Reviews

Director: Craig Roberts Cast: Emile Hirsch, Craig Roberts, Nia Roberts, Mark Lewis Jones, Sai Bennett, Richard Harrigan 84min   UK  Comedy Drama Craig Roberts first surfaced to cineastes' consciousness in Richard Ayoade's sweet...

Dir.: Ramin Bahrani Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern USA 2014, 112 min. In Ramin Bahrani's gripping sub-prime thriller, we meet Dennis Nash (Garfield) for the first time in court, where he...

Writer|Director: Cosima Spender  Writer: John Hunt 91min   Documentary  UK Filmmaker Cosima Spender (Without Gorky) has picked a fortuitous year to document the Palio; a medieval horse race held biannually in Siena,...

Director: David Blair Cast: Robert Sheehan, Joely Richardson, Lily Cole, 101min.  Horror | Drama | Fantasy. Jack (Robert Sheehan) is a decent bloke suffering from a severe mental illness where he is plagued...

Director: Alberto Rodriguez Writer: Alberto Rodriguez, Rafael Cobos Cast: Javier Gutierrez, Raul Arevalo, Antonio de la Torre, Maria Varod, Perico Cervantes, Jesus Ortiz, Jesus Carroza, 105min  Noir Thriller    Spanish with subtitles Alberto Rodriguez’s...

Buster Keaton (1895-1966), known as the man “who never laughed”, was not only the only silent movie star/director who could compete with Charles Spencer Chaplin, he was also a fearless...

Dir: July Jung Cast: Doona Bae, Sae-rom Kim Sae-byak Song 119min   Korean Drama   Subtitles Set in a remote corner of countryside Korea, July Jung's simple narrative centres on Young-nam (Doona Bae),...

Dir.: Aleksei German Cast: Leonid Yarmolnik, Aleksandr Chutko, Yuriy Tsurilo Russia 2013, 177 min. Just before his death in February 2013, Russian director Aleksei German (*1938), finished his last film and legacy HARD...

Director: Margaret Williams Cast: Maxine Peake, John Shrapnel, Barbara Marten, Gillian Bevan, Katie West, Thomas Arnold 195min   Drama   UK Margaret Williams's stage-to-screen film has Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything, Silk) in...