Sep 8, 2022
Dir.: Vahid Jalivand, Cast: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaei, Iran 2022, 123 min.
This nightmarish siege drama with a tentative love story at its heart is one of the most...
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Sep 7, 2022
Dir/Wri: Salvatore Mereu | Cast: Peppeddu Cuccu, Giovanni Porcu | DoP Francesco Piras | Italy 2022, 70' Sardinian dialect.
In a sun-backed hillside in the arid plains of Sardinia Raffaele is sleeping...
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Sep 7, 2022
Dir: Francesco Zippel | Italy, Doc 106'
This new documentary on Sergio Leone opens with a dynamic introduction from longtime fan Quentin Tarantino who strikes just the right ebullient tone for...
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Sep 7, 2022
Dir: Christina Grosan | Czechia, Drama, 83'
In the opening scene of this surreal three segmented sci-fi themed sophomore feature from upcoming Hungarian Romanian director Christina Grosan, Hana, a capable middle-aged...
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Sep 7, 2022
Dir.: Antonio Lukich; Cast: Amil Nasirov, Ramil Nasirov, Natalia Cnitii, Lyudmila Sachenko, Karina Chechevych; Ukraine 2022, 106 min.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was still a 'future shock' when Luxembourg, Luxembourg was chosen...
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Sep 7, 2022
Dir: Houman Sayeddi | Drama, Iran
A sardonic streak of deadpan humour lights up Houman Sayyedi's pitch black parable that sees a humble labourer’s life transformed when he lands the star role in...
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Sep 7, 2022
Dir/Wri: Georgia Oakley | UK Drama
A watchable if rather dated-looking sapphic love affair plays out in Georgia Oakley's first feature as a director. Set in the 1980s, that's hardly surprising....
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Sep 7, 2022
Dir.: Gianni Amelio; Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardoc Maltese, Sarah Serraiocco; Italy 2022, 134 min.
Italian director/co-writer Gianni Amelio returns to Venice with a worthy but rather tired looking...
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Sep 6, 2022
Dir: Graham Foy | Drama, Canada 106'
Two Canadian teenagers are enjoying the summer holidays when their fun ends in tears in this luminous feature debut from Edmonton-born filmmaker Graham Foy....
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