Islands

Name: Islands
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: January 30, 2026
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 76

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Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: January 30, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: Tom (Sam Riley) teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist (Stacy Martin) arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband (Jack Farthing) disappears, and the police suspect Tom.

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 123 min

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Kim Hughes

Mar 10, 2026

For a film where not a lot happens, and what does happen happens very slowly, Islands is strangely gripping. That could be the hypnotic effect of its endlessly sun-drenched Canary Island setting, as writer-director Jan-Ole Gerster dips his audience in the languorous pace of a holiday destination in this low-boil psychological drama. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Sep 9, 2025

A lean but revealing film of unexpected existential heft. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 9, 2025

Hypnotic from start to finish and unexpectedly hopeful for a movie with so much arsenic in its blood, Islands knows that even the greatest of vacations can never compete with the rewards of fostering a reality you actually want to return to when it’s over. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Carlos Aguilar

Jan 30, 2026

While the on-the-nose title suggests each individual is an isolated entity...the character construction and how their respective desires intersect with one another, in tandem with an effectively dizzying atmosphere, render it more original than expected. Read full review

The Travers Take Peter Travers

Jan 30, 2026

A sexy tennis bum (Sam Riley) and a married woman (Stacy Martin) meet at a luxury resort and stir up murderous thoughts in a too cryptic thriller from German director Jan-Ole Gerster that recalls Hitchcock and Antonioni while revealing a tormented mind of its own. Read full review

Emily Maskell

Sep 9, 2025

Delightfully, Islands doesn’t patronise viewers. The film refuses to confirm or deny suspicions. It’s an exhilarating feast from co-writers Gerster, Blaž Kutin and Lawrie Doran who pen this winding tale with sharp subtlety. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sep 9, 2025

It’s refreshing for a film-maker to opt for subtlety, and there are good performances from Riley, Martin and Farthing. Read full review

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