Reviews

Celebrating its 76th Anniversary VENICE FILM FESTIVAL was another exciting occasion with the competition line-up featuring the latest from established directors with newcomers also presenting their work. One of the standouts of...

Dir: Marc Collin | Music Drama, Biopic | France 84' A girl reacts with nonchalance, petulance and finally flirty self-assurance when hired to compose a jingle for an advert in late...

Dir: Lorene Scafaria; Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Keke Palmer, Lilli Reinhart, Carli B, Julia Stiles; USA 2019, 109 min. Hustlers sees a group New York strippers having to change their...

Wri/Dir: Sophie Deraspe | Drama Canada 109' Sophie Deraspe’s provocative social realist re-imagining of the Sophocles' Greek tragedy of the same name explores universal themes of sacrifice and responsibility through the...

Dir: Tamara Kotevska/Ljubomir Stefanov | Doc/drama, 87' Bees are one of the most vital elements in our delicate ecosystem. But rather than tell another preachy tale about disappearing ways of life,...

Dir: Joseph Losey | 97' UK Crime drama Stanley Baker was once of the most unusual romantic heroes during the 1950s. His stock in trade was a mean masculine allure and...

Dir: Olivier Assayas | France, Thriller Olivier Assayas always surprises us in style, theme and genre. This Cuban-set thriller has the same energetic ambition as his other Caribbean set outing Carlos...

Dir: Lou Ye | Cast: Gong Li, Mark Chao, Joe Odagiri, Pascal Greggory, Tom Wlaschiha, Huang Xiangli, Ayumu Nakajima, Wang Chuanjun, Zhang Songwen | Drama, China 126' Saturday Fiction is not...

Dir: Camilla Strøm Henriksen | Cast: Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin, Maria Bonnevie, Sverrir Gudnason, Casper Falck-Løvås | Norway Drama 97' This portrait of parental neglect sees a teenager taking responsibility for her...