Reviews

Dir.: Vanessa Lapa Documentary; Israel/Austria/Germany 2014, 96 min. At the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, the German born philosopher Hannah Arendt coined the phrase “banality of evil” to describe the defendant. The subject...

Dir.: Bennett Miller; Cast: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave; USA 2014, 135 min. This is the story of a very rich man in his fifties, who fell in...

Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Joe Turkel, M Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah 117mins  Fantasy Sci-Fi   US BLADE RUNNER was considered so 'out there' when it originally ignited...

Director: Kasimir Burgess Writer: Natasha Pinctus Cast: Matt Nable, Jacqueline McKenzie, Daniel Henshall, Isabel Garwoli 94min  Drama   Australia Kasimir Burgess’ striking debut is a tale of loss and self-realisation set in...

Director: Monte Hellman Writers: Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry Cast: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, Harry Dean Stanton Of the four leads in Monte Hellman's cult classic road movie TWO-LANE BLACKTOP,...

Dir.: Mark Bodzsar Cast: Andras Ötvös, Roland Raba, Tamas Keresztes, Natasa Stork Hungary 2013, 100 min. Drama Director Bodzar’s feature film debut HEAVENLY SHIFT is very much in line with recent absurdist Hungarian...

Director: Chris Petit Writer: Chris Petit, Heidi Adolph 104min   Drama | Music  UK Cast: David Beames, Lisa Kreuzer, Sandy Ratcliff, Sting, With funding from Wim Wenders and his cinematographer Martin Schäfer, British director...

Director: Bryn Higgins Writer: Joe Fisher (screenplay) Ray Robinson (novel) Cast: Agyness Deyn, Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke, Paul Anderson, Ben Batt 96min   UK   Drama Urban road movie, ELECTRICITY, is a poignant and spirited...

Eskil Vogt is playing with the essence of cinema. That's what the slim-looking Norwegian director tells me as we sit for a chat after the London Film Festival screening of...