Beanpole
In BEANPOLE, spaces are rendered with a genuine beauty, in composition, in colour, in light. The film holds an intense sympathy for its characters in balance with a need to be honest. Marc Nelson reviews at LFF 2019.
Category Archives: Festival Coverage
Walking on Water
WALKING ON WATER is not just an account of the creation of one work, but a glimpse into the creative madness of living a life that is entirely devoted to art.
Shorts to Thrill
Every year we review the shorts at the Cambridge Film Festival, this year is no different with many fantastic shorts to come out. This focus is on the SHORTS TO THRILL and here are a few of the best ones. Josh Ragan reviews.
William Nicholson Interview
After having received acclaim at the Toronto and London Film Festival, HOPE GAP comes to the Cambridge Film Festival, and with it Director and Screenwriter William Nicholson. Elle Haywood speaks to him ahead of the CFF screenings.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Celine Sciamma is a modern-day Bronte, wrotes Sam Astaire. Far and away, this is clearly one of the top films of the year and is a nigh essential piece if you enjoy lesbian cinema.
Rocks
ROCKS presents a microcosm of the benefits of such a melting pot of cultures, and gives us hope for the future. Gabriel Farrell reviews the opening film of Cambridge Film Festival.
Talking About Trees
TALKING ABOUT TREES identifies a culture that has been lost in Sudan, it presents the viewer with the idea that films mean much more than products to be consumed but rather an experience to be shared. Charlie Stewart reviews.
Paper Boats
PAPER BOATS is primarily a story about the loss of the American Dream. Given the current political culture of America it seems all too important a story to simply let slip by. Ben Woodard reviews.
Filmfarsi Interview: Ehsan Khoshbakht
Toby Miller sat down to speak with Ehsan Khoshbakht, the director of FILMFARSI: his documentary essay collecting wide ande differing examples of ‘filmfarsi’.
Film Festival Film
African filmmaker Fanon faces her fears of being unheard in a whitewashed, male-dominated industry.