Reviews

Dir.: Jacub Michalczuk; Cast: Maja Ostaszewska, Marcin Dorocinski, Izabela Kuna, Adam Woronowicz, Ewa Dalkowska); Poland 2021, 82 min. The debut feature of Polish director Jacub Michalczuk from a script by Marek...

Fir: Sebastian Meise | Drama 104’ Franz Rogowski is the dynamite that burns through this outré arthouse portrait of illicit homosexuality in post war Berlin from Austrian filmmaker Sebastian Meise. Arrested for...

Dir.: Blerta Basholli; Cast: Yllka Gashi, Cun Lazci, Kaona Sylejmani, Mal Noah Safqui, Kumrije Hoxha, Adriana Matoshi; Kosovo/Switzerland/Albania/Macedonia 2021, 84 min. Feminist solidarity, male chauvinism and the effects of the Kosovo...

KINOTEKA celebrates its 20th Anniversary back on the big screen. From 9th March to 3rd April 2022, the festival showcases the latest Polish films along with some vintage cult classics at...

Argentinian film-maker Damián Szifrón’s latest film was also his big hope for the Foreign Languages Oscars in 2015. He didn't win but WILD TALES is worth watching: a collection of...

Dir: Amat Escalante | 100min | Fantasy drama | Mexico Denmark | Amat Escalalnte follows his Cannes-awarded Heli with a community based sci-fi fantasy drama inspired by the machismo, homophobia and...

Dir/Wri: Tom Sullivan; Cast: Donall O Healai, Saise Ni Chuinn, Dara Devaney, Elaine O’Dwyer, Elise Brennan, ROI 2019, 86 min. (In Gaelic with English subtitles) Tom Sullivan sets his melancholic feature...

Dir: Guy Green | Cast: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angels, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, | UK Drama 85' I lived in Ipswich from 1967 to 1976 and actually recognised my old school...

Dir: Nicolas Pleskof | Cast: Alice Pol, Eddy Mitchell, Miou Miou, Pablo Pauly, Pascale Arbillot, Zabou Breitman, Adiren Guionnet | France, Comedy 93' With the jaunty wit of US TV sitcom...