Reviews

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...

Dir: Thomas M Wright | Australia, Thriller Two strangers meet on a bus ride in the outback in this tense Australian thriller written and directed with visual flair and ingenuity by...

Dir.: Martin Koolhoven; Cast: Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Emily Jones, Carice van Houten; USA 2016, 148 min. Dutch writer/director Martin Koolhoven brings a new chapter to the history of male-on-female violence...

Dir: Barbara Albert | Cast: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm, Maresi Riegner, Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Stefanie Reinsperger, Susanne Wuest, Christoph Luser | Austria | Biopic Drama | 97' Rococo...

Dir/Wri: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, Czech Republic – 2022 – 123 min – Icelandic Cast: Birgir Dagur Bjarkason,, Snorri Rafn Frimannson, Blair Hinriksson, Askar Einar Palmason. Life-threatening...

Dir.: Danny Cohen; Documentary with Courtney Barnett; Australia 2021, 83 min. Australian filmmaker Danny Cohen takes full control in this musical biopic about the singer/songwriter and 'anti-influencer' Courtney Barnett, who sprung...

Dir: Tony Palmer | UK Doc, 102' Tony Palmer's extensive documentary about one of the world’s most loved composers (1873-1943) is a vibrant memoire, enlivened by musical interludes and ample archive...