Reviews

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...

Dir: Heinz Dunkhase, Franco Marazzi | Cast: Freddie Frinton, May Warden, As we bid a less than fond farewell to 2020, families throughout the German-speaking world and Scandinavia will be gathering...

Dir/Wri: Janno Jurgens | Cast: Aleksi Beijajev, Marcus Borkmann, Meelo Eliisabet Kriisa, Laine Magi, Indrek Ojari, Magdalena Poplawska | Estonia, Drama Hanging on in quiet desperation is the Estonian Way....  In his...

Dir.: Thomas Balmès; Documentary with Peyangki, Ugyen Pelden, Pemba Dorji; France/Germany/Switzerland 2019,101 min. In a follow-up to an earlier documentary, French director Thomas Balmes returns to a village in Bhutan to...