Reviews

Director: Steven Riley | 95min | Documentary | US A shady enigmatic figure with a sulky exterior is how most of us remember Marlon Brando in his later years (1924-2004). But...

Dir: Teddy Lussi-Modeste | Cast: Francois Civil, Toscane Duquesne, Shain Boumedine | France, Drama 97' Films about the challenges of being a teacher in the 21st century should have their own...

Dir/Wri: Victor Erice | Spain, Drama 169' Close you Eyes screened to rapt audiences at Cannes last year. It marked the Basque director’s triumphant return to the screen after an absence...

Director/Writer: Tomas Wasilewski | Cast: Mateusz Banasiuk, Katarzyna Herman, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner | Poland 93’ Hailed as ‘Poland’s first LGBT film’, Tomasz Wasilewski’s striking drama follows a champion swimmer whose...

Dir: Christopher Miles | Casr: Ian McKellen. Janet Suzman. Mabel: Ava Gardner. Tony: Jorge Rivero. Dorothy: Penelope Keith. Christopher Miles directed. Ten years after filming D. H. Lawrence's 'The Virgin and...

Dir: Robert Bresson | Cast: François Leterrier, Charles le Clainche, François Jost | France 100’ Made when Bresson was still showing us actors' faces and their hands rather than their backs...

Dir/Wri: Edouard Bergeon | Cast: Alexandra Lamy, Felix Moati, Sofian Khammes, Julie Chen, Antoine Bertrand, Adam Fitzgerald | France, Eco- thriller 120' A French student travels to Indonesia to complete his...

Dir/Wri: Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Cast: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, and Ayaka Shibutani | Japan Drama 115' Japanese auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi came to Venice Film Festival last year with another...

Dir/Wri: Christine Angot | Doc, France 2024 82’ An alarming expose of family disfunction is at the heart of this unsettling ‘cri de coeur’ from award-winning French writer Christine Angot who...