Spring and Port Wine
To anyone who knows it only from their own performance in the schoolroom, SPRING AND PORT WINE sticks in the memory as a ”Peter and Jane” introduction to social deprivation and teen pregnancy.
Category Archives: Reviews
In Transition 2.0
Martin McGuigan reviews IN TRANSITION 2.0, part of the 2012 UK Green Film Festival
Happy
Martin McGuigan reviews HAPPY, which played at the UK Green Film Festival across the country this weekend
Taste the Waste
Every year, households, retailers and food services waste enough food to satisfy the hunger of the world’s malnourished at least twice over. Valentin Thurn’s documentary asks why civilised societies throw away so much food, and how we can stop, or at least offset, the effects of our shameful waste.
Damsels in Distress
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS is a film that is as innocent as its setting but rarely amounts to anything as good as the sum of its enchanting and amiable parts, says Ed Frost
Café de Flore
Although divisive, if drawn in by the construction and cast CAFÉ DE FLORE will reward you with a wonderfully involving tale, says Jim Ross
Delicacy
Mike Levy thinks that DELICACY has the power to make you feel good about feel-good movies.
The Gospel Of Us
Mike Levy takes in THE GOSPEL OF US – an astonishingly bold creation and a ravishing assault on the senses.
Town of Runners
In most areas of rural Ethiopia, there aren’t many opportunities for young women beyond marriage and motherhood. Jerry Rothwell’s documentary, TOWN OF RUNNERS, introduces the farming town of Bekoji: the exception that proves the rule.
Elles
Student reviewer Jack McCurdy reviews ELLES, which has all the components to make a magnificent film, but doesn’t do justice to its subject matter.