Reviews

Dir.: Feng Xiaogang; Cast: Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, Da Peng Zhang Jiayi; China 2016, 138 min. Director Feng Xiaogang (Back to 1942) and writer Zhenyun mock the Party bureaucrats but fail...

Dir: Jack Gold | Writer: Philip Mackie | Cast: John Hurt, Patricia Hodge, John Rhys-Davies | Biopic Drama | 77min | UK "Never Keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down...

Dir: Alexander Mackendrick | Writers: Jack Whittingham, Nigel Balchin | Cast: Phylis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan | UK | 93min | Ealing Classic Alexander Mackendrick's Ealing classic MANDY is much...

Dir.: Alex Taylor | Cast: Alexa Davies, Antti Reini, Tallulah Rose Haddon, Lara Peake, Lucian Charles Collier | Drama | UK  86 min. First time filmmaker Alex Taylor tries to evoke...

Dir.: Rahul Jain | Documentary | India/Germany/Finland | 75 min. Originally ‘just’ a midterm project for debuting director/co-editor/co-DoP Rahul Jain at Cal Arts, his ‘student film’ MACHINES found its way into...

Dir: Gilles MacKinnon | Cast: Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo | Drama | UK Alexander McKendrick's 1949 screen adaptation of Compton McKenzie's true story is an Ealing classic fondly remembered for its...

Dir.: Jim Sheridan | Cast: Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Theo James, Aidan Turner, Eric Bana, Susan Lynch | ROI 2016, 108 min | Drama After some Hollywood mediocrities such as Brothers,...

Director: Max Ophüls | Cast: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica | 105mins | Drama As she gracefully riffles through her worldly possessions: her jewels, her furs, her fancy gowns, Danielle Darrieux...

Dir.: Georgia Scott, Sophia Scott; Documentary; USA(?) 2016, 78 min. Siblings, directors, producers Georgia (who also edits) and Sophia Scott (DoP) have created a very personal but convincing portrait of Syrian emigrants...