Dir: Andrey A Tarkovskiy | Russia Doc 97’ In his debut feature Andrey Tarkovskiy immediately trashes the theory that his father, the Soviet filmmaker Andrei (1932-1986) was some kind of intellectual...

Dir/Wri: Katrin Grebbe | Drama | 126’ Nina Hoss works wonders with a devilish script in German writer director Katrin Gebbe's morose and over-long sophomore feature that follows her Cannes outing...

Dir.: Kore-eda Hirokazu; Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawk, Clementine Grenier, Manon Clavel; France 2019, 106 min. Japanese director/writer/editor Kore-eda Hirokazu follows his Cannes winner Shoplifters with a feature which...

The 76th Venice Classics strand is always special - a selection of the best restorations carried out over the past year by film archives, cultural institutions and production companies around the world. This...

Dir.: Carlos Reygadas, Cast: Carlos Reygadas, Natalia Lopez, Phil Burgers; Mexico/ France/ Germany/ Denmark/Sweden 2018, 173 min. Carlos Reygadas is one of the few auteurs who have kept their independence and...

Dir.: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Cast: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci; Italy/Germany 2018, 188 min. After The Life of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck makes another...

Dir: S Craig Zahler | Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn | Thriller | US, 16o; S Craig Zahler's latest thriller lacks the slick, pared-down momentum of his previous outing Brawl in Cell Block...

Dir: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov | Cast: Evgeniy Tsiganov, Natalya Kudryashowa, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Vasiliy Popov, Pavel Maykov, Aleksey Filimonov, Elena Voronchikhina, Maksim Vitorgan | Drama | Russia Estonia France |...

Dir; Francesco Patierno | Doc | Italy 70’ Francesco Patierno offers a pragmatic but mournful insight into the criminal identity of his birthplace Naples in this historical and socio-anthropological portrait of...