Petrov’s Flu – London Film Festival 2021
This surreal, fever-dream of a story set in post-Soviet Russia comes from controversial film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov, whoContinue Reading
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This surreal, fever-dream of a story set in post-Soviet Russia comes from controversial film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov, whoContinue Reading
An account of a writer exposing the economic difficulties of low-paid workers in northern France is either a well-intentioned misfire,Continue Reading
Contemplative and slow-paced, Wood and Water sees a recently-retired woman travelling to reunite with her son, but instead finding an inner connectionContinue Reading
An atmosphere of quiet menace pervades this conspiracy thriller set in 1980s Buenos Aires. Azor is the feature debut of Andreas FontanaContinue Reading
Hinting at themes of displacement, assimilation and guilt, Wild Indian starts strongly but sadly falls short just at the final hurdle. It’sContinue Reading
Excellently scripted and wonderfully played, Mass is a powerful piece of cinema examining raw emotions and important themes in modern America. AsContinue Reading
The trials and tribulations of three odd-job men working in the suburbs of Barcelona come under scrutiny over the courseContinue Reading
Ryusuke Hamaguchi at #LFF part two! The Japanese writer/director’s second film of the festival, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, is an anthologyContinue Reading
A story based on true events from Poland in 1983, Leave No Traces is a sombre tale of state oppression and corruptionContinue Reading
Academy Award-winning director Stefan Ruzowitzky (Die Fälscher/The Counterfeiters) turns to the aftermath of the First World War for his GermanContinue Reading