Edinburgh 2014: ‘N: The Madness of Reason’ review
★★★★☆ “We began before words, and we will end beyond them.” So begins Peter Krüger’s mesmerising N: The Madness of Reason (2014), a spiritual journey […]
Edinburgh 2014: ‘Joe’ review
★★★☆☆ American independent director David Gordon Green’s first three films, George Washington, All the Real Girls and Undertow, were each deeply rooted in the poetic […]
Edinburgh 2014: ‘Ice Poison’ review
★★★★☆ Myanmar-born, Taiwan-based director Midi Z’s third feature, Ice Poison (2014), completes a trilogy of intimate portraits of contemporary life in Burma. Combining a sparse […]
Edinburgh 2014: ‘Final Whistle’ review
★★★★☆ Originally filmed during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Niki Karimi’s Final Whistle (2011) makes its UK premiere four years later. A courageous critique of […]
Edinburgh 2014: ‘Aberdeen’ review
★★★☆☆ When Hong Kong reverted back to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997, many thought that the removal of colonial education systems would lead to […]
Edinburgh 2014: 68th EIFF programme preview
Edinburgh Film Festival Artistic Director Chris Fujiwara has announced the full programme for this year’s 68th incarnation. Boasting 156 features from 47 countries, highlights include […]
Film Review: ‘Spring in a Small Town’
★★★★★ This year, the BFI has embarked on a glorious season of screenings that celebrate the last one hundred years of Chinese cinema. Acting as […]
Film Review: ‘Miss Violence’
★☆☆☆☆ “We don’t have secrets in this family,” Themis Panou’s repulsive pater familias – who bears an uncanny resemblance to Donald Pleasance – states in […]
Film Review: ‘The Man Whose Mind Exploded’
★★★☆☆ Descartes believed that nothing ever existed, that everything his mind told him was a lie, and cinema is of course a standing recourse for […]
Film Review: ‘Leave to Remain’
★★★☆☆ Immigration has been a hot topic of late, with the fluidity of British borders given a great deal of political capital. It’s into this […]