Reviews

CINEMA MADE IN ITALY is back in London with a five-day mini festival showcasing the latest in Italian features and documentaries from new and established directing talent. There will be plenty...

Director/Writer: Raymond Bernard   Roland Dorgelès Cinematography: Jules Kruger and René Ribault Cast: Pierre Blanchar, Charles Vanel, Antonin Artaud, Paul Azaïs, René Bergeron, Raymond Cordy One of the greatest wartime films LES CROIX...

Dir.: Harry Macqueen; Cast: Harry Macqueen, Lori Campbell UK 2014, 78 min. Brilliant film debuts are rare: mostly we get to watch “calling-cards for Hollywood”; but British director/writer/actor Harry Macqueen’s HINTERLAND, produced...

Directors: Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni 70mins  Experimental | Drama |  Italian Women's suffering has long been the subject of World cinema and particularly in Italy. Curiously titled The LACK is a semi-experimental...

Dir.: Tristan Loraine Cast: Georgina Sutcliffe, Rita Ramnani, TJ Herbert, Nicolas Day, Mark Dymond, Stephen Tompkinson UK 2014, 102 min DRAMA . Tristan Loraine, ex-pilot turned filmmaker, tackles the dirty secrets of the...

Director/Writer : Laurent Duroche With Mads Mikkelsen, Peter Peter, Ryan Gosling, Mads Brugger, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Gaspar Noe, Zlatko Buric, Mat Newman 65min     Biopic on NICOLAS WINDING REFN     France An...

Dir.: Daniel Wolfe, Matthew Wolfe Cast: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor McCarron Garry Lewis UK 2014, 111 min. The debut film of the Wolfe brothers, Daniel and Matthew, can’t be faulted on any technical...

Writer/Director Ermanno Olmi Cast:Claudio Santamaria, Camillo Grassi, Niccolò Senni, 80min   Italian   Drama English translations of subtitles and films titles leave a great deal to be desired. Are they all being churned...

Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Cast: Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tcherina, Ann Ayars, Robert Rounseville, Leonide Massine UK 1951, 138 min. Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann was his last, unfinished work, his only...