Oct 22, 2014
Dir.: Shira Geffen Cast: Sarah Adler, Samira Saraya
Israel 2014, 91 min.
Director Shira Geffen won the ‘Palme d’Or’ in 2007 in Cannes for Jellyfish. Here she uses absurdist comedy to deliver another provocative...
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Oct 22, 2014
VILLA TOUMA
Dir.: Suha Araf
Cast: Maria Zreik, Nisreen Faour, Ula Tabari, Cherien Dabis
Drama Israel 2014, 88 min.
So many stories from Ramallah Palastine deal with conflict and war, it's refreshing to see...
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Oct 22, 2014
Dir.: Alvaro Brechner; Cast: Hector Noguera, Nestor Guzzini, Rolf Becker
Uruguay/Spain/Spain 2014, 98 min.
Uruguayan filmmaker, Alvaro Brechner is perhaps best known for his multi-award winning comedy: Bad Day to Go Fishing. His...
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Oct 22, 2014
Directors: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
With Nick Cave; Warren Ellis, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone
Documentary UK
Far from being a vanity project for musician Nick Cave, this is very much a tribute to...
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Oct 22, 2014
Dir.: Brian Knappenberger; Documentary; USA 2014, 105 min.
This is the story of a genius who fell foul of the state machine: Aaron Swartz committed suicide aged twenty six in January...
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Oct 20, 2014
Director Michael Winterbottom Writers: Laurence Coriat/Michael Winterbottam
Starring Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Willa Holland, Perla Haney-Jardine
94 mins UK Mystery/Drama
From documentary to porn, it's always interesting to see what Michael...
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Oct 20, 2014
Susanne Bier and Christopher Kyle were at the London Film Festival with their new film arthouse drama SERENA which stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Matthew Turner spoke to them:
How...
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Oct 20, 2014
Dir.: David Ayer; Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Alicia von Rittberg; USA 2014, 120 min.
War films tend to lack subtlety – understandable when considering the topic, but writer/director...
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Oct 20, 2014
Dir.: Amma Asante
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emma Watson, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Sam Reid
UK 2013, 104 min. Historical Drama
Based loosely on the life of Dido Elisabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw),...
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