By Sarah Jilani Directed by Doris Dörrie Berlinale review It’s been five years since the inhabitants of the Japanese town of Fukushima and its surrounds suffered a triple catastrophe. Europe looked on, shocked and unnerved in […]
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By Stephanie Hotz Directed by Tomasz Mielnik Karlovy Vary International Film Festival review “We live in an age of pictorial depiction. Folk cannot express themselves anymore, the consequence of our pace of life.†– Journey to […]
By David Pountain Italian director Maria Sole Tognazzi’s latest feature, Me, Myself and Her (original title: Io e lei), is a two-woman love story that takes on an unusually late stage in the relationship. While […]
By James Haseltine Directed by Radu Muntean London Film Festival review Radu Muntean directs this taut Romanian character study that leaves the viewer longing for something a little more. Sandu Patrescu (Teodor Corban) returns home from his […]
By David Pountain Directed by Florin Serban Toronto International Film Festival review Cinema today would be in a better state if more filmmakers went into their projects with the same attentive curiosity that Florin Serban […]
by Rebecca Rowson Directed by Hans Herbots Ugly and unsettling, The Treatment explores some of the most horrific crimes that are committed. Thankfully, the clinical treatment of the issue prevents the film from blurring the line between […]