Reviews

Director: Xavier Dolan Cast: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard 139min  Drama  Canadian/French The prolific outpourings of Canadian wild child Xavier Dolan continue here with a searingly emotional mother/son melodrama that...

Dir.: Samantha Fuller Documentary with Jennifer Beals, Wim Wenders, Monte Hellman, Constance Towers USA 2013 , 80 min. Samuel Fuller (1912-1997) was a true maverick, which is not only reflected in the 24...

AUSTERIA (THE INN, 1983) is set in the Galician (now Polish) border with Russia in the first days of World War I. Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s film of the novel of the...

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL this year is very much a female affair with women stars and directors set to feature heavily in the competition line-up. With Isabella Rossellini heading up the...

Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpitskiy returned to Locarno Film Festival again in 2014 as a jury member overseeing its Pardo di domani competition, having won a Silver Leopard there in 2012...

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts Comedy/Drama, US  119mins As festivals...

Writer| Director: Kenan Korkmaz Cast: Oyku Peksel, Sonya Akay, Yuhannun Akay, Selin Koseoglu, Ruhi Sari 97min  Drama   Turkish with English subs Kenan Korkmaz's second feature is a doomladen affair that follows two...

Cast: Joseph Cotton, Virginia Nicholson, Edgar Barrier, Arlene Francis, Mary Wickes US Silent Comedy At the 2013 Pordenone Film Festival a remarkable premiere took place. Orson Welles’s second film Too Much Johnson...

Director: Céline Sciamma Cast: Karidja Toure, Asse Sylla, Cyril Mendy, Idrissa Diabate France 2014, 113 min. After Water Lilies and Tomboy, GIRLHOOD is Céline Sciamma’s third portrait of female adolescence. The heroine Marieme...