The Night Elvis Died
THE NIGHT ELVIS DIED (LA NIT QUE VA MORIR L’ELVIS) is a challenging but ultimately rewarding film about intolerance, conflict, and, most importantly, passion, writes Dan Harling.
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Camp 14: Total Control Zone
Although the filmmaking itself warrants criticism, CAMP 14: TOTAL CONTROL ZONE makes for an incredibly emotive, powerful piece of cinema, writes Dan Harling.
Britain Through A Lens
Daniel Harling reviews this documentary which charts the growth of the pioneering British Documentary Movement, examining their motivation, funding and eventual demise.
Mark Kermode: The Good, The Bad And The Multiplex
A new adjective seems to be quietly slipping its way into our modern language, and it is to describe things as ‘Kermodian’. Daniel Harling caught Mark Kermode at CFF2011.
Tabloid
The beauty of documentary is that no matter how brilliant an author or how talented a screenwriter, there really is no competing with real life. In the case of Joyce McKinney, no author in the world could even begin to dream such a surreal tale.
Mysteries of Lisbon
Ruiz crafts a twisting tale of romance, honour and deceit in 272 minutes that contains so much melodrama it feels more related to opera than film.