Watching Kill Your Darlings, one may never know that it’s the feature-length debut of John Krokidas, who directs with such a sense of confidence and personal style that it’s easy to assume he’s an experienced dab-hand. Following in the footsteps of 2010’s Howl, Kill Your Darlings... Read More »
Marking Jonathan Glazer’s return to the camera nine years after his last feature, Birth (2004), Under The Skin is the triumphant return of an admired and innovative filmmaker. Garnering critical attention from across the globe, responses range from enthusiastic praise for Glazer ... Read More »
A contender for the London Film Festival’s First Feature Competition, Sixteen is the striking full-length debut of Rob Brown, an award-winning writer and director whose short films have garnered him critical acclaim nationwide. A British urban thriller, Sixteen is the grisly tale... Read More »
From documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb, Electro Chaabi is the exploration of the Egyptian slums and the new craze that seems to be taking over: electronic chaabi music. Featuring interviews with the DJs and footage of the raving nightlife in the underworld of the slums and the ef... Read More »
Afternoon Delight has had a fairly successful run of festival appearances, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and even landing director Jill Soloway with the Dramatic Directing Award win and Grand Jury Prize nomination. Featuring comedienne Kathryn Hahn in her first major s... Read More »
A notice warning all viewers that motion sickness and seasickness are likely to result in the watching of this film should perhaps precede All Is Lost, a film as fine a cast away movie as Cast Away itself. Featuring Robert Redford in the only starring role, All Is Lost is a darin... Read More »
“If we don’t care, who will?” This simple but heart-breaking reflection spoken by the young character Nicole captures the tender nature of The Weight of Elephants perfectly, carrying a weight with the words brought about by the youthful energy of the film that wholly packs a pain... Read More »
Tackling the sensitive and contemporary subject of immigration in the United Kingdom, Bruce Goodison consolidates his 3-year project of meeting, learning from and training young asylum seekers from third world countries into a powerful and poignant drama about the difficulties fa... Read More »
From the word go, the audience is treated to unpleasant imagery in The Fear, a film by Jordi Cadena about the horrors of domestic violence, from a shot of urine filling up a toilet to the concluding bloodshed. Dark, disconcerting and deeply disturbing, The Fear doesn’t shy away f... Read More »
Weekend of a Champion, helmed by Frank Simon and filmed by Roman Polanski, is an in-depth and insightful glimpse into the Monaco Grand Prix alongside the life of then world champion, Jackie Stewart. Originally released in 1972 and re-released for the London Film Festival digitall... Read More »
