎬

Tron: Ares - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 1d

A computer program embarks on a dangerous mission in the real world in Tron: Legacy www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/tron-... #filmsky 🎬

A highly sophisticated program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.

A House Of Dynamite - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 2d

When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the US, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond, in A House Of Dynamite www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/a-hou... #filmsky 🎬

When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

Men From The Monastery - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 2d

We're going to be bringing you some classic kung-fu film reviews this month. First up, legendary heroes get together to fight an army in Men From The Monastery www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/men-f... #filmsky 🎬🥋

Legendary heroes get together to fight an army.

Kika - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 2d

We're bringing you reviews from the FIPRESCI Critics Project in Warsaw this week, including this second review of Kika www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/kika-... - "Focusing on the unpredictability of life, Poukine does not let Kika give up, no matter what she experiences." #FilmSky🎬

A grieving new mother, while struggling to make ends meet for her family, uncovers an unexpected passion within herself.

Kika - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 2d

"So much is happening at once in Kika’s life that the viewer has a hard time grasping the supposedly long lasting emotional challenges she is facing." www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/kika-... #41WFF

A grieving new mother, while struggling to make ends meet for her family, uncovers an unexpected passion within herself.

Prey - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 2d

On Indigenous Peoples Day, we look back at the first major franchise film to focus on an indigenous community, 2022's Prey www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/prey-... #filmsky 🎬

Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth.

Wild Strawberries - Film Review - Eye For Film

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Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 2d

www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/wild-... "Wild Strawberries isn’t merely about returning home; it’s about recognising that roots grow in two directions – backward into memory and forward into possibility." #41WFF

When a New York architect visits Bulgaria to settle the estate of the grandmother she never met and finds herself being wooed by her heritage.

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 2d

We have a card, a cad, a singing sensation and more in this week's round-up of great films on TV, the Stay-at-Home Seven www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... #filmsky 🎬📺

A still from the film The Dark Knight. A man in a purple coat, with a white-painted face and green hair, holds up a playing card: the joker.

Angel's Egg - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 3d

Adam Driver, Luka Sabatt, Tom Waits, Vicky Krieps and Indya Moore discuss Father Mother Sister Brother, and Robert Wilson is remembered www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... #filmsky 🎬

Film director Jim Jarmusch with stars Adam Driver, Luka Sabatt, Tom Waits, Vicky Krieps and Indya Moore, all standing on a stage.

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Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 3d

A mysterious girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a treasured object, in cult animation Angel's Egg, newly remastered after 40 years www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/angel... #BeyondFest #filmsky 🎬

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

The Smashing Machine - Film Review - Eye For Film

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Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 3d

"There is a sense of the film falling a bit between two stools, not quite sports biopic, not quite character study," - we take a look at The Smashing Machine www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-s... #41WFF

The story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr.

Dry Leaf - Film Review - Eye For Film

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 3d

"The blurry, hazy images recorded entirely on a discontinued Sony Ericsson cellphone – frequently in long takes – make it a hardly digestible slow cinema challenge, yet rewarding as an aesthetic experience." - we take a look at Dry Leaf www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/dry-l... #NYFF63 #LFF #FilmSky🎬

A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.

Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 4d

We look at the special features on the new 4K release of Adrian Lyne's post-Vietnam horror film Jacob's Ladder www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/dvdreview/ja... #filmsky 🎬

A still from the film Jacob's Ladder. A bespectacled white man in a warm grey coat stands with his head resting against a wall.

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Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.social · 4d

"I just was committed to pressing in and trusting that I was chosen for a reason, and I'm really proud of my first feature" - Raven Carter on Noseeums www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... #filmsky 🎬

A still from the film Noseeums. A young Black woman with long braided hair covers her mouth with her hand to stifle a scream.