Reviews

Director/Writer: Uberto Pasolini Cast: Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Dury, Andrew Buchan 92min  Drama Uberto Pasolini's expertly-crafted and affecting look at one man's life is nothing short of a mini masterpiece. After screening...

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi Script: Krzysztof Zanussi Cast: Stanislaw Latallo, Malgorzata Pritulak, Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, Edward Zebrowski, Jan Skotnicki, Irena Horecka Poland  1973 87mins Drama Seminal, groundbreaking work from Zanussi, following on from Struktura Krysztalu, Pretty...

Director: Kadri Kõusaar Cast: Lee Ingleby, Bille Neeve, Sofia Berg-Bohm, Tony Aitkin, Andrea Lowe, Lina Leandersson, 100min   Thriller   Estonia Kadri Kõusaar’s unsettling thriller draws you into its dark and morally complex web...

Director: Brett Morgan
 132 minutes (US) MUSICAL BIOPIC   Over 20 years after his death, what is the enduring appeal of Kurt Cobain? Does it speak of the anodyne, characterless musical landscape du...

Director: Volker Schlöndorff Writers: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff | Günter Grass (novel) Cast: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennett, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski 144min   Drama   German with subtitles In 1979 Volker Schlöndorff’s The...

Dir.: Jerzy Stuhr Cast: Jerzy Stuhr, Maciej Stuhr, Sonia Bohosiewcz, Jasmina Polak, Violetta Arlak Poland 2014, 104 min. CITIZEN, a chronicle of Poland’s history since the end of WWII, is funny, absurd and...

Director: Simon Curtis   Writer: Alexi Kaye Campbell Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Charles Dance, Tatiana Maslany, Allan Corduner, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons Helen Mirren plays the star turn here...

Dir: Janusz Morgenstern, Wri: Janusz Głowacki | Cast: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak, Andrzej Malec, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Jan Himilsbach To Kill This Love is Janusz Morgerstern's best known film. Like many Polish directors of this...

Andre Simonoveisz spoke to Vanessa Lapa about her documentary on Heinrich Himmler. F: How did the Heinrich Himmler project first come about? V.L.: Before the film project, I knew no more than...