Reviews

Director/Writer: Alexey German Jr. 138mins  Apocalyptic Drama  Russia/Ukraine/Poland The end of times never looked as pretty as they do in Alexey German Jnr’s fourth feature UNDER ELECTRIC CLOUDS, unveiled in competition this...

Director: Kim Longinotto In order to borrow the title of the Beatles song, All you need is Love, for her latest documentary, LOVE IS ALL, Kim Longinotto needed a lot more 'tough’...

Dir.: Jannk Splidsboel Documentary; USA/Sweden/Denmark 2015, 75 min, After watching Jannk Splidsboel’s documentary about gay and lesbians in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one wonders why the religious fanatics of this world (in this case...

Dir.: Atsushi Funahashi; Documentary; Japan 2014, 114,min Director Funahashi follows the refugees from Futaba on their long journey for an honourable resettlement. The accident at the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima...

Director: Benoît Jacquot Cast: Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lyndon, Clothilde Mollet, Hervé Pierre Drama. France Léa Seydoux is well-cast in accomplished French director Benoit Jacquot's bucolic bonkbuster that follows the ups and downs of...

Director: Andrew Hulme Writers: Martin Askew, Andrew Hulme Cast: Frederick Schmidt, Martin Askew, David Spinx, Aymen Hamdouchi 118min  UK  Thriller In Hoxton, two young men have formed a friendship across the cultural divide Dave...

Dir.: James Ward Byrkit Cast: Emily Baldoni (as Emily Foxler), Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Lorene Scafaria USA 2013, 89 min. Shot on a micro-budget with handheld video cameras in the living room of...

Mr Turner | Best Actor - Timothy Spall | Cannes 2014 | Biopic |149mins Director: Mike Leigh Cast: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Joshua Maguire Mike Leigh's ambitious biopic of...

Director: Hamed Rajabi So it seems Jafar Panahi won’t be the only subversive Iranian voice to be heard at the Berlinale this year. Apparently slipping through the cracks of that country’s...