Toni Erdmann
A rich, absorbing and often very funny work, full of surprises, which rarely drags during its more than two and a half hour length.
Category Archives: Festival Coverage
Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies
Mark Liversidge had fun with this satisfyingly splattery tale of zombies taking over a mountain retreat.
Two Timid Souls
With the jovial buoyancy of Chaplin and the class of Gatsby, TWO TIMID SOULS is a charming, genuinely funny easy watch.
S is for Stanley
On the list of life changing moments, delivering a ceramic penis statue across London during a snowstorm wouldn’t normally feature that highly…
Wonderland
Wonderland is a collaboration project from ten Swiss directors who each take control of their own mini-story.
The Handmaiden
The shadow of Brian De Palma looms over Park Chan-Wook’s impressive psychological thriller, writes Jim Moore.
Gog 3D with Bob Furmanek
Bob Furmanek tells Toby Miller how attempts at 3D filmmaking are almost as old as cinema itself.
Around China With A Movie Camera
The BFI’s collection of archive footage from China is drawn together by Ruth Chan’s excellent score, writes Mark Liversidge.
Arsenal
ARSENAL is a fantastic war film with enough gritty realism to fully immerse the viewer, writes Darius Azadeh.
Salomé
The silent film SALOMÉ brings together gay icons Oscar Wilde and Alla Nazimova in an intoxicating cocktail of high art and high camp.