Robe of Gems – London Film Festival 2022
A first feature from Mexican Natalia López Gallardo, Robe of Gems centres on three very different women and their lives in theContinue Reading
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A first feature from Mexican Natalia López Gallardo, Robe of Gems centres on three very different women and their lives in theContinue Reading
Acclaimed Chilean documentarian Patricio Guzmán returns yet again to his homeland to chart an unexpected people’s revolution, one which couldContinue Reading
Surreal, philosophical, and with a humour darker than a December night in Lapland, The Woodcutter Story is a Finnish tale of hopeContinue Reading
A labyrinthine plot with a few too many twists in the second half, The Woman in the White Car is nevertheless anContinue Reading
In competition at London Film Festival in the First Feature category, 1976 is actor-turned-director Manuela Martelli’s observation of a woman most definitely out ofContinue Reading
Blending a police procedural with something quite otherworldly, Ashkal is a strong calling card for Tunisian writer/director Youssef Chebbi. A young femaleContinue Reading
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