The Skier – CFF 2018 Review Rachel Brook November 8, 2018 Reviews Like Cartoon Saloon’s The Breadwinner, The Skier launches headlong into the vivid and colourful world of a determined child on a critical mission. Similarities between the two Middle East-set films end there...
Nancy – CFF 2018 Review Rachel Brook November 7, 2018 Reviews Christina Choe’s superb feature debut Nancy is paradoxically both compelling and repulsive. Andrea Riseborough anchors the narrative by embodying a character whose odd behaviour is as riveting as it is...
Wilderness – CFF 2017 Review Rachel Brook October 28, 2017 Reviews Wilderness is a film of two halves, with two distinct moods. The first twenty minutes or so are lyrical, the cinematic equivalent of poetry. Yet this sensuous parade of evocative, idyllic images is later...
Ask the Sexpert – CFF Review Rachel Brook October 26, 2017 Reviews The promise of Ask the Sexpert’s premise far outweighs its filmmaking acumen, yet it’s always an enjoyable watch. 91 year-old former gynaecologist, newspaper columnist and all-round sex positive activist...