Notre Étrangère (The Place In Between)
Jim Ross reviews NOTRE ÉTRANGÈRE, an excellent but heartbreaking film screening at the Cambridge African Film Festival on Monday November 7th
Category Archives: Reviews
Sound It Out and Analogue Kingdom
The SOUND IT OUT Documentary tour has started. The first Picturehouse Cinemas screening is this coming Tuesday in York. Follow the film’s Facebook page to keep up to date with tour details.
Koundi And The National Thursday
The villagers of Koundi in Cameroon have created their own communally cultivated cacao plantation as a way of alleviating their poverty independently. Turning away from typical NGO filmmaking, Ariane Atodji’s debut is a strong statement that Africa exists outside of the narrow, stereotypical lens of poverty, conflict and famine so often used to invoke it.
African Cinema and the London Film Festival
Mike Boyd was at the London Film Festival last week to take in some African cinema ahead of the Cambridge African Film Festival
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Jim Ross takes a look at Andrew Rossi’s journalism documentary PAGE ONE, following the employees of The New York Times.
Burnout (Abgebrannt)
Loreta Gandolfi reviews Verena Freytag’s emotionally charged portrayal of unconditional love and coming of age.
Bullhead (Rundskop)
Ed Frost reviews Michaël R. Roskam’s unconventional thriller, which focuses on the shady dealings of the Belgium cattle hormone mafia.
Britain Through A Lens
Daniel Harling reviews this documentary which charts the growth of the pioneering British Documentary Movement, examining their motivation, funding and eventual demise.
Bombay Beach
Mike Boyd reviews a documentary about a ramshackle community that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish.
Black Butterflies
Mike Boyd reviews this poetic, harrowing film based on the true story of poet Ingrid Jonker.