Reviews

Director: Raoul Walsh   Writers: Lotta Woods and Douglas Fairbanks Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Sôjin Kamiyama 155min  Silent Adventure Family Drama   US THE THIEF OF BAGDAD was Douglas...

Dir.: Fritz Lang; Cast: Fritz Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Willy Fritsch; Germany 1927, 144 min. SPIONE, whilst directed by Lang, is much more a Thea von Harbou film, co-written by...

Director: Lars von Trier Cast: Emily Watson, Katrin Cartlidge, Stellan Skarsgard 158min  Romantic Drama  Denmark Breaking The Waves must surely be one of the art house films of the century. And although Lars...

Dir.: Lukasz Palkowski; Cast: Tomasz Kot, Piotr Glowacki, S. Piotr Warszawski, Magdalena Czerwinska 120 min  Polish with subtitles  Drama The ‘Gods’ of the title are three Polish heart surgeons who, under the leadership...

Director: Ivan Sen Writer: Ivan Sen Main Actors: Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten 121 mins Australian. Thriller At the beginning of Mystery Road, a truck driver stops by the roadside in atmospheric silhouette and, walking further into the darkness of the...

Dir.: Eran Riklis; Cast: Tawfeek Barhom, Yael Abecassis, Michael Moshonov; Israel/ France/Germany 2014, 105 min. Israeli-born director Eran Riklis tries very hard to be impartial in this portrait of Israeli Arabs....

Dir.: Shira Geffen  Cast: Sarah Adler, Samira Saraya Israel 2014, 91 min. Director Shira Geffen won the ‘Palme d’Or’ in 2007 in Cannes for Jellyfish. Here she uses absurdist comedy to deliver another provocative...

VILLA TOUMA Dir.: Suha Araf Cast: Maria Zreik, Nisreen Faour, Ula Tabari, Cherien Dabis Drama Israel 2014, 88 min. So many stories from Ramallah Palastine deal with conflict and war, it's refreshing to see...

Dir.: Alvaro Brechner; Cast: Hector Noguera, Nestor Guzzini, Rolf Becker Uruguay/Spain/Spain 2014, 98 min. Uruguayan filmmaker, Alvaro Brechner is perhaps best known for his multi-award winning comedy: Bad Day to Go Fishing. His...