by David Pountain Directed by James Cullen Bressack Pernicious, the devilish new horror film from James Cullen Bressack, is a picture that looks to have been built from the visuals up, making it first and […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Jia Zhangke Of all the politically-minded directors of the last two decades, few have had their filmmaking style so innately ingrained in their ideology as the respected Jia Zhangke. I’d […]
By David Pountain Directed by Koji Fukada Any discussion of Koji Fukada’s affecting new drama, Au revoir l’été, will inevitably involve a comparison to the late great Eric Rohmer. Shadows of the French director’s 1983 […]
By Jake Bibby At FilmDoo, our passion for and dedication to both international and independent cinema remains as steadfast as ever, with a multitude of new titles that fit the FilmDoo ethos becoming available on […]
By David Pountain Slated for release in US cinemas this coming May, Time Lapse, the mind-bending directorial feature-length debut of Bradley King, has generated quite a buzz on the festival circuit. Following three roommates who […]
Known for Minerva (1997), Cyclomania (2001) and Open Up to Me (2013), Finnish film director, screenwriter, actor and author Simo Halinen, is making Finland proud of its cinema. With a sold out UK premiere of his latest work […]