Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time – Review Rafaela Sales Ross March 19, 2021 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in March 2021 as part of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage. “I wanted this so badly, I made it all up”, Márta (Natasa Stork) tells her therapist. The renowned...
FOMO: Fear of Missing Out – Raindance 2020 Review George Howarth November 12, 2020 Reviews It seems a film like FOMO: Fear of Missing Out should feel timely and important - an exploration and takedown of the dangerous consequences of toxic masculinity - but it's disappointingly untactful. FOMO...
The Painted Bird and Depicting the Holocaust on Film Rob Salusbury July 15, 2020 Analysis, Opinion The Holocaust is, without a doubt, the toughest topic to discuss in modern history. The mass murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime during World War Two was a defining moment in the history of mankind:...
Short of the Week – Random Walks Cathy Brennan June 4, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/272473179 For millennia, European borders have wrought havoc on countless lives, whether it be through war, imperialism or a toxic mixture of both. In giving its subjects the chance to...
Son Of Saul – LFF Review Nick Evan-Cook October 10, 2015 Reviews Searing and visceral, Son of Saul adopts an unusual long-take, shallow-focus shooting style to great effect as it powerfully offers a new approach to films concerning the horrors of the Holocaust. In...
White God – LFF Review Danielle Davenport October 10, 2014 Reviews White God is an intrepid and incisive thriller. Blisteringly beautiful, brutal and bizarre, it achieves the intimacy and meticulousness essential to crystallize unspoken communication and potent...
