Film Review: ‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence’
★★★★☆ Widely-acclaimed Swedish director Roy Andersson’s latest offering, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) aims to demythologise the commercial image...
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14 April 2023
Film Review: Three Colours Trilogy
★★★★★ Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours Trilogy stars Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy and Irene Jacob in three of the most revered pieces of European cinema ever made. Named after the colours of the French flag (Blue, White and Red), the films are loosely based on the three political ideals of the French Republic; Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
23 August 2022
Sarajevo 2022: Our festival highlights
The Sarajevo Film Festival has a history of resilience, so it was hardly surprising to see it come back stronger than ever after two years of Covid restrictions. Founded in 1995, the festival is now the leading industry event in south-east Europe, showcasing the very best films from across the Balkan peninsula.
22 October 2020
Film Review: Cinema Paradiso
★★★★☆ A major contributor to the reverential narrative of wistful cinema, Giuseppe Tornatore’s magnum opus Cinema Paradiso is an elegant distillation of the form’s...
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Film Review: ‘Sixteen’
★★★★☆ Rob Brown’s Sixteen (2013) is a beautifully realised debut that breathes new life into British cinema’s obsession with urban thrillers, fashioning a refreshingly...
Film Review: ‘Cinderella’
★★★☆☆ Courage and kindness (and perhaps a little magic for good measure) are the cornerstones of Kenneth Branagh’s sweet retelling of Cinderella (2015), a...
Film Review: Blind
★★★★☆ Arriving on UK screens a year after its Berlin bow, Blind (2014) – the debut feature from Norwegian screenwriter turned director Eskil Vogt...
Blu-ray Review: ‘The Other’
★★☆☆☆ Identical twins are a staple of the horror genre pantry, a corporeal conduit in which to explore the dichotomy between good and evil....
DVD Review: ‘Horns’
★★☆☆☆ Combing a nostalgic yet bittersweet longing for childhood innocence with a devilish plunge into the deepest recesses of human depravity, Alexandre Aja’s Horns...
HRWFF 2015: Read our preview
Continuing its mandate of highlighting the abundance of human rights violations and shocking injustices that occur globally each day, the Human Rights Watch Film...
Film Review: ‘Still Alice’
★★★☆☆ It’s impossible to pinpoint the first memory embezzled under Alzheimer’s rampage through the tangled web of neurons and chemical pulses of the human...
