The City and the City – Berlinale 2022 Review Alex Goldstein February 15, 2022 Reviews Thessaloniki has one of the oldest Jewish communities in Greece—but a lengthy presence doesn’t guarantee a safe one. The City and the City blends re-enactment and documentary techniques in a series of...
The Justice of Bunny King – Review Scott Wilson February 12, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in August 2021 as part of our EIFF coverage. "We’re trying to help you". That’s what Bunny King keeps getting told, while she tries to win back her kids after they are...
Flee – Review Carmen Paddock February 11, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in October 2021 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. There may be rest now - Amin is an accomplished academic, living with his partner Kasper in Copenhagen,...
Ballad of a White Cow – Review Josefine Algieri February 10, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in March 2021 as part of our Berlinale coverage. In Ballad of a White Cow (Ghasideyeh gave sefid) director duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha explore injustice and...
Here Before – Review Nick Davie February 9, 2022 Reviews Grief, an emotion that can grip the human psyche tight within its grasp, is the vehicle for Here Before. It blurs the lines between reality and memory, merging the two and haunting the long-afflicted Laura...
The Real Charlie Chaplin – Review Louise Burrell February 9, 2022 Reviews Directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney take on the unenviable task of trying to dissect the life of a man who was once one of the most famous people on the planet. While Chaplin carved out his own style...
Infinity According to Florian – IFFR 2022 Review Carmen Paddock February 8, 2022 Reviews Florìan Jur’jev’s work across several decades has led to him inventing his own language for colour, art, and creation. As an architect, musician, filmmaker, and painter, his Renaissance qualities are...
The Souvenir Part II – Review Daniel Theophanous February 4, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in October 2021 as part of our LFF coverage. There was some mild trepidation venturing into Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II with knowledge of the absence of Anthony,...
What Beat You Nothing – IFFR 2022 Review Carmen Paddock February 4, 2022 Reviews Alla Sergeyevna Demidova is a seminal name on the Russian stage. Renowned for her tragic heroines, she forged a close relationship with directors Yuri Lyubimov and Anatoly Efros and their often troubled...
Splendid Isolation – IFFR 2022 Review Carmen Paddock February 4, 2022 Reviews Two women wash up on a deserted beach. They seem to be tossed there by the waves, not by choice, but theirs was the choice to flee - something. They set up life in a surprisingly immaculate home, eating crabs...
Nanny – Sundance 2022 Review Weiting Liu February 4, 2022 Reviews Awarded with Sundance 2022’s Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic category, Sierra Leonean-American writer-director Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny is a chilling account of Black immigrant mothers’ sociopolitical...
Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music – IFFR 2022 Review Carmen Paddock February 3, 2022 Reviews With Nashville’s iconic music industry still largely devoid of LGBTQ+ household names, it is easy to spend a lifetime listening to country western music without realising gay women are behind many words and...
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Review Daniel Theophanous January 31, 2022 Reviews Fervent piousness and vulgar materialism have never been interwoven so tightly as they did in the lives of the once biggest names in TV Christian evangelism, Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain) and husband...
Daryn’s Gym – IFFR 2022 Review Carmen Paddock January 30, 2022 Reviews Daryn introduces his gym with a bright smile and positive spin on everything and everyone. He is proud of the fitness centre he inherited from his grandfather and bodybuilding father. Yes, his gym staff might...
Emily the Criminal – Sundance 2022 Review Alysha Prasad January 30, 2022 Reviews If you’re going to be treated like a criminal, you might as well become a criminal. John Patton Ford’s indie thriller, Emily the Criminal, stars Aubrey Plaza as Emily, a woman drowning in student debt who...