Reviews

Dir: Marc Evans | Cast: Harry Lawtey, Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Aneurin Barnard, Steffan Rhodri | UK. 2025. 124' Most people have never heard of Philip Henry Burton (1904-95)....

Dir: Gerd Oswald | Cast: Curd Jurgens, Claire Bloom, Mario Adorf, Hansjorg Felmy | Germany Thriller Gerd Oswald returned to the land of his birth to make this memorable version of...

Dir.: Christian Petzold; Cast: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Paula Beer. Matthias Brandt; Germany 2023, 103 min. German writer/director Christian Petzold (*1960) won the Grand Jury Prize at...

  Dir: Greg Kohs | US Doc A new documentary The Thinking Game looks at the extraordinary life of Demis Hassabis, a visionary scientist whose pioneering work goes someway towards unraveling the...

Dir: Gints Zilbalodis | Animation, Latvia, 74' 'Staying Alive' is how best to describe this symbolic and gorgeously fluid 'boys own' adventure from Latvian animation wizard Gints Zilbalodis who won an...

Dir; Kathleen Harris | Ireland, Doc 50' This appealing documentary about the work of Irish ornithologist Sean Ronayne captures one of the most extraordinary starling murmurations ever seen on film, or...

Dir/Wri: Ali Ray | UK Doc The Impressionists are the most popular artists in the world today. On the whole their paintings are relatable, unchallenging and easy on the eye with...

This year’s festival pays special tribute to the work of Georgian filmmaker Otar Ioselliani (1934-2023). Best known for his stylish, often picaresque, satires such as Winter Song, Chasing Butterflies and Favourites...

Dir.: Claude Lelouch; Cast: Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant | France 1966 | 102' Claude Lelouch (*1937) has so far 59 credits as a director. But before and after Un Homme et...