By David Pountain Directed by Miguel Libedinsky “When you’re dancing tango, you are managing five relationships at the same time,†observes one of the many dance enthusiasts and theorists interviewed in Hearts of Tango, the […]
Author: David Pountain
By David Pountain Directed by Jörn Threlfall Thirteen years after Irreversible and fifteen years after Memento, it’s by now pretty safe to say that the reverse chronology device has lost most of its novelty appeal, meaning […]
By David Pountain Directed by Bryn Evans First and foremost, Bryn Evans’ Hip Hop-eration is unabashedly what we would generally refer to as a ‘feel good’ film. Following a group of elderly hip hop dancers […]
By David Pountain Directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko It takes a lot of sincerity to treat a subject as commonplace and low-stakes as coffee-making as a source of straight-faced, emotionally loaded drama. It takes some […]
By David Pountain Directed by Charles Najman With its sombre colour scheme and historically loaded subject matter, Charles Najman’s Pitchipoï is hardly a film that screams ‘absurdist comedy’ at first glance. But as the film ventures […]
By David Pountain Directed by Francoise Ellong Pulsing with nocturnal gloom and propelled by tragic inevitability, W.A.K.A., the powerful feature-length debut of Francoise Ellong, is a small-scale film that deals in big emotions. Its story […]