Jul 24, 2025
Dir: Sam Shahid |Doc. 2023 96'
Reviewed by Peter Herbert
George Platt Lynes (1907- 1955) and his obscurity is addressed in this stylish documentary by director Sam Shahid and dedicated colleagues. Hidden...
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Jul 21, 2025
Dir: Gabriel Axel | Cast: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson | Denmark Drama | 102mins
Based on Karen Blixen’s 1950 short story, originally set in Norway,...
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Jul 17, 2025
Dir: Milos Forman | Cast: Tom Hulce, F Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dottrice, Simon Callow | 1984. Musical Biopic
reviewed by Peter Herbert
With the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continuing...
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Jun 24, 2025
French Filmmaker Claire Denis is one of the most innovative pioneers of independent cinema and fiercely committed to her singular vision. Growing up the daughter of a civil servant in...
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Jun 18, 2025
The 21st edition of Bergman Week will be inaugurated in traditional fashion at Fårö Church. The Swedish Film Institute’s CEO, Anna Croneman, will deliver the opening address. The ceremony will...
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Jun 16, 2025
Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective brings his films back to the big screen, allowing audiences to explore the auteur's work, filmmaking techniques and his lasting legacy on the filmmakers of...
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May 27, 2025
Dir: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado |Writer: Wim Wenders/Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | Doc Biography, 110'
This biopic of famous Brazilian photographer and philanthropist, Sabastiao Salgado, manages to be both illuminating and moving. Directed (and...
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May 25, 2025
Dir: John Schlesinger | Wri: Frederic Raphael | Cast: Julie Christie, Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde | UK Drama
Darling is the story of a good-time girl of the era. Ravishing but...
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May 13, 2025
Born in 1912 into a Viennese publisher’s family of social democratic conviction, Wolfgang Suschitzky was an eyewitness to the 20th and 21st centuries, with a career spanning well over 70...
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