My Beautiful Country
This Kosovo-set war drama is emotionally engaging despite its overly familiar plot and characters, writes Gavin Midgley.
Category Archives: Reviews
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
The Cambridge Film Festival’s second Surprise Film is a fascinating depiction of a difficult time in American history, writes Owen Baker.
Operation Bethlehem
Bethlehem is divided, literally, by a giant illegal wall of concrete dividing Palestine and Israeli areas. Sarah Acton reviews Leila Sansour’s OPERATION BETHLEHEM.
A Story of Children and Film
Cousins’ own childlike joy in the camera is manifest throughout A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM, writes Amanda Randall.
The Man Whose Mind Exploded
Hannah Clarkson reviews this touching portrait of Drako Zarhazar, THE MAN WHOSE MIND EXPLODED.
Blackbird
BLACKBIRD is a beautiful drama about Scottish folk traditions and values, but a style over substance approach lets it down, writes Sarah Acton.
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear
Hannah Clarkson recounts the stories of the young dreamers in Tinatin Gurchiani’s quietly astonishing THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR.
Emperor
EMPEROR deals with an interesting moment in the aftermath of World War II, but Owen Baker isn’t convinced by its treatment of history.
Dust On Our Hearts
Doose’s film is a realistic and emotionally affecting portrayal of complicated family relationships, writes Sophie Skinner.
Salma
This is not confection filmmaking: it is an awareness piece that is distressed, and needs you to be distressed along with it, writes Joe De-Vine.