Reviews

Dir/Wri: Joe Francis | Cast: Josephine Baker, Andre Luguet, Helene Hallier, Pepa Bonafe | France, Silent 103' St Louis-born and Harlem-raised Paris music hall star Josephine Baker was the highest paid...

Dir/Wri: Ingmar Bergman | Cast: Inga Landgre, Stig Olin, Marianne Lofgren, Dagny Lind | Drama, 63' Ingmar Bergman's directorial debut was according to him "a bona fide fiasco" on which everything...

Dir. Benedict Andrews | Cast: Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Yvan Attal, Colm Meaney, Anthony Mackie, Vince Vaughn | US Drama 2019. 102 mins. Even Kristen Stewart at her...

Dirs: Patrick McLennan, Samuel Smith | UK Doc | 76' “If you can face the water at 5 degrees, you can face anything”   Hampstead is still reeling from the unauthentic romcom...

Dir.: Jean Pierre Melville; Cast: Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Jacques Bernard, Renée Cosima, Maurice Revel, narrated by Jean Cocteau; France 1949/1950, 107 min. It is difficult to imagine two different directors...

Dir.: Nejib Belkadhi; Cast: Nejib Belkadhi, Souhir Ben Amara; Tunisia 2021, 95 min. A man in emotional meltdown during the early months of the pandemic is the focus of this surreal...

Dir.: Levan Koguashvili; Cast: Levan Tediashvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Nadezhada Mikalkova, Kakhi Kausadze, Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Yuriy Zur, Irakli Kavsadze, Irma Gachechiladze; Bulgaria/Georgia/Monaco/Russia/USA 2021, 90 min. Georgian director Levan Koguashvili (Street Days) captures...

Dir: Albaqer Jafeer | Doc, Iraq 74'  “You have dreams, but it’s important to fulfil them too” The cinema has long provided an escape route, a journey into a dreamworld when...

Dir/Ely Dagher | 119’ Drama Lebanon The Sea Ahead is a rather languid feature debut for Lebanese writer/director Ely Dagher opts for moody enigma at the expense of a tangible plot...