May 22, 2020
Dir: Tod Robinson | Action Drama, US 116'
As hero melodramas go The Last Full Measure slips down easily and looks slick and professional with a quality cast of William Hurt, Linus...
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May 21, 2020
Dir.: Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch; Cast: Ann Carter, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Simone Simon, Julia Dean, Elizabeth Russell, Eve March); USA 1944, 68 min.
The Curse of the Cat People launched...
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May 21, 2020
Wri/Dir: Alistair Lee | Doc UK 70'
Climbing Blind is essentially a film about scaling impossible heights, physically and metaphorically. It follows the awesome bid by blind Englishman Jesse Dufton to...
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May 20, 2020
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival is about documentaries and dramas that celebrate courageous people and those affected by Human Rights issues in their countries - which this year include: Armenia,...
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May 20, 2020
Dir.: Benedict Erlingsson; Cast: Haldora Geirhardsdottir, Johann Sigurdason, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada; France/Iceland/Ukraine 101 min.
Benedict Erlingsson’s follow-up to Of Horses and Men is an energetic eco-warrior drama that sees a feisty woman...
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May 20, 2020
Dir.: Jack Gage; Cast: Rosalind Russell, Leo Glenn, Sydney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Leon Ames; USA 1948, 100 min.
This is certainly a collector's item: The Velvet Touch was a one hit wonder...
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May 19, 2020
Dir.: Otto Preminger; Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Barbara O'Neill, Kenneth Toby, Raymond Greenleaf; USA 1953, 91 min.
Angel Face was director Otto Preminger's third foray into...
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May 18, 2020
Dir: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Wri: Kobo Abe | Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyoko Ashida | Japan, Drama 143'
A macabre, beguiling, bleak tale that echoes our worst nightmares - being trapped forever...
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May 18, 2020
Dir: Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland Drama 95'
Grímur Hákonarson's Cannes UCR award-winning debut Rams (2015) was a dour and delightful tale on sibling rivalry set in the Icelandic farming community. The director returns...
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