Dir: Todd Haynes By David Pountain Anyone familiar with Todd Haynes’ wonderful 2007 Bob Dylan tribute I’m Not There will know that the man has no interest in making straightforward biopics. But even in the context […]
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By Amanpreet Dosanjh Dir: Christopher Butler Scopia, an upcoming British independent horror, explores the life of a white-collar worker in London who, after seeking hypnosis treatment to cope with mild depression, discovers more about herself […]
By Alice Pickard Dir: Jose Padilha Original title: “Elite da Tropa” This film, the first in a series, follows the work of the Batalhão de Operacões Policiais Esperciais (BOPE), the Special Operations Force in Rio […]
Based on a true story and set against the backdrop of pulse-pounding post-punk, Killing Bono is the laugh-out-loud story of two brothers who never quite found what they were looking for. In 1976, brothers Neil (Ben […]
Dir. Matias Penachino With an observational documentary style, Summun Bonum opens with a family watching old video footage of when the parents adopted children from a foreign country. Straight away the mother’s natural son asks […]
Original title: “La Historia Oficial” Set in the final years of the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983), The Official Story is unafraid of exploring the pain that this period brought to the country. It […]