Reviews

Dir/Writer: Mani Haghighi | Cast: Hassan Majooni, Leila Hatami, Leili Rashidi | Comedy | Iran Narcissism is rife in the creative world and Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi (A Dragon Arrives) mines...

Dir.: Pascale Plante; Cast: Anthony Therrien, Rose-Marie Perreault, LysandreNadeau, Brigitte Poupart, Nicole-Sylvie Lagarde; Canada 2017, 87 min. Unlike many new filmmakers, Pascale Plante plays it low-key with this open-ended, bittersweet love...

Dir.: Lauren Greenfield; Documentary; USA 2018, 106 min. Filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield (Queen of Versailles, 2012) has put her whole working life of 25 years into this mammoth project, which...

Dir: Rupert Everett | Cast: Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Emily Watson Rupert Everett has made no secret of his appreciation for the British playwright Oscar Wilde having played him in various...

Dir.: Ingmar Bergman; Cast: Bibi Andersson, Elliot Gould, Max von Sydow, Sheila Reid; Sweden/USA 1971, 115'. Sometimes, a ‘neglected’ feature is in fact no masterpiece, even if directed by a genius...

Dir.: James Erskine; Documentary with John Curry, Heinz Wirz, Christa Fassi, Robin Cousins; UK 2017, 88’. James Erskine’s documentary of the life of British ice-skater John Curry (1949-1994) is told as...

Dir.: Jean-Francois Caissy; Documentary; Canada 208, 106 min. After visiting a care home for the elderly (La Belle Visite), Canadian documentarian Jean-Francois Caissy turns his camera on those starting out in...

Dir: Lance Daly | Cast: Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea, Barry Keoghan, Freddie Fox | Ireland | Drama Lance Daly’s dreary historical revenge drama revisits the peak of Ireland’s potato...

xDir: Mans Mansson | Writer: Axel Petersen | Cast: Léonore Ekstrand, Christer Levin, Christian Saldert | Drama | Sweden | 88' There’s no denying the similarities between the Grenfell tragedy and...