Salma and the Apple (Sib o Salma)
SALMA & THE APPLE is a strange and beautiful film that rubs up against the contemporary world, and contemporary attitudes in Iran, writes Christopher Stefanowicz.
Category Archives: Reviews
Rebecca
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Although it was his first American endeavour, Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel REBECCA displays all the masterful touches of his earlier British classics.
The Gruffalo's Child
The second film to be adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s hugely successful Gruffalo book series, THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD is wistfully innocent and fun, says Liam Jack.
Camp 14: Total Control Zone
Although the filmmaking itself warrants criticism, CAMP 14: TOTAL CONTROL ZONE makes for an incredibly emotive, powerful piece of cinema, writes Dan Harling.
Meet the Fokkens
Chris Stefanowicz reviews a truly irreverent documentary. The identical twin Fokkens sisters of Amsterdam’s Red Light District are engaging, witty, completely mad and, most importantly, candid.
Black Bread (Pa Negre)
BLACK BREAD (PA NEGRE) begins as it is to continue: in violence, turmoil and the loss of life. Hannah Clarkson reviews Agustí Villaronga’s gripping Catalonian tale, which screens again on Saturday 22nd.
The Body In The Woods (Un Cos Al Bosc)
Joaquim Jordà’s THE BODY IN THE WOODS hits the wild boar hunt/twisty thriller/hardboiled ‘tec/S’n’M lesbian biker crossover nail right on the head, writes Keith Braithwaite.
The Pleasure Garden
Mismatched lovers, girls who look a bit similar, canny canines, dodgy flats in Brixton … Hitchcock’s THE PLEASURE GARDEN provides plenty of visual cues to what was to come, writes David Perilli.
Barbara
BARBARA follows a disgraced doctor who has tried – and failed – to flee to West Berlin in the 80s. Two standout performances bring warmth to a film set during a sombre and unforgiving time, writes Liam Jack.
Hemel
Trauma and lust, taboo and love: HEMEL tries to explore the complex relationship between a daughter and a father, their sexual obligation towards each other, and also their individual struggle to find love.