Reviews

Jacques Becker, who was born and died in Paris (1906-1960), only made thirteen feature films in a relatively short period of time, between 1942 and 1960. His legacy was small...

Human Rights Watch Film Festival is thundering back to the BARBICAN, BRITISH MUSEUM and PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL with a fresh and resonant array of award-winning features and documentaries that showcase shifting...

Dir: Jasper Sharp and Tim Grabham | Nature Doc | 84min | UK "Being Slime Mould"  a workshop where participants are actively encouraged to engage with this baffling organism and transform...

Dir.: Anna Sandilands, Ewan McNicol; Documentary; USA 2015, 82 min. Uncertain is a town of 94 inhabitants that lies on the Texas side of the border with Louisiana. The Sheriff jokes:“You've...

Dir.: Tiffany Hsiung; Documentary; Canada 2016, 104 min. Filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung's debut is a moving but never sentimental tribute to three elderly women from China, South Korea and the Philippines. They...

Dir: Andrzej Wajda | Drama | Poland | 87min In early 1960s Warsaw, Bazyl (Tadeusz Lomnicki) is a young doctor who plays in a jazz band. He is a dreamer, not...

Dir.: Andrzej Wajda Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Jacek Lomnicki Poland 1977, 165 min. Wajda had to wait 15 years between finishing the script with Aleksander Scibor-Rylski and the film's production in 1976/77....

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka, Tadeusz Bialoszcztnski, Bozena Dykiel, Franciszek Pieczka, Danuta Wodynska | Poland  160min The Promised Land is Epic in every true sense of...

Dir.: Jan. P. Matuszynski; Cast: Andrzej Seweryn; David Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Konieczna, Andrzej Chyra, Alicja Karluk, Magdalena Boczarska; Poland 2016, 122 min. The debut feature of 32 year-old Polish director Jan P....