Reviews

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...

Directors: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard With Nick Cave; Warren Ellis, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone Documentary UK Far from being a vanity project for musician Nick Cave, this is very much a tribute to...

Dir.: Brian Knappenberger; Documentary; USA 2014, 105 min. This is the story of a genius who fell foul of the state machine: Aaron Swartz committed suicide aged twenty six in January...

Director Michael Winterbottom  Writers: Laurence Coriat/Michael Winterbottam Starring Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Willa Holland, Perla Haney-Jardine 94 mins UK  Mystery/Drama From documentary to porn, it's always interesting to see what Michael...

Susanne Bier and Christopher Kyle were at the London Film Festival with their new film arthouse drama SERENA which stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Matthew Turner spoke to them: How...