THE WELL describes the effects of climate change from an anthropological perspective, and was screened with CARBON FOR WATER, an example of proactive documentary filmmaking with a clear directive, writes Christopher Stefanowicz.
Pere Portabella has fashioned a film which may not simply be dismissed as experimental: WARSAW BRIDGE has a confidence and an easy visual style that belies the obscurity its content, writes Christopher Stefanowicz.
SALMA & THE APPLE is a strange and beautiful film that rubs up against the contemporary world, and contemporary attitudes in Iran, writes Christopher Stefanowicz.
Chris Stefanowicz reviews a truly irreverent documentary. The identical twin Fokkens sisters of Amsterdam’s Red Light District are engaging, witty, completely mad and, most importantly, candid.
Christopher Stefanowicz reviews Neil Brand’s tribute to Bernard Hermann.
Jos Stelling’s third film examines the painting of Rembrandt as he moves to Amsterdam in the latter part of his life. An extended study in light and composition, the film pursues Rembrandt’s – and Stelling’s – search for ideal representation of the world.
DUSKA is a succinct distillation of Jos Stelling’s cinema, examining how, fundamentally, people communicate.
Chris Stefanowicz looks at the story of Jean-Marc Calvet, the painter whose travels have taken him through the French foreign legion, the police force and private security for an American Mafioso.
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