LFF 2013: ‘Night Moves’ review
★★★★☆ Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard star in Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves (2013), an eco-terrorism thriller that, whilst more accessible than her...
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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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LFF 2013: ‘Abuse of Weakness’ review
★★☆☆☆ Isabelle Huppert surmounts the emotional and physical restraints of her character to breathe life into Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness (2013), an autobiographical...
LFF 2013: ‘We Are the Best!’
★★★★☆ Moving away from the stark, often serious approach he’s become notorious for, Lukas Moodysson’s We Are the Best! (2013) is a winning Swedish...
LFF 2013: ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ review
★★★☆☆ An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) is the fifth feature from Academy Award-winning director Danis Tanovic. A darkly naturalistic...
LFF 2013: ‘A Long and Happy Life’ review
★★★★☆ From Boris Khlebnikov, one half of the directing duo responsible for 2003’s Koktebel, comes A Long and Happy Life (2013), a pensive and...
LFF 2013: ‘Leave to Remain’ review
★★★☆☆ Bruce Goodison’s feature debut, the good-natured Leave to Remain (2013), imbues the meticulous rigour of a documentary with the conventional methodology of a...
LFF 2013: ‘The Fear’ review
★★☆☆☆ Whilst Jordi Cadena’s The Fear (2013) boasts a sensational performance from young talent Igor Szpakowski and a palpable sense of dread, this oppressive...
LFF 2013: ‘Child’s Pose’ review
★★★★☆ Winner of the coveted Golden Bear prize at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and now picked up for UK distribution, Romanian director Calin...
