By  David Pountain As one half of the New York production team Purple Milk, director Natalia Leite’s body of work is alive with a spirit of impulsiveness and self-determination. Whether she’s returning to nature in […]
By David Pountain Directed by Pepe Diokno At its heart, Pepe Diokno’s Above the Clouds is a single journey of thought expressed through a slow immersion into nature. Opening with the tragic death of the […]
By David Pountain Directed by Hans Christian Berger After Eden is a steely porn-based drama that subtly presents the industry of packaged sex appeal in terms of cold business strategy and consumerism, subduing lust, romance and the human form […]
By David Pountain Directed by Fiona Cunningham-Reid “This is her story – well…one version at least,†the voiceover narration coyly announces in the opening minutes of Croc A Dyke Dundee, the cheeky yet touching new […]
By David Pountain Directed by David Calek and Jakub ZahradnÃcek In its own, more accessible way, the reality of David Calek and Jakub ZahradnÃcek’s Pirating Pirates holds a playful slipperiness akin to the formally subversive works […]
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 […]