Reviews

Dir: Boris Barnet | Cast: Anna Sten, Vladimir Mikhaylov, Vladimir Fogel, Ivan Samborsky, Serafina Birman | Silent Comedy Drama, 60' The Russian silent cinema does it again with this wonderful comedy...

Dir.: Hubert Sauper; Documentary with Leonelis ArangoSalas, Annielys Pelladito Zaldivar, Janet Pena Semunat, Hans Helmut Ludwig, Oona Castilla Chaplin; Austria/France 2020, 108 min. This new documentary portrait of Cuba from Oscar...

Dir.: Kristof Bilsen; Doc with Chutimon Sonsirichai (Pomm), Elisabeth Röhmer, Maya Gloor, Walter Gloor; Belgium 2019, 82 min. People are living longer but not always enjoying a healthy or happy old...

French Filmmaker Claire Denis is one of the most innovative pioneers of independent cinema and fiercely committed to her singular vision. Growing up the daughter of a civil servant in...

Dir: Robert Stevenson | Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, Morris Carnovsky | US Noir thriller, 85' The second of two independent productions made by Hedy Lamarr’s own...

2021 promises a bright new slate of films - here are six of this year's most anticipated releases to get us through the next few months until the jabs bring...

Dir: Richard Goldstone, John Monks Jr. | Jeffrey Hunter, Barbara Perez, Marshall Thompson, Ronald Remy, Amparo Custodio, Paul Edwards Jr. | US Action drama, 116' No Man is an Island (aka...

ANDRÉ  SIMONOVIESZ Our 'Eastern European' correspondent, André Simonoviescz has over thirty year's experience as a film critic in a variety of film and entertainment media outlets.  He has covered the Berlinale for...

Dir.: Jessica Kingdon | Documentary; China 2021, 97' Mesmerising in its imagery, Ascension is a frightening impressionistic portrait of China’s growing class divide through staggering observations of labour, consumerism and wealth. In...