Reviews

Dir.: Jen McGowan Cast: Juliette Lewis, Johnny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybil Shephard, Lucy Owen; USA 2013, 110 min. Debut features don’t come much more assured and risk-free than Jen McGowan"s bitter-sweet...

Dir/Writer: Eliza Kubarska 76min  Doc   Poland/UK/Germany Walking Under Water won the special jury prize at Hot Docs, Toronto this year for its remarkable portrait of the Badjao tribe in Mabul Island,...

Dir.: Maya Vitkova; Cast: Irmena Chichikeva, Daria Vitkova, Kalina Vitkova, Dimo Dimev, Mariana Krumova, Georgi Spasov; Bulgaria/Rumania 2014, 155 min. First time director/writer Maya Vitkova has managed to create a stunning...

Dir.: Andre Téchiné Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet, Adele Haenel, Judith Chemla France 2014, 116 min. Sometimes the subject matter defeats even the best directors: Andre Téchiné is a veteran of French cinema...

Dir.: Alan Hicks; Cast: Clark Terry, Justin Kauflin, Quincy Jones; USA 2014, 84 min. Hicks first full length documentary features the Jazz trumpet legend Clark Terry now in his nineties, and...

Dir.: Carlos Marques-Marcet; Cast: Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer; Spain 2014, 99 min. Beautifully acted with the camera successfully integrating all electronic media into the narrative, this is a slim but convincing example...

The 10th London Spanish film festival kicks off on 25 September with a varied programme of events in the Cine Lumiere and Instituto Cervantes. Here is a selection of films...

Writer: Aik KARAPETIAN Producer(s): Roberts VINOVSKIS (Locomotive Productions) Cast: Maxim Lazarev, Anta Aizupe, Aris Rozentals 71min   Latvia/Estonia   Cult thriller Although Latvian cinema is not well-known, one of the legendary directors, Sergei Eisenstein (Ivan...

Film meets architecture and urban design in CITY VISIONS (25 September to 8 October) a documentary and feature season showcasing not only the energy and exciting variety of Urban life...