Traders
A series of underground fight-to-the death duels begin to develop into a twisted kind of pyramid scheme in TRADERS.
Category Archives: Festival Coverage
Remainder
If you’re looking for an intelligent and intriguing film in the style of Christopher Nolan or Jonathan Glazer, REMAINDER fares very well indeed.
Virgin Mountain
VIRGIN MOUNTAIN could probably take place anywhere and lose none of the poignancy or humour in the universality of its observations on human nature.
Schneider vs Bax
Alex van Warmerdam is back with a new film, and the Dutch director has a very original and entertaining spin on the hitman movie genre in SCHNEIDER VS BAX.
The Bunker
What THE BUNKER lacks in substance it certainly makes up for in style and the inventiveness of its colourfully surreal situations.
Louder than Bombs
Huppert is the one vital element that holds all the other meticulously crafted pieces of LOUDER THAN BOMBS together, structurally and emotionally.
Parisienne
PARISIENNE’s greatest asset is a strong sympathetic central performance from Manal Issa as an 18 year old Lebanese woman in a foreign land.
Land of Mine
Even if you think you know what is coming next, you can’t look away from LAND OF MINE for even a second, writes Noel Megahey.
WOW Film Festival
The big theme for this year’s WOW Film Festival was ‘F-rated’: films centred around women, either made by female directors, or films about women.
Watersprite: Relationships
Garry Pope reviews three brilliant short films in the “Relationships” series, from three confident filmmakers at Watersprite this year.