Reviews

Writer|Director: Ermek Tursunov Mikhail Karpov, Roza Kharyrullina, Erzhan Nurymbet Drama | Kazakhstan | STRANGER is Kazakhstan's Oscar hopeful, a sweeping historical and folkloric parable that sees a fearless outlaw retreating to the hills...

ASIA HOUSE FILM FESTIVAL takes place from 22 February to 5 March showcasing the latest from Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Myanmar and Afghanistan. The highlight this year is STRANGER (Zhat), Kazakhstan’s official...

Director: Alex Anwandter; Cast: Sergio Hernandez, Andrew Bergsted, Gabriela Hernandez, Jaime Leiva; Chile 2016, 82 min. A tribute to Daniel Zamudio, a Chilean gay man who was brutally murdered in 2012...

Director: Mark Lewis 78min | Documentary | Canada With INVENTION Mark Lewis creates a visual masterpiece of the built environment. Moving silently and stealthily through urban landscapes, his voyeuristic camera pictures architecture...

Director: Dominik Moll (Lemming, Harry, He’s Here to Help) Cast:  François Damiens, Vincent Macaigne, Veerle Baetens, Jeanne Guittet, Tom Rivoire France | Belgian | Drama | World premiere – Out of competiton When...

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini  Writers: Dante Ferretti, Pasolini Cast: Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Umberto Bevilacqua, Renato Capogna 89min   Comedy Drama  Italy Pasolini's eighth film has all the charm and innocent humour...

Director: Jessica Edwards; Documentary with Mavis Staples; USA 2015, 80 min. In her first feature documentary, director/writer Jessica Edwards charts the life and career of Mavis Staples, born 1939 in Chicago....

Writer|Director: Ben Hopkins Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring, Noah Taylor, /Richard van Weyden 91min | Comedy | Paweł Pawlikowski has a wicked sense of humour - he waxes satirical here again as he did in...

Director.: S. Craig Zahler Cast: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, Richard Jenkins USA 2015, 132 min. First time writer/director S. Craig Zahler has delivered the companion peace to Tarantino’s Hateful...