Reviews

Dir.: Robert Eggers; Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawks, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Björk, Oscar Novak; USA 2022, 136 min. After his breakout success with The Witch and impressive follow-up The Lighthouse,...

Dir.: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas; Documentary with Meere Devi, Shyonkali Devi, Suneeta Prajapate; India 2021, 92 min. This Oscar nominated documentary by first time feature directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh...

Dir: Marco Bellocchio | Italy, drama 105’ The title had led me to anticipate gritty realist drama; but the Italian cinema had by 1965 largely lost interest in those at the...

Dir: Katrin Memmer | Doc, Germany 72’ In her first feature documentary filmmaker Katrin Memmer was influenced by Germany sociologist Hartmut Rosa’s concept of 'resonance' where the notion of listening and...

Dir: Paul Verhoeven | Cast: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin, Louise Chevillotte Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is still best known for his scandalous sex saga Basic Instinct....

Dir.: Elvis A-Liang Lu; documentary with Elvis A-Liang Lu, Elaine Lu, Lucas Lu, Ming Yang Dei, Y Zhu Zing, Yin Hsien; Taiwan/France 2022, 90 min. Taiwanese filmmaker Elvis A-Liang Lu shares...

Dir: Céline Pernet | Doc, Switzerland Men share their innermost thoughts in this provocative sortie into the male psyche from first time Swiss filmmaker Céline Pernet. After three years and over four...

Wri/Dir: Diasteme | Lea Drucker, Denis Podalydes, Benjamin Biolay, Alban Lenoir, Thierry Godard | France, Drama 90' Elisabeth de Raincy, the French President, has decided to withdraw from political life. Three...

Dir: Jacques Rivette | Cast: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Preste, Francine Berge, Francisco Rabal | France, drama 142’ As the ruthless Diana Monti in Georges Franju's Judex (1963), Francine Bergé...