Category Archives: Festival Coverage

Atlantics (Atlantique)

October 28, 2019 Stephen Watson

Set in Senegal’s capital Dakar, this highly atmospheric Cannes prizewinner combines romance and social drama with an unconventional ghost story.

Festival Coverage, Reviews

The Lighthouse

October 28, 2019 April McIntyre

Not once does THE LIGHTHOUSE feel stale, complete with fart jokes, seagull attacks and some hilarious drunken moments. April McIntyre reviews.

Festival Coverage, Reviews

County Lines

October 26, 2019 Gabriel Farrell 1 Comment

COUNTY LINES is a rare opportunity to see a work of unfiltered experience taken from years of work on the front lines of social care.

Festival Coverage, Reviews

Docks of Hamburg

October 26, 2019 Stephen Watson

This dynamic crime story, full of brilliant cinematic effects, benefits from a beguiling performance from Jenny Jugo as the ‘Carmen of St Pauli’.

Festival Coverage, Reviews, Student Reviews

Zero Impunity

October 25, 2019 Sam Astaire

The ZERO IMPUNITY movement looks to turn indignation into a weapon: “an engine of change” to challenge wartime sexual violence.

Festival Coverage, Reviews

7th Heaven

October 24, 2019 Katie Duggan

Frank Borzage’s 1927 silent classic 7TH HEAVEN begins in the gutters. But when viewing the restoration screened with spellbinding live piano accompaniment by composer Neil Brand, it is impossible to not be carried up with it from the grimy depths towards the stars.