Reviews

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...

Director: Tiller Russell With: Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Chicki, Dori Eurell 104min  US A documentary surrounding the life and crimes of the infamous, corrupt NYC cop Michael Dowd True Crime doesn't get...

Dir.: Samuel Fuller | Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Marvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willies Bouchey | USA 1953, 80 min. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET is another classic fifties film noir which...

Director: Elisabeth Scharang Austria Drama 95mins Leopards changing or not changing spots is a good starting point for JACK. An anti-thriller that subtly asks whether a killer is born or made, it...

Dir: Brian Hill Cast: Oscar Thunberg, Erik Lennblad, Leo Sigelius; Documentary UK/Sweden 2015, 93 min. Brian Hill’s documentary/reconstruction is the sad tale of Sture Bergwall, a lonely drug addict who found himself in...

Writer|Director: David Cronenberg Cast: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Combining the bio-horror elements of his earlier films whilst anticipating the technological themes of his later work, VIDEODROME exemplifies Cronenberg’s extraordinary talent for...