Reviews

Dir.: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Cast: Kotone Furukowa, Katsuki Mori, Kyohiko Shibukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Shouma Kei, Katsuke Mori, Aoba Kawai, Fusoko Urabe; Japan 2021, 121'. Director/writer Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour) weaves three...

Dir: Arnold Laven | US Thriller I became aware of this film years ago from a passing reference to it in Carlos Clarens' 'Horror Movies', which had led me to assume...

Dir: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Saneaeeha | Cast: Maryam Moghadam, Alireza Sani Far, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Avin Poor Raoufi | Iran/France, Drama 105' Black clothed women make their way mournfully through grim...

Dir: Madiano Marcheti | Thriller Brazil 85' More transexuals are killed in Brazil than anywhere else in the world and this sobering thought provides the touchstone to Madiano Marcheti's assured feature...

Dir: Zhang Zimou | Cast: Matt damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau | 103’ Action Drama I actually find the idea that the Great Wall of China was built to...

Dir.: Agnieszka Holland | Cast: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Andre Wilms, Delphine Forest; Germany, France, Poland | 112 min | Drama | Germany France Poland Polish director Agnieszka Holland follows her mentor Andrzej...

Dir/Wri: Joanna Hogg | Cast; Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, James Spencer Ashworth, Richard Ayoade | UK Drama Joanna Hogg continues the impressionistic reflection on her twenties in The Souvenir Part...

Dir.: Francois Truffaut; Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois, Vanna Urbino, Sabine Haudepin, Boris Bassiak; France 1961, 105 min. Truffaut mentioned Henri-Pierre Roché's 1953 novel 'Jules et Jim'...

Sundance 2022 once again followed the ongoing festival trend in this increasingly pandemic prone era: "festival-goers" were forced to peer into their home screens to watch the selection, rather than enjoying...