Reviews

DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (1997) this comedy construct, in which Allen also stars as a writer looking back over his career, has some nastily neurotic revelations that often feel disturbingly personal.  In...

Director/Writer: Peter Fudakowski Cast: Jack Laskey, Zhu Zhu, Leon Dai, Hsia Ching-Ting 103min   Romantic thriller    English and    with English subtitles Inspired by Joseph's Conrad's 1909 novella, SECRET SHARER sets sail full of...

Dir.: Diego Quemada-Diez Cast: Brandon Lopez, Rodolfo Dominguez, Karen Martinez Guatemala, Spain, Mexico 2013, 102 min. Diego Quemada-Diez has made an astonishing debut film: a poetic road movie, a wonderful character study of changing...

Dir.: Davi Pretto; Cast: Joao Carlos Castanha, Celina Castanha Brazil 2014, 99 min. Documentary  Portuguese with subtitles Davi Pretto's quirky and claustrophobic documentary about João Castanha, 50, who lives in Porte Alegre,...

Director: Tom Berninger Cast: Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, Scott Devendorf 75min  Musical Biopic   US An unexpected surprise is this quirky and endearing account of brotherly affection...

Dir.: Jim Mickle Cast: Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, Sam Shephard, Vinessa Shaw USA 2014, 109 min. Jim Mickle (We Are What We Are) is leading the audience more than once up the...

Director/Writer: Lluis Miñarro Cast: Àlex Brendemühl, Lorenzo Balducci, Barbara Lennie Spain​ Drama/Comedy​ 110min One of the better titles to world-premiere in-competition at Rotterdam earlier this year, STELLA CADENTE (aka FALLING STAR) was a welcome addition to...

Matthew Turner talked to filmmaker Joanna Hogg about her contemporary drama EXHIBITION that takes place in a modernist house in West London's Kensington. (MJT): Where did the idea come from, first...

Dir.: Tony Palmer; Documentary with Vaclav Neumann and Julian Lloyd-Webber CSSR 1988, 52 min. Produced in 1988, the same year as his Shostakovich biography “Testimony”, Tony Palmer’s DVORAK- IN LOVE? is set...