Reviews

Written and Directed by: Petri Luukkainen With his friends and family 80min   Docudrama    Finnish with English subtitles Bereft by the loss of his girlfriend, filmmaker Petri Luukkainen suddenly finds the experience...

Michel Gondry's poetic and surrealist French drama MOOD INDIGO is based on BORIS VIAN's fantastical novel L'ECUME DES JOURS (Froth on a Daydream). The story has captured the imagination of...

Dir.: Nuri Bilge Ceylan; Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbao; Turkey/ France/Germany, 2014, 196 min. Set deep in the mountain region of Cappadocia in Anatolia, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Palme D'Or...

Dir.: Paul Katis; Cast: Mark Stanley, Malachi Kirby, David Elliot, Paul Luebke, Ali Cook; UK 2014, 108 min. KAJAKI – the true story – is debut helmer Paul Katis’ account of an...

Dir.: Dietrich Brüggemann Cast: Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Lucie Aron Germany 2014, 107 min. Dietrich Bruggemann's drama that won Ecumenical prize at the Berlinale this year, centres on fourteen-year-old Maria (Van Acken) who...

The UK Jewish Festival is back with another nationwide feast of film (Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester and Glasgow): this year is the biggest festival yet with 67 features and 28 shorts...

Dir.: Cho Ui-seok, Kim Byung-seo Cast: Han Hyo-joo, Jung Woo-sung, Sol Kyung-gu; South Korea 2014, 118 min. As we all know, remakes rarely match the original outing, but Cho and Kim have...

Dir.: Im Kwon-taek Cast: Ahn Sunki, Kim Hojung, Kim Qyuri; South Korea 2014, 93 min. In his 102nd feature film REVIVRE, veteran South Korean director Im Kwon-taek tells the story of an...

Dir.: Greg Barker; Documentary, USA/UK 2014, 92 min. The term of “The Arab Spring”, often used, but rarely defined, is given some human background by Greg Barker (MANHUNT) whose real life...