Reviews

Dir; Catherine Breillat; Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jool Shen, Laurene Ursino; France 2013, 104 min.  Drama   French with English subtitles After two rather disappointing films The Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard, Catherine Breillat has...

Director: Kim Ki-duk Cast: Min-soo Jo, Jeong-jin Lee, Ki-Hong Woo, Eunjin Kang, Jae-ryong Cho 104mins   Drama Pietá means mercy in Italian. And mercy is very much the central theme in Kim Ki-duk's...

Dir.: Alan Gilsenan, Cast: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Leryn Franco; Ireland 2013, 80 min. Some films really bring something new into one’s life, and ELIZA LYNCH: QUEEN OF PARAGUAY is such a film....

CAMILLE CLAUDEL, 1915  * * * * Juliette Binoche stars as Camille in this austere and pared-down portrait, none the less beautiful for its ascetic treatment, of a woman artist who...

Director: Wiktor Eriksoon. Prod Erik Magnusson. Sweden-Norway 2013. 78min. Documentary Can a film about sexploitation be funny, upbeat and endearing?:  This one is. Despite a rather off-putting title, I wandered in rather by...

Director: Alexander Mackendrick: Producer: Michael Balcon: Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe Cast:  Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Goff, Vida Hope 85mins     UK  Drama  In the first of his finely-crafted comic roles, Alec Guinness...

Dir.: Nagraj Manjule Cast: Somnath Avghade, Syraj Pawar, Kishon Kadan India 2012, 105 min. Manjule’s contemporary rural drama about a Dalit (untouchable) teenager Jabya is a simple but never simplistic affair. It shows...

Dir: David Mackenzie, Cast: Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend UK 2013, 100 min.  Action Drama 'Starred Up is a term used in the British prison system, where a juvenile offender, who...

Dir. Hong Sang-soo, Cast: Jung Eunchae, Lee Sunkyun South Korea   87 min.   Drama South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo (Hahaha)) shows in his latest film NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAEWON the unravelling of...