Reviews

Dir.: Liv Ullmann; Cast: Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson, Thomas Hanzon, Michelle Gylemo; Sweden 2000, 154 min. This modern Strindberg variation on female guilt and male violence is Liv Ullmann's...

Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski | 45min  Documentary  English | DoPs: Bogdan Dziworski, Steven Ascher Pawlikowski adopts a similar style to Louis Theroux in his documentaries. His minimalist,  observational approach is so lowkey that...

Dir.: Joseph Kubota Wladyka; Cast: Kali Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Kimberly Guerrero, Kevin Dunne; USA 2021, 86 min. US director/writer Joseph Kubota Wladyka has a bold confession - as a...

Dir.: Natasa Urban; Documentary; Norway 2022, 110 min. A memoire of war-torn Serbia seems even more relevant in the light of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine. What happened in Yugoslavia is...

Dir.: Payal Kapadia; Documentary with the voice of Bhumisuta Das; India 2021, 99 min. Indian director/co-writer Payal Kapadia, whose short films have been awarded numerous awards, returned to Cannes in 2021...

Dir: Liang Zhao | Doc, Liang Zhao's gracefully cinematic and quietly persuasive documentary depicts not just the devastation caused by nuclear accidents but also the emotional fallout of those affected by...

Dir/wri; Denis Tanovic | Cast: Senada Mujic, Nazif Mujic, Semsa Mujic, Sandra Mujic | Drama, Bosnia Herzegovina, 75min A piece of social realism that offers slim pickings in the way of entertainment or...

Dir: Łukasz Kowalski | Doc, Poland Poland's largest pawnshop has moved from the centre of the city to the outskirts, but still cannot make a profit, largely down to a lack...

Dir.: Emmanuel Mare, Julie Lecoustre; Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Mara Tarquin, Alexander Perrier, Jonathan Sawdon; Belgium 2021, 115 min. This bizarre but brilliant first feature for French duo Emmanuel Marre and Julie...