One of us
Far from being preachy, ONE OF US allows its message to settle into the reader with such a subtlety it kills, writes Garry Pope.
Far from being preachy, ONE OF US allows its message to settle into the reader with such a subtlety it kills, writes Garry Pope.
Directed by Cyril Dion and INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS star Mèlanie Laurent, the winner of 2016 Cèsar award for Best Documentary Film is a more hopeful documentary, one in which the filmmakers examine solutions, rather than problems.
When a small southern Ukrainian village is 20 kilometres from the nearest police intervention, ‘who you gonna call?’… The Ukrainian Sheriffs. In the village of Stara Zburjivka, two deputised sheriffs are instated to watch over the land and mediate any problems the village people may come upon. Filmed as a factual documentary in a style … Continue reading Ukranian Sheriffs
Day Moibi sat down with Ed Rigg to discuss his latest short film, Confection.
Cloudy Sunday is a graceful, thought-provoking drama from Greek director Manousos Manousakis.
This documentary is conventionally put together, but the story it tells is devastating in its impact.
Most families have their fair share of tantrums. Few are likely to compare to the dysfunctional dynamics erupting in ILLEGITIMATE. The household horrors in this Romanian drama are grisly and unlikely to be ones you would want to witness alongside your mother, father or siblings. In exploding the niggling frustrations we usually repress in our … Continue reading Illegitimate
Behnam Behazadi’s subtly powerful Iranian drama ponders the nature of freedom in a closed society that is being choked in more ways than one.
Day Moibi sat down with Ryd Cook, Bridget Bradshaw and Carl Peck from Project Trident to discuss their latest short film “A Single to London”.
“And then one day the invisible man decided: ‘I will make them see me…'” John Cheshire reviews A MONSTER CALLS at BFI London Film Fest!