Reviews

Dir.: Steve James; Documentary; USA 2014, 118 min. When documentary filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) started to shoot the portrait of Chicago film critic Roger Ebert in December 2012, he was...

Director: Ira Sachs Writer: Mauricio Zacharias Cast: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Darren E Burrows, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan, 94min  Drama  US Ira Sach’s previous feature Keep the Lights On was an exploration of gay...

Dir.: John Huston; Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter; USA 1960, 120 min. Nearly four month in production, shot in chronological order, THE MISFITS was the...

Director/Writer/Producer: Hal Hartley Cast: Liam Aiken, Aubrey Plaza, Parker Posey, Bill Sage, James Urbaniak, Thomas Jay Ryan 85min  US Drama | The third installment of Hal Hartley’s ‘Henry Fool’ trilogy After disappearing from indie...

Director: Marielle Heller Cast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård., Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni 102mins  Drama   US There are a number of films out there in the cinematic plains that are alleged to “rock”....

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...