Reviews

Work, love, friendship, cinema: today, all these things have to be managed very differently than a year ago. The certainties we were still able to rely on in autumn 2019...

LOVE and THE ART OF SEDUCTION  This well-chosen selection explores love in all its forms and offers tempting alternative viewing this lockdown Valentine Weekend. Love and the Art of Seduction highlights the...

Dir/Wri: Andrei Ujica | Doc, Romania, 180' Interesting as it is to be able to observe one of the Cold War's craziest dictators at such close quarters for three hours, it's...

  Dir: Tobias Linholm | Cast: Soren Malling, Pilou Asbaek, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgard, Laura Christensen, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Hans Henrik Clemensen | Denmark, True crime drama, 2021 True crime doesn't get any...

As Tears Go By Hong Kong. 1988. Dir Wong Kar Wai. With Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung. 102min. Digital 4K. 18 The Hong Kong auteur's first film for the soi disant...

Dir.: Paul Leni; Cast: Laura La Plante, Montague Love, Roy D'Arcy, Burr McIntosh, Margaret Livingston, Carrie Daumery, John Boles)Bert Roach, D'Arcy Corrigan; USA 1928, 89 min. Universal intended The Last Warning...

FOCUS HONG KONG celebrates the Chinese New Year with a UK online programme running February 9th to 15th   Dedicated to celebrating the cinema and filmmakers of Hong Kong, the festival features early works to...

Dir.: Chris Weitz; Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent, Haley Lu Richardson, Joe Alwin, Greta Scacci; USA 2018, 122 min. Another wartime foray this one cleverly adapted by US helmer Chris...

The 50th Celebration of Rotterdam Festival wrapped after a successful week of films, interviews and Big Talks under the fresh new leadership of festival director Vanya Kaludjercic who took over...