Reviews

Dir.: Frederick Wiseman Documentary; France/UK/USA 2014, 181 min. To call Frederick Wiseman a documentary filmmaker is somewhat absurd: for over four decades he has been telling stories about mental institutions; boxing halls;...

Dir.: Ascanio Petrini; Documentary with Tony Driver; Mexico/Italy 2019, 73 min. Another Travis Bickle comes to life here in this documentary debut from Ascanio Petrini. Playing out with all the pomp...

Dir.: Robert Day; Cast: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Jill Adams, Terry-Thomas, Raymond Huntley; UK 1956, 80 min. Robert Day, who died age 94 in 2017, had an interesting and varied career...

Dir.: Mercedes Gaviria Jaramillo; Documentary with Victor Gaviria, Marcela Jaramillo; Columbia 2020, 72min. Colombian filmmaker Mercedes Gaviria Jaramillo confronts her childhood and her famous filmmaker father, Victor, in her documentary debut...

Dir: Ken Russell | UK, Doc 55' Elgar was Ken Russell making a straightforward musical biopic under the strict control of Huw Wheldon's guidance. And it certainly works to the...

Dir.: Fritz Lang; Cast: Peter van Eyck, Dawn Addams, Gert Fröbe, Werner Peters, Wolfgang Preiss, Lupo Prezzo, Reinhard Kolldehoff; Germany/Italy/France 1960, 103 min. Fritz Lang (1890-1976) goes back to the beginning...

Dir.: Ken Russell; Cast: Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Les Montague, Rosalie Crutchley, Gary Rich, Richard Morant, Antonia Ellis, Peter Eyre, David Collings; UK 1974, 115 min. Mahler is a picture of...

Dir.: Noel Smyth, Fergus Grady; Documentary with Julie Zarifeh, Sue Morris, Terry, Mark Thompson; New Zealand/Australia 2019, 80 min. Antipodian first time documentary filmmakers Noel Smyth and Fergus Grady set off...

Dir: Ken Russell | UK Doc-drama 82' The longest of his outings for the BBC Monitor series, this is an ambitious and gently flamboyant biopic that certainly reflects the hazy impressionism...