Reviews

Dir: Alexander Singer | US Drama Reviewed by Richard Chatten Before 'The Graduate' there was 'All That Heaven Allows' and 'A Cold Wind in August'. The latter is not surprisingly one of...

Dir: Itonje Soimer Guttormsen | Cast: Renate Reinsve, Helene Bjorneby, Numan Acar | 117’ Reviewed by Meredith Taylor The family reunion sub-genre is reworked with a slight sibling rivalry twist this time...

Dir: Max Keegan | Doc Rural life in the remote French region of Ariège has remained largely unchanged since the 19th Century. Towns like Albi are off the tourist track and...

Dir: Phil Jutzi | Germany Doc Reviewed by Richard Chatten George Orwell wrote of poverty in 'Down and Out in Paris and London' "You thought it would be quite simple; it is...

Dir.: Robert Bresson; Cast: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie, Jean Pelegri, Dolly Scal, Kassagi, Pierre Etaix; France 1959, 75 min. Pickpocket, shot more or less at the same time as...

Dir: Kate Woods | Ryan Corr, Lily Whitely, deborah Maiman | Aus Drama 107’ It’s difficult to contemplate the sheer vastness of Australia, but you don’t have to sit in a...

Dir: Mike Judge | Cast: Luke Wilson , Maya Rudolph | US Comedy satire 84’ Reviewed by Richard Chatten With a horror movie having just been nominated for a record sixteen Oscar...

Dir: Hlynar Palmason   2025 Iceland /Denmark 109' Reviewed by Peter Herbert This portrait of a fractured family opens with a roof being violently lifted off a building, a terrible noise replaced...

Dir: William Wyler | Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall | US Drama 97’ Reviewed by Richard Chatten An extremely interesting complement to the classic Warner Bros. superproduction of 1940, this version of...