Reviews

Dir: Myriam El Hajj | with Joumana Haddad, Perla Joe Maalouli, Georges Moufarrej | Lebanon / France / Qatar / Saudi Arabia 2024 | Arabic, Subtitles: English | 110' |...

Dirs: Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad, Anand Ghandi | Horror Fantasy | 104' This 19th Century set fantasy thriller is a mythical story with roots in Hindu folklore where the ‘Puranas’...

Wri/Dir: Rashid Masharawi | Drama 81’ An intelligent and thoughtful film kicks off this year’s CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL  Passing Dreams is a feature-length Palestinian film written and directed by Rashid...

Dir: Kevin McDonald and Sam Rice-Edwards | UK Doc 90' Kevin McDonald and Sam Rice-Edwards' One to One: John & Yoko is an assemblage of archival film and aural recordings, exploring...

Dir: Robert Wise | Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson | Thriller 1963 Like 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Robert Wise's 'The Haunting' received the backhanded compliment of an...

Dir: Gints Zilbalodis | Animation 75' 2024 There a several apocalyptic animated films on at the moment. Dreamlike, dazzling and enchanting they capture tragedy from the perspective of two species forced...

Dir: Ridley Scott | Writer: David Scarpa | Cast: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington | Action drama 148’ Ridley Scott...

Dir: Sergei Loznitsa | Doc 2024 145' Sergei Loznitsa’s The Invasion is one of the outstanding films of the festival. The director, born in Russia and raised in Ukraine, is a...

Dir: F W Murnau | Germany. 1921 Described by Siegfried Kracauer as "a crime picture visibly influenced by the Swedes" and itself a probable forerunner of La Regle du Jeu, the...