Reviews

Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda | Thriller | Japan | 120' Festival favourite Hirokazu Kore-eda (Still Walking, Nobody Knows) offers an engrossing murder mystery about a defence lawyer who believes that his client...

Dir: Michael Haneke | Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-louis Trintignant, Toby Jones, Mathieu Kassovitz, Franz Rogowski, Fantine Harduin Drama | 110min HAPPY END is Michael Haneke's satirical exploration of a rich family...

Dir: Jim McBride | Cast: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky | Drama | US | 100' There’s a lot to be said for Richard Gere in his early days of tousled-haired charisma...

Wri/Dir: Galina Miklinova | Animation | Czech Rep | 83' This Czech animation cleverly makes a strangely endearing storyline out of the sock that routinely go missing in the wash, while...

Dir: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton | Writer: Simon Beaufoy | Cast: Steve Carell, Emma Stone | Sport Biopic Emma Stone and Steve Carell star as sparkling adversaries in this colourful period...

Focusing on Francophone African and French cinema, the Barbican presents Returning the Colonial Gaze showcasing works by bold filmmakers who, in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, reversed the “colonial gaze”...

Dir: Lorna Tucker | With Vivienne Westwood | Biopic | 83' British anti-establishment icon Vivienne Westwood is known for her avant-garde and inspirational designs. But ironically what comes across in Lorna...

Director: Ingmar Bergman. Wrote: Herbert Grevenius. Cast: Signe Hasso, Alf Kjellen, Ulf Palme, Gösta Cederlund, Yngve Nordvall, Stig Olin, Ragnar Klange, Hanno Kompus, Sylvia Tael, Els Vaarman, Edmar Kuus, Rudolf...

Dir.: Blandine Lenoir; Cast: Agnes Jaoui, Sarah Suco, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Pascale Arbillot, Thibault Montalembert; France 2017, 89 min. French cinema continues to cock a snoot at the popular myth that cinematic...