ShortFusion: To Rust
TO RUST is a collection of short films about experimentalism, but a secondary theme could be ‘the hypnotic’. Sophie Skinner reviews.
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Formentera
The absence of genuine tragedy in Ann-Kristin Rayels’ FORMENTERA – set on a small island not far from Ibiza – weakens the drama, writes Keith Braithwaite
About Elly
The audience begins to share in the sense of guilt which hangs heavy in the sea air in Asghar Farhadi’s ABOUT ELLY – a meditation on friendship, complicity and the very nature of truth itself, writes Hannah Clarkson.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Robert Guediguian salutes Cambridge as “the birthplace of Marxism” – and his film THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO, a drama set in the shipyards of Marseille, is vibrant with political argument.
Come As You Are (Hasta la Vista)
It’s impossible not to warm to COME AS YOU ARE, which takes as its starting-point the defiant cry of “I’m not going to bloody die a virgin!” from Lars, forced into a wheelchair by terminal cancer.
A Cube Of Sugar
In A CUBE OF SUGAR, screening twice at CFF2012, you get to see a more humane and rounded view of Iranian society. It provides a vivid and moving portrait of family life, writes Mike O’Brien.
The Temptation of St Tony
THE TEMPTATION OF ST TONY, screening at the Cambridge Film Festival twice, is fresh, bold, stimulating and deliberately provocative, writes Mike O’Brien
Avalon
All seems to be going to plan for Janne until his carefree, excessive behaviour causes a tragic accident in AVALON … and Axel Petersen’s Scandinavian thriller is not a film of redemption, warns Will Hellbent-Audio.
Apsis: Interview with Max Weinman
Lovers of Bacon, Bergman and John Cage will deeply appreciate Max Weinman’s APSIS. Rosy Hunt spoke to the director of this remarkable short.
Psycho
Against a backdrop of generally stale modern horror releases you’ll find Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO fresher, wittier and more unsettling than ever at this year’s Cambridge Film Festival, writes Patrick Fowler.