Reviews

JET STORM (1959)  Written and directed by Cy Endfield (Zulu) this 1959 star-studded aviation drama has Dame Sybil Thorndyke, Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley, Paul Eddington, Diane Cilento, Bernard Braden, Mai Zetterling,...

Writer/Director: Roy Andersson Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom 101 mins, Sweden, Germany, Norway, France To paraphrase Chaplin, life is a tragedy in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. That’s the spirit of Roy Andersson’s...

Director: Robert Altman  Writer: Joan Tewkesbury Cast: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall, Geraldine Chapman, Jeff Goldblum, Lily Tomlin, Henry Gibson 159min   Drama Musical   US It’s hard to imagine...

Director: Salomé Alexi Cast: Nino Kadradse, Salome Alexi, Koka Tagonidze, 90min  Comedy Drama  Georgia Georgian filmmaker Salome Alexi's LINE OF CREDIT is a finely-tuned and delicately rendered comedy teetering on the brink of...

Director: Bernard Rose Cast: David Garrett, Jared Harris, Joely Richardson, Veronica Ferres, Christian McKay 114min  Musical Biopic    UK|US After some interesting outings with experimental fare and psychological dramas, the most successful being...

Dir.: Tom Meadmore Cast: Tony Jackson, Amanda Medica, Thomas Meadmore Australia 2014, 73 min. Back in 2008, Australian film editor Thomas Meadmore wanted to direct his own film. He chose his boss, TV...

Director: Neil Jordan Cast: Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane 103min  UK   Crime Drama MONA LISA has Bob Hoskins scraping the barrel as soft-centred, hard-bitten petty crim George, who takes...

Director: Marco Ferreri Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi 130min   Comedy Drama   French One of the legendary European dramas of the era and the highest grossing, La Grande...

Director: Stina Werenfels Writer: Boris Treyer| Stina Werenfels Cast: Victoria Schulz, Jenny Schily, Lars Eidinger, Urs Jucker 90min   Drama   Austria/Switzerland Stina Werenfels first came to Berlinale in 2006 with a powerful...