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 […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Colin Rothbart The outlandish performance artists of East London’s alternative drag scene are no strangers to personal struggle. As Colin Rothbart’s rapturous new documentary Dressed as a Girl demonstrates, the […]
By Jake Bibby Dir: Kim Longinotto Prostitution, human trafficking, rape and drug addiction are never, and perhaps never will be, the easiest of topics on which to base a documentary. Yet, in Kim Longinotto’s Dreamcatcher, […]
By Daria Landal Dir: Amma Asante A coming of age story set in late 18th-century, Belle explores events leading to the verdict on Zong massacre case through the eyes of a young lady of nobility with […]
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 […]
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 […]