Reviews

PRZYPADEK (BLIND CHANCE) 1987 | was Krzysztof Kieslowski’s most direct attack on the authorities, produced in 1981, it was shown only “underground” for six years. A sort of Sliding Doors...

Dir: Julian Richards | Cast: Barbara Crampton, Kayleigh Gilbert, Michael Pare | Horror US, 77' This convincing horror movie is actually a tragedy in disguise: one that pays tribute to all...

Dir.: Petra Costa; Doc with Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa; Brazil/USA 2012, 80 min. Brazilian director/co-writer Petra Costa's debut documentary is a melancholic portrait of bereavement for her much younger...

Dir: Jackie Raynal | Doc, France 64’ A member of the Zanzibar group, formed in 1968 around Sylvina Boissonas, Olivier Mosset, Philippe Garrel, and Serge Bard, Jackie Raynal (1940-) made her...

Dir: Peter Mettler | Doc, Canada, 87' Narrated in his smooth Canadian drawl Peter Mettler's meditative melancholic essay film often serves as a maudlin stream of consciousness reflecting on and questioning...

Dir.: Ken Russell; Cast: Boris Ranevsky, Pauline Boty, Sandor Eles, Peter Brett, Rosalind Watkins, Huw Wheldon (narrator); UK  1964, 50 min. (For BBC 'Monitor') Ken Russell's first feature film French Dressing...

Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, DoP: Gokhan Tiryaki | Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan | 180mins Cert15 Climates, Distance, Three Monkeys. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's films cast a knowing glance...

John Waters was born in 1946 into a well-to-do Catholic family in Baltimore where he was educated privately. But his life’s work was to be far from ‘ordinary’.  Nowadays he...

Dir Rouben Mamoulian | Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke | US Drama 84’ The first feature film shot entirely in the newly perfected Technicolor process, Becky Sharp...