Cannes 2012: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ review
★★★☆☆ The opening film of the 65th Cannes Film Festival is Wes Anderson’s summery, nostalgic comedy Moonrise Kingdom (2012). Set on a small island off […]
Film Review: ‘If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle’
★★★☆☆ With debut feature If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010), Romanian director Florin Şerban explores the youth penitentiaries of his home nation, presenting […]
Cannes 2012: ‘The Dish & the Spoon’ review
★★★☆☆ Alison Bagnall’s witty and original romance The Dish & the Spoon (2011) is a gutsy independent love story which belies its modest budget, whilst […]
Film Review: ‘She Monkeys’
★★★★★ Swedish director Lisa Aschan’s debut feature She Monkeys (Apflickorna, 2011) is an immensely powerful and precise examination of adolescent female sexuality via the relationship […]
Film Review: ‘2 Days in New York’
★★★☆☆ Oh, the French – all those sausages, cheese and croissants, those accents, the obsession with sex – isn’t it hilarious how French they are? […]
Film Review: ‘The Raid’
★★★☆☆ Director Gareth Evans’ flexes his action movie muscles with The Raid (2012), a no-holds barred, testosterone charged, Indonesian martial arts film that whilst rich […]