Reviews

The 10th London Spanish film festival kicks off on 25 September with a varied programme of events in the Cine Lumiere and Instituto Cervantes. Here is a selection of films...

Writer: Aik KARAPETIAN Producer(s): Roberts VINOVSKIS (Locomotive Productions) Cast: Maxim Lazarev, Anta Aizupe, Aris Rozentals 71min   Latvia/Estonia   Cult thriller Although Latvian cinema is not well-known, one of the legendary directors, Sergei Eisenstein (Ivan...

Film meets architecture and urban design in CITY VISIONS (25 September to 8 October) a documentary and feature season showcasing not only the energy and exciting variety of Urban life...

Director: Paolo Virzi Cast: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Valeria Golino, Matilde Gioli, Guglielmo Pinelli, Giovanni Anzaldo Italian with subtitles   Thriller Writers: Paolo Virzi, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo based on a novel...

For the upcoming CITY VISIONS STRAND at the Barbican - Andre Simonoveisz looks at how the social impact of the metropolis is reflected in the cult classics from the roaring...

Born in 1953 to middle class parents in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Jim Jarmusch spent his childhood regularly being left in movie theatres to watch matinee double-bills by his mother, a...

Director/Writer: Michael Sturminger Cast: John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant, Veronica Ferres Professional Singers: Sophie Klussmann, Daniel Schmutzhard 150min   Biopic/opera John Malkovich is well-suited to the role of maverick 18th century serial seducer Giacomo Casanova...

Dir.: Francesco Rosi; Cast: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zard; Italy 1962, 123 min. When the body of the bandit Salvatore Giuliano is found in the Sicilian market town of Castelvetrano (1950)...

Dir: Eugenio Mira; Cast: Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishe Spain/USA 2013, 90 min. In perhaps the most absurd film in recent months a pianist, Tom Selznik, performs for the first time...