Reviews

Canada Now Week 2019
Apr 20, 2019
CANADA NOW festival brings a selection of new Canadian films to the United Kingdom. Launching on the 24th April 2019, nine films will play across five days at the Curzon Soho...
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Donbass (2018) ****
Apr 20, 2019
Writer/Dir: Sergey Loznitsa | Cast: Valeriu Andriuta, Boris Kamorzin, Sergey Kolesov | Drama | Ukraine/Ger/France/Neth/Romania/Russia | 110 Donbass today is a conflation of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, and...
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Hugh Hefner’s After Dark: Speaking out in America (2018) **** Canada Now
Apr 19, 2019
Dir: Brigitte Berman | Doc CANADA | With: Bruce Belland, Kitty Bruce, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Maher, Ron Simon, Tony Bennett, Dick Gregory, Smokey Robinson, Leon Isaac Kennedy, John Burk, Annie Ross,...
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Prosecuting Evil (2018) **** Canada Now 2019
Apr 19, 2019
Dir/Wri.: Barry Avrich; Documentary with Ben Ferencz; Canada 2018, 83 min. Best known for his Shakespeare adaptations, Barry Avrich turns his camera to his Jewish heritage with this moving portrait of...
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Steel Country (2018) ****
Apr 19, 2019
Dir.: Simon Fellows; Cast: Andrew Scott, Bronagh Waugh, Denise Gough, Christa Beth Campbell, Andrew Masset; UK 2018, 90 min. This taut UK thriller, also known as A Dark Place was filmed...
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Cannes Film Festival –
Apr 18, 2019
Thierry Frémaux (now general delegate) has unveiled the 2019 official selection. And this year's Cannes looks to be a glittering number with plenty of real stars gracing the Croisette (Elton...
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The Blue Angel (1930) ***** Bluray
Apr 18, 2019
Dir.: Josef von Sternberg; Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Hans Albers; Germany 1930, 106 min. One of many Germans who would later emigrate to Hollywood, UFA boss Erich Pommer...
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Dragged Across Concrete (2018) ***
Apr 15, 2019
Dir: S Craig Zahler | Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn | Thriller | US, 16o; S Craig Zahler's latest thriller lacks the slick, pared-down momentum of his previous outing Brawl in Cell Block...
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The Caretaker (1963) **** Bfi Flipside
Apr 14, 2019
Dir.: Clive Donner; Cast: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw; UK 1963, 105 min. A play that changed the face of modern theatre and made Harold Pinter's name, The Caretaker remains...
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