Reviews

South Korean films have achieved international recognition since Lee Chang-Dong won best director at Venice Film Festival in 2002 for his film OASIS.  Going from strength and now in its 8th...

[youtube id="WMomMIjco44" width="600" height="350"] This popular festival is now 21 and celebrates its coming of age with an anniversary selection including restored versions of Jacques Demy's LOLA, UK premieres and tributes...

Dir.: Usup Razykow; Cast: Maria Semenova, Elenena Korobynikova, Helga, Filipova, Seseg Hapsasova; Russia 2012; 90 min. Best known for his 2000 drama Women Kingdom, writer and director Yusup Razykov is a leading light in...

Dir.: Seth Fisher; Cast: Lailla Robins, Seth Fisher, Mark Blum, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Brian Cox; USA 2013, 96 min. Ethan Blumenthal, played by the director himself, is a drug rep who suffers from...

Dir.: Benny Torati; Cast: Uri Gvriel, Adar Gold, Ishtar, Dudu Tassa; Israel 2012, 106 min. Torati tries to marry two genres: an Israeli form of the Spaghetti Western and a Mizrali Musical...

BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY Dir. Michael Kantor: USA 2013, 84 min., Narrated by Joel Grey (Documentary) + 185 min (Bonus Material, DVD) Michael Kantor's lively and informative film includes interviews, excerpts...

Franziska Schlotterer’s feature debut, Closed Season, is a well-crafted and visually atmospheric wartime drama that takes place in the German Black Forest. A boorish farmer Fritz (Hans-Jochen Wagner) and his wife,...

Not so much a film festival, more a weekend festival featuring film and exploring the legacy of London as a pioneering centre for the global electronic music movement. LONDON ELECTRONIC...

The UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL is one of the highlights of the Autumn social calendar following on from the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL  with a glittering array of  star-studded features.  The...