Reviews

Dir.: Perry Hanzell; Cast: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman Bobby Charlton, Basil Keene, Winston Stona; Jamaica 1972, 104 min. When Jamaican director/co-writer Perry Hanzell (1946-2006) came to...

The full programme for the 79th Venice Film Festival (August 31-September 10) has now been announced by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera.   Julianne Moore heads up the...

Dir.: Claude Barras | Animation | Switzerland/France | 66 min. Claude Barras’ stop-motion animation is a tender tale probing life's saddest moment: not a kid's film but one that resonates with...

Dir.: Wim Wenders; Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Nasstassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement, Hunter Carson, Bernhard Wicki; West Germany/France 1984, 147 min. German director Wim Wenders follows his earlier road movies...

Dir: Panar Panahi | Iran, Drama 98' A promising debut for Panar Panahi (son of Jafar) proving that Iranian cinema need not have a political subtext but can just be relaxed...

Dir.: Gurinder Chadha | Cast: Gillian Anderson, Hugh Bonneville, Michael Gambon, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Simon Callow, Om Puri, Neeraj Kabi, Tanveer Ghani, Denzil Smith | UK/India, 106 min. Director/co-writer Gurinder...

The Swiss lakeside city plays host to one of the highlights of the Summer calendar, and this year Locarno International Film Festival celebrates its 75th Anniversary.   Famous for its outdoor screenings in Piazza...

Dir.: Emrhys Cooper; Cast: Fiona Dourif, Donal Brophy, Emrhys Cooper; USA 2021, 95 min. This first feature film by British director/co-writer Emrhys Cooper is an unstructured, freewheeling comedy bent on creating...

Dir: Oliver Laxe | Wri: Oliver Laxe, Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe | DoP Mauro Herce | 90' One of the strongest films in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2019 was...