Reviews

Director: Emanuele Crialese   Cast: Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro Italy 88mins La Dolce Vita turns sour on a small Italian island as the decline in fishing stocks leaves its inhabitants in crisis.  Meanwhile poor...

Directed/Written by:  Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio Cast: Roberto Herlitzka, Olimpia Melinte, Ignazio Oliva, Stefano Cassetti, Cosmin Corniciuc Italian/Romanian   103 mins The De Serio brothers have set out to give us an...

      Director/Writer: Cristina Comencini with Doriana Leondeff Cast:  Claudia Pandolfi,  Filippo Timi Italy,  116mins Cristina Comencini’s films focus on the way women deal with the domestic landscape of their lives, with flair and imagination....

Director Robbie Pickering                       Cast Rachael Harris, Matt O’Leary, Jon Gries, John Diehl USA  90min Deep in the Texan bible belt, Linda’s...

Director. Nanni Morretti Cast: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Morretti, Margherita Buy. 104mins  Italy A comedy in which the Pope suffers a massive identity crisis and goes awol during his inauguration conclave throwing the whole...

Directed by Jean-Marc Moutout Starring Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valerie Dreville 91mins France Based on a true story with skillful direction by Jean-Marc Moutout who co- wrote the script.  Early One Morning has shades of Joel...

There’s plenty to get excited about film-wise this year and here’s sneak preview of the best so far.  January kicks off with a psychologist’s dream in the shape of SHAME. Artist...

Director Daniele Vicari Chiara Caselli, Elio Germano, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino Italy  127 mins 15 The southern Italian city of Bari is the setting for this fast-moving thriller from documentary filmmaker Daniele Vicari. ...

Director Christophe Honore Starring Lea Seydoux, Louis Garel, Le-Prince Ringuet French/subtitles 90 mins 12 Christophe Honore takes a seventh century novel "La Princesse de Cleves" and fast forwards it to the 21st century...