Jul 23, 2018
Dir: Denis Dercourt | Cast: Cecile de France, Albert Dupontel | France | Drama | 82’
Two magnetic performances (not to mention a great supporting act from stallion Othello) make this...
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Jul 23, 2018
Dir: Marcelo Martinessi | Cast: Margarita Irun, Ana Ivanova, Ana Brun
Paraguayan actress Ana Brun won a Silver Bear for her dignified portrait of loss and loneliness in Marcelo Martinessi’s finely-tuned...
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Jul 23, 2018
Dir: Kevin Brownlow/Andrew Mollo | Cast: Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, Bart Allison, Reginald Marsh, Derek Milburn | Drama | UK | 93'
Made on a shoestring budget - and none the...
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Jul 22, 2018
Dir/scr: Felix Randau. Germany/Italy/Austria. 2017. 97 mins
Felix Randau opts for a rather unimaginative approach in this imagined drama about the final days of Alpine warrior Otzi, whose perfectly preserved body...
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Jul 22, 2018
Dir/Writer: Peter Stephan Jungk | Doc | Austria 2016 | 91 min.
Based on his non-fiction book Die Dunkelkammern der Edith Tudor-Hart (The Dark Rooms of Edith Tudor-Hart), Peter Stephan Jungk...
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Jul 20, 2018
Dir.: John Frankenheimer; Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Edmund O’Brien, Betty Field, Telly Savalas; US 1962, 147 min.
Director John Frankenheimer (1930-2002) came from a TV background and retains...
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Jul 19, 2018
Open City Documentary Festival is back this Autumn for the eighth year running with a dynamic new programme celebrating documentary and non-fiction filmmaking taking place from the 4th - 9th September...
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Jul 18, 2018
Dir.: Laszlo Csuja; Cast: Reti Laszlo, Berenyi Bianca, Kozma Karoly; Hungary 2018, 83 min.
The original Hungarian title of Laszlo Csuja’s debut drama is symbolic: Viragvölgy is the last stop on...
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Jul 17, 2018
Dir.: Jenny Lu; Cast: Shiang-chyi Chen, Fan Shixuan, Shuang Teng, Teresa Daley, Sophie Gopsill, Joshua Whitehouse, Stephen Pucci; UK/Taiwan 2016, 102 min.
Needs must when the Devil drives comes to mind...
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