Reviews

PUSHING HANDS | Director: Ang Lee | Cast: Sihung Lung, Lai Wang, Bo Z Wang, Deb Snyder | 105min Drama US Themes of duty and family were to shape Ang Lee's work and...

Dir.: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lila Brignone, Rossana Rory Italy/France 1962, 126 min. After L’Avventura (1960) and La Notte (1961) Antonioni finished his ‘trilogy of alienation’ with L’Eclisse....

Director/Writer: Andrew Mudge Cast: Nozipho Nkelemba, Zenzo Ngqobe, Jerry Mofokeng, Lebohang Nisane, 96min   Drama   South Africa   English and Southern Sotho A young man living in Johannesburg, South Africa, discovers unexpected...

Director/Writer: Anne Fontaine  Writer: Pascale Bonitzer Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Kacey Mottet Klein, Niels Schneider, Isabelle Candelier, Mel Raido, Pip Torens, Elsa Zylberstein Romantic comedy drama If Posy Simmonds' chick-lit...

Dir.: Keith Arem Cast: Troy Baker, Yuri Lowenthal, Jamie Tisdale, Mason Shea Joyce USA 2015, 78 min. First time feature film writer/director Keith Arem (better known to addicts of video games, having directed...

Dir.: Menelik Shabazz Documentary UK 2015, 119 min. Menelik Shabazz (Burning an Illusion) has tackled gender relationships in the black community in this wide-ranging documentary, relieving the overwhelming talking head interviews with spurts...

Perfectly situated in the hub of Europe's Financial centre, The Barbican offers a selection of films and discussions this Autumn exploring money through themes of power, wealth, poverty, corruption and...

Dir.: Moshen Makhmalbaf Cast: Misha Gomiastvili, Dachi Orvelashvili Georgia, France, UK, Germany, 115 min. Moshen Makhmalbaf's THE PRESIDENT is a collaborative affair with his filmmaking family. It tells the story of a deposed...

Venice International Film Festival has its own version of Cannes' Semaine de la Critique, entitled, not surprisingly - SETTIMANA DELLA CRITICA. Celebrating its 30 edition, British veteran actor Peter Mullan...