Closely Observed Trains
Jim Moore reviews Czech classic CLOSELY OBSERVED TRAINS.
Category Archives: Reviews
Letter from an Unknown Woman
This beautifully realised romance makes it easy to suspend disbelief even after 67 years.
Welcome To Leith
Cinematic depictions of idiosyncratic small town America are so commonplace that sometimes only the real thing will do, writes Richard Hensby.
Face of the Devil
“There’s something importantly likeable at work here, which is not something you can often say about tales of woodland bloodshed. Prepare to be unexpectedly seduced.”
Horse Money
Rosy Hunt reviews HORSE MONEY, the latest and perhaps the greatest Fontainhas feature from Pedro Costa.
Born
Claudio Zulian splashes on the light and architecture in this historical slice of Barcelona in the 18th century.
Children of the Night
Dare your subconscious to concoct some homebrew version of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and ÊTRE ET AVOIR and you might ferment something like CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT.
Wildlike
Frank Hall Green’s WILDLIKE uses the strong imagery of the Alaskan wilderness to propel a simple yet engaging storyline, writes Yozzie Osman.
German Shorts
CFF’s German shorts are united in their appeals to the rawest elements of human experience: estrangement, desperation and our ultimate need for hope.
CFF Shorts: Love & Death
“A joyful experience…” Garry Pope reviews the short film strand FUSION: LOVE & DEATH.