Spotlight on Sjöström
Like D.W. Griffith in America and F.W. Murnau in Germany, Sjöström in Sweden was a pioneer, a technical innovator, and a great artist in the early days of film.
Category Archives: Festival Coverage
The Long Way Home
If there is one true rule of filmmaking, it is this: You don’t kill the dog.
Born
Claudio Zulian splashes on the light and architecture in this historical slice of Barcelona in the 18th century.
Editors' Blog: Festival Pairs
Edd Elliott compares festival films.
El Cafè De La Marina
Hear Catalonia and you might think sun, sand and sangria. Sylvia Munt’s drama basks in few such pleasures.
Traces Of Sandalwood
Maria Ripoll’s TRACES OF SANDALWOOD is a real crowd pleaser, writes Nashwa Gowanlock.
Palio
PALIO explores the strange world of Siena’s famous horse race.
Ripcor: Riding with Mamils
RIPCOR: RIDING WITH MAMILS is a modest, funny and inspiring film about a group of guys banding together, getting on their bikes and riding.
The Fire
He may be a cynic, but Juan Schnitman reminds us why we can’t stop listening to that couple losing it in public.
Editor's Blog: Themes Of The Festival
Edd Elliott gives a low down of the under-the-radar themes of this year’s Cambridge Film Festival.