CineVue
For the latest reviews of arthouse, documentary and indie film in cinemas and on the festival circuit.
★★★☆☆ It’s a well-known double standard: women are labelled as ‘sluts’ for being sexually liberal, whilst promiscuous men get a pat on the back for their numerous conquests. Or, as one young woman in Sunny Bergman’s candid Doc/Fest selected documentary Slut Phobia? (2013) puts it, “they organise a parade for Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ An unapologetically personal open letter to the former South African president, Khalo Matabane’s Nelson Mandela: The Myth & Me (2014) is a sincere but ultimately dated piece, made as it was before Mandela’s death last year. Referred to throughout in the present tense – and not simply for the Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Though we as a society have arguably become more desensitised to depictions of conflict and violence, every now and then a film comes along that challenges this notion. Rehad Desai’s distressing Sheffield Doc/Fest opener Miners Shot Down (2014) is one of the most recent examples. We’re used to seeing Continue Reading