Dir.: Isabel Sandoval; Cast: Isabel Sandoval, Lynn Cohen, Eamon Farren; USA/Philippines 2019, 94'  Philippines born US-based Isabel Sandoval is the director, writer, actor, editor and co-producer of this semi-autobiographical labour of...

Dir.: Valentyn Vasyanovych; Cast: Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka. Sergiy Katya; USA/Ukraine 2019, 104 min. This third feature by Ukranian director/writer DoP Valentyn Vasyanovych (Kredens) is a bleak dystopian fable set in...

Dir. David Michôd. US/Australia. 2019. 133mins David Michôd’s The King re-imagines history to give a rather intriguing version of the story of Henry IV’s least favourite son Prince Hal, a Prince...

Dir Yonfan | Cast: Voices by Sylvia Chang, Zhao Wei, Alex Lam, Yao Wei, Tian Zhuangzhuang | Hong Kong 125’ Very much intended for an adult audience - and particularly cat lovers...

Dir: Stephen Soderbergh | Meryl Street, Gary Oldman, Sharon Stone, Antonio Banderas | US Drama 96’ Steven Soderbergh has decided on a comic-didactic treatment to tell the story of the ‘Panama...

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...