Reviews

Dir. David Sington. UK, 2015, 96 mins. Hopefully, it's not often that you'll find yourself listening to an endless stream of drivel, delivered by an arch criminal, albeit a well-dressed and...

Dir.: Nicholas Hytner Cast: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Frances de La Tour, Jim Broadbent; UK 2015, 104 min. Nicholas Hytner (The Madness of King George) directs the film version of Alan Bennett’s...

Dir.: George Stevens Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Brandon de Wilde, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook jr USA 1953, 118 min. SHANE is the middle part of George Stevens ‘American...

Stephen Mayne caught up with Mya Taylor and Sean Baker during the UK Premiere of TANGERINE at this BFI London Film Festival  Capturing the moment is exciting but it comes at...

Director: John Ford | Writers Nunnally Johnson | John Steinbeck (novel) Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Doris Bowden 129min  | Drama | US John Ford’s THE GRAPES OF WRATH...

Director: Rolan Serhiienko Cast: Iurii Dubroviv Iurii Nazarov  65min   Drama  Ukraine Rolan Serhiienko's 1968 feature debut is a poetic realist drama that explores a tragic episode of Ukrainian history. Using experiential ethnography to...

Director: Miklos Jancso    Writer: Gyula Hernadi Cast: Jozsef Madaras, Tibor Molnar, Andras Kozak, Jacint Juhasz, Tatyana Konyukhova, Nikita Mikhalkov 90min   Drama War  | Hungary/USSR Miklos Jancso (1921-2014) was not only the...

SOUTH SOCIAL FILM FESTIVAL is a long weekend of indie film, food and music in South London venues. There's an opportunity to enjoy some deliciously-themed food to match the independent film premieres...

Director: Partho Sen-Gupta Cast: Adil Hussain, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Gulpaz Ansari, Komal Gupta 85min  Fantasy Thriller  India Exploring the evergreen theme of child abduction and violence towards women, Partho Sen-Gupta's  third feature SUNRISE is...