Dir.: Carlos Agullo, Mandy Jacobson Documentary South Africa 2013, 84 min. This documentary gives a rather different account of South African history between the late 80s and the release of Nelson Mandela...

Dir.: Jon Sanders Cast: Emma Garden, Anna Mottram, Bob Goody, Charlotte Palmer, Richard Garaghty 93 min   UK   Drama Even though it’s summer, the emotional temperature in BACK TO THE GARDEN is...

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky    Writers: Frank Cottrell Boyce and others Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgard, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada 117min  Drama  Australia/UK Colin Firth stars as a railway anorak and former...

Dir.: Katell Quilléveré; Cast: Sarah Forestier, Adèle Haenel, François Damiens France/Belgium 2013, 94 min  Drama After the death of their mother, sisters Suzanne (Sarah Forestier) and Maria (Adèle Haenel) grow up with their...

Director: Jill Soloway Cast: Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, Jane Lynch USA  99min   Comedy Drama Very much prescribed viewing for any affluent and intelligent women who give up work to focus...

Set in a back-to-the-future dystopia, this doom-filled drama, based on Dostoyesky's short story, is suffused with all kinds of influences from Kafta to Orwell to Polanski.'s The Tenant. Richard Ayoade's follow-up...

The theme of paternity and nature versus nurture has captured the imagination of directors and filmgoers of late: Place Beyond the Pines, It's All So Quiet and While I Lay Dying are some...

Dir.: Vikram Zutshi Documentary with Max Kennedy; USA 2011, 59 min. Max Kennedy is a 'Minuteman', part of a small group of white, middle-aged vigilantes, who've patrolled the USA/Mexican border since 2005,...

Director/Writer: Jean-Claude Brisseau Cast: Bruno Cremer, Emmanuelle Debever, Albert Pigot, Liza Heredia 89min    Drama/thriller    France Jean-Claude Brisseau's brooding psychological drama works both as a Chabrol-style thriller and a strangely-sensitive coming of...