The indie films you might have missed in 2016
The best films 2016 gave us weren't all mainstream mega-hits. Here's our list of the year's smaller movies that shouldn't be overlooked
The Assassin
The first film in eight years from Cannes-winning Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, The Assassin is a visually immaculate martial-arts film executed with almost unsurpassable skill.
Read more ...Innocence of Memories
Those who have read the Nobel prize winning author Orhan Pamuk, or visited the city of Istanbul, will be intrigued by this new documentary from British film-maker Grant Gee.
The Survivalist
With shades of Andrei Tarkovsky and Terrance Malick, The Survivalist isn't your average post-apocalypse film. Starring Mia Goth (Nymphomaniac Vol.II), Damian Elliot's film is a brilliant and unsettling dystopian drama.
Read more ...Summertime
Here's a French sapphic love story to match Blue is the Warmest Colour: a sensuous 1970s romance with sharply-drawn characters set at a time of political upheaval
Read more ...Our Little Sister
This poignant film – in which three adult sisters discover a new sibling at their father's funeral – is a subtle yet immersive drama that manages to avoid sentimentality.
Read more ...Mustang
Despite surface similarities, Mustang outdoes Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides by taking a less mythologising perspective on the adolescent sisters at the heart of its powerful tale of camaraderie.
Read more ...Notes on Blindness
In 1983, just after the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull completely lost his sight. For the next three years he recorded an audio diary documenting the practical realities of his condition, as well as his more philosophical thoughts on the nature of blindness. Notes on Blindness is the result.
Ambulance
Director Mohamed Jabaly is only 23 years old, which makesAmbulance even more of an astonishing achievement. Following an ambulance crew into the hell of bombarded Gaza, the film raises the bar for war-zone documentaries.
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