Reviews

Celebrating its 54th Anniversary, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) takes place from 30th January until 9th of February 2025 with thirteen premieres competing for the top prize in THE...

Dir: Timm Kröger | Cast: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler & Gottfried Breitfuss | Germany Fantasy Thriller 118' Timm's Kröger's seductive but rather arcane neo-noir envelops us in intrigue and...

Dir: James Mangold | US Musical Drama 2024 “Well, I wake up every morning/Fold my hands and pray for rain/I’ve got a headful of ideas/That are driving me insane” - ‘Maggie’s...

Dir: Tim Fehlbaum | Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson | US Thriller 94’ September 5 takes us back to a time...

Director: Luchino Visconti | Cast: Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Claudia Cardinale, Spiras Focas, Max Cartier | Italy 1960, 180’ After La Terra Trema (1948), Visconti returned to...

Dir: Hayao Miyazaki | Cast: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Mari Netsuke Miyu Irino, Rumi HIragi, Suzanne Pleshette | 126min  Japanese Animation If ever a film deserved to be called 'fantastic' it...

Dir: Michael Powell | Cast: Wendy Hillier, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown. Uk Drama 90’ If 'Black Narcissus' conclusively demonstrated Michael Powell's skills as a director by recreating India at Pinewood, 'I...

Wri/Dir: Pablo Agüero | Cast: Louis Garrel, Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Sergej Onopko, Yseult, Blanche Redouloux | France Drama 98’ The French writer and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery has always held...

Dir: Ellen Kuras | US Biopic 117' Best known for her staggering images of the Second World War Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller (1907-77), aka Lady Penrose, was an American photographer and photojournalist...