Reviews

IL CINEMA RITROVATO or literally, Cinema Rediscovered, is now in it's 28th year and, judging by the increased attendance this year, continues to grow in popularity. The Bologna festival takes...

Dir.: Deborah Perkin Documentary; Morocco 2014, 83 min. When Rabha El Haimer was fourteen years old, she was forced into a marriage with her mother’s distant cousin. He raped her, beat her...

Directors/Writer: Jorge Léon Belgium Documentary 82min Death is seldom interesting as a theme in and of itself, and so a whole film dedicated to confronting it is bound to come with limitations. Such...

Dir.: Peter Greenaway Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Giulio Berruti, Anne Louise Hassing; UK/Netherlands/France/Croatia, 128 min. In continuing his staged lectures about painting, theology, printing and everything else worth quoting,...

Dir.: Justin Hardy Cast: Georgia Maguire, Royce Pierreson, Tim Plester UK 2013, 89 min. Comedy drama LOVE ME TILL MONDAY is very much like its lead Becky (Georgia Maguire): spirited, a little vague,...

Directors/Writers: Maíra Bühler, Matias Mariani Brazil Documentary 89min Suspension of disbelief is both the theme and challenge of I TOUCHED ALL OF YOUR STUFF (TOQUEI TODAS AS SUAS COISAS), the latest documentary...

Director/Writer: Walter Hill Cast: Bruce Dern, Ryan O'Neal, Matt Clark, Ronee Blakley, Isabelle Adjani 91min  Thriller  US Marked by its taut minimalism and sombre tone, this tightly-plotted action thriller is the second feature of...

Directors/Writers: Pedro Pinho, Luísa Homem Portugal Documentary 139min Initially beguiling but ultimately unwieldy, Pedro Pinho and Luísa Homem’s TRADING CITIES (AS CIDADES E AS TROCAS) offers a comprehensive, observational panorama of the...

INGMAR BERGMAN is perhaps the best known Swedish director of all time. He died in 2007 on the Swedish Island of Fårö and each year a film festival celebrates his...