CineVue
For the latest reviews of arthouse, documentary and indie film in cinemas and on the festival circuit.
Secret Cinema have pioneered the concept of ‘live cinema’, transforming film into a uniquely dynamic performance, whilst encouraging thousands to hand over cash without ever knowing what film they were going to see. It plunges film fans into an interactive theatre space, directly relevant to the forthcoming screening, and elevates Continue Reading
★☆☆☆☆ Every now and then, a press quote on a film poster can ring so falsely as to make you question whether the individual cited had, in fact, watched the same film. A hasty comparison made between Paul China’s abject Crawl (2011) and the grittiest thriller produce of the Coen Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Jan Schmidt-Garre has found the creative process as a constant draw and his production company has presented music and the arts on film since its formation. The director’s output – whether factual or narrative – has been preoccupied by concert, opera, theatre, and dance. After his wife began to Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Produced by Guillermo del Toro, the visionary filmmaker responsible for putting Spanish-language fantasy back on the map with efforts such as Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth, Andrés Muschietti’s Mama (2013) has clearly taken its cues not only from del Toro’s own back catalogue, but also the cinematic Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Specially commissioned by the BBC for its hugely successful Storyville television strand before being picked up for theatrical distribution by Verve Pictures, British documentarian Marc Isaacs’ latest film The Road: A Story of Life and Death (2012) is an intimate and occasionally affecting piece looking at the experiences of Continue Reading