Reviews

Dir.: Akira Kurosawa; Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyö, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimra, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijioru Ueda; Japan 1950; 88 min. From Agatha Christie to Patricia Highsmith modern literature is fraught with...

Dir: Joseph H. Lewis | US War drama In his first film after exploring the dark side of America in Gun Crazy, Joseph H. Lewis turned his talents to this ultra-patriotic...

Writer|Dir: Claire Denis, Christine Angot | Cast: Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu, Valéria Bruni Tedeschi | 94min | Comedy drama Claire Denis' talents extend across the genres - her terrific comedy debut Un...

Dir.: Nagisa Ôshima; Cast: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura; Japan/UK/New Zealand 1983, 123 min. David Bowie is the star of this emotional rollercoaster from...

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock | Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour | Drama 76' Joseph Conrad's original novel was published in 1907 at the height of anarchist...

Dir: Jan De Boni | Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton | US Action thriller 116' An exemplary piece of high concept filmmaking that provides plenty of bang...

Festival director Vanja Kaludercic has revealed the programme for the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) taking place from 25 January – 5 February 2023. Opening with Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s MUNCH,...

Dir.: Gabriele Fabbro; Cast: Lidia Vitale, Ludovica Mancini, Marcello Mariani, Filippo Prandi; Italy 2021, 90 min. Gabriele Fabbro draws on an award-winning background in music promos and commercials with this surprise...

With temperatures this Christmas dipping to -18 in parts of Scotland, Richard Chatten reflects back on Britain's Big Freeze of 1963 and the films that were on in the cinema...