Reviews

THE GREEN RAY | Dir.: Eric Rohmer | Cast: Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand, Carita, Lisa Heredia, Vincent Gauthier | France 1986, 98' Eric Rohmer's didactic approach he always brings to filmmaking is present...

Dir: Takashi Miike | Writers: Hiroaki Samura, Tetsuya Oishi | Action Thriller | Japan | 140' Seasoned manga director Takashi Miike seems to be live forever like his hero Manji played...

Bluray releases to celebrate the artistically ambitious cinema of independent filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973) in his centenary year. France in the 1940s and 50s is seen as a broken nation, where male solidarity...

Dir.: Jessica Gorter; Documentary; Netherlands 2017, 90 min. Nearly 65 years after the death of Joseph Stalin, director/co-writer Jessica Gorter (900 Days) asks citizen of the Russian Federation the question if...

Dir.: Harvard Bustnes; Documentary; Norway/Finland 2017, 91' Harvard Bustnes’ portrait of three women whose men are leading politicians in the neo-fascist Greek Golden Dawn Party, is illuminating, but also very frightening. The...

Dir: Simon Lereng Wilmont | Denmark| Doc | 90' The Distant Barking of Dogs is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war where in the spring of...

To celebrate the centenary of Finnish independence, the Barbican is hosting a season of films curated by the Midnight Sun Film Festival, an edgy film get-together founded by Mika and...

Dir.: Masaaki Yuasa | Fantasy | Anime with the voices of: Shota Shimoda, Kanon Tani, Minako Kotobuki, Soma Saito; Japan 2017, 112 min. Director Masaki Yuasa follows his brilliant The Night...

Dir/Prod: Lisa Immordino Vreeland | Doc | US | Cecil Beaton (1901-80) would intensely loathe his biopic being described as a "warts and all" affair, but it is just that. The...