Nanook of the North
Franklin P Laviola looks at Robert Flaherty’s NANOOK OF THE NORTH, considered by most film historians to be the medium’s first ever feature-length documentary.
Category Archives: Reviews
Mysteries of Lisbon
Ruiz crafts a twisting tale of romance, honour and deceit in 272 minutes that contains so much melodrama it feels more related to opera than film.
My Long Distance Friend
In Carina Molier’s utterly enchanting documentary, we follow part of a very disjointed and unsettling journey – that of OG, a young woman from Zimbabwe, and the eponymous long-distance friend of the director.
Mumbai Charlie
An ode to Chaplin. Deepak Verma’s comedic, feel-good short film is set in the aftermath of the 2001 earthquake, and the Charlie Chaplin cult that ensued with the intention to bring back laughter.
Mann V Ford
It’s Erin Brockovich, the TV-documentary version.
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
To most, director Park Chan-Wook is best known for OLDBOY; yet his earlier picture SYMPATHY FOR MR VENGEANCE has plenty to say on the nature of retribution.
Mademoiselle Chambon
Naomi Barnwell reviews Stéphane Brizé’s absorbingly moving film.
Short Fusion: Love Lost And Found
Jamie Brittain reviews two films from the LOVE LOST AND FOUND series at CFF2011.
Forest Screening: Robin Hood
Hugh Paterson attended the screening of Allan Dwan’s ROBIN HOOD in Rendlesham Forest.
Dirt
Daniel Fawcett’s DIRT is a heartfelt look at a young person’s difficulty fitting in with the adult world and a wish to recapture that childhood feeling of being ‘free’. Jim Ross reviews.