Reviews

BACKYARD CINEMA at MERCATO METROPOLITANO is the latest immersive cinema space where its scene shifting theme has now found a permanent home in the Elephant & Castle venue. From now...

Dir: Aleksei Vakhrushev | Doc | Russia, 2018 | 88' Seasoned filmmaker Aleksei Vakhrushev has made some of the best-known Russian documentaries of the past few years. His previous film The...

Dir: Anatoly Vasilyev | Doc | Russia | 167' "I am alone like a tree that grows inside another tree".  Celebrated theatre director Anatoly Vasilyev's sensitive but unsettling documentary really sums up...

Dir.: Lucile Smith; Documentary, narrated by Zoe Wannamaker; UK 2018, 69 min. This debut feature documentary by Lucile Smith tries to uncover the life of Salomon Jacob ‘Sally’ Noach, who saved...

Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) is back this year under the artistic control of its newly appointed director Christoph Terhechte. It will run from 30 November until 8 December 2018. Terhechte...

Dir.: Aleksey Fedorchenko; Cast: Marta Kozlava; Russia 2018, 74 min. Marta Kozlava makes a stunning debut as a six-year old Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis in Silent Souls director Aleksey...

Dir.: Ivan I. Tverdovsky; Cast: Denis Vlasenko, Anne Slyu, Daniil Steklov; Russia/ROI/France/ Lithuania 2018, 87 min. Ivan I. Tverdovsky follows up his zany Zoology with a darker feature, another harsh critique of...

Dir: Natalia Meshchaninova | Drama | Russia, Lithuania | 123' Best known for her debut The Hope Factory, Natalia Meshchaninova's award-winning sophomore feature is an acutely observed and thoughtfully performed story...

Dir: Rustam Khamdamov | Fantasy Drama | Russia, 2017 | 104' Akira Kurosawa was not the only auteur to be entranced by the Japanese classic story on which he based Rashomon. Filmmaker...