Reviews

Dir: Mikko Makela | UK/Finland/Belgium | 2024 110' The title of Mikko Makela’s Sebastian conjures up suggestions of Yukio Mishima or Derek Jarman’s imagery around the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. The...

Dir: Edward Dymtryk | Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger | US Film Noir 95’ It's always good to see an actor visibly enjoying himself, and Dick Powell...

Dir/Wri Alonso Ruizpalacios | Cast: Raúl Briones Carmona, Rooney Mara, Anna Díaz, Motell Foster, Oded Fehr, Laura Gómez, James Waterston, Lee R. Sellars, Eduardo Olmos | 139' Behind every successful business...

Dir: Charles Burnett | US Drama, 80' Charles Burnett was the daddy of African American cinema, an elder statesman who trail-blazed his way forward influencing many upcoming filmmakers, and shining a...

Dir: Cyprien Vial | Cast: Marina Fois, Mathieu Demy, Theo Christine | France | 2025 85' Magma is more of a low-key travelogue on Guadeloupe than a tense eco thriller that...

Dir: Margy Kinmonth | UK Doc 87' One of the many tragedies of war is the annihilation of culture and identity. War Paint – Women At War shines a light on female...

Wri/Dir: Jiri Sadek | 90min | Horror | Psychodrama | Czech Republic. Sun-baked cornfields make for a dissonant setting in Czech director Jiri Sadek's debut feature which takes inspiration from a...

Dir: Darren Thornton | Cast: James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan, Dearbhla Molloy | Drama, 89' A Long Weekend for Four Sons and Mothers  Norman Bates uttered the immortal line “a boy’s best friend...

Dir: Mel Brooks | Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder | US comedy 1967 Rarely included in the history of musical films despite the songs and probably the supreme example of Jewish...