Sebastián Silva’s latest, TYREL, is one of the cringe-comedies based on dissecting white and black relationships through the turbulent Trump election era. Silva has explained multiple times that he shot TYREL before fan favourite GET OUT hit the theatres; TYREL was shot over the Trump presidency inauguration weekend. This timestamp is pivotal in the film’s … Continue reading Tyrel
WHO IS BARBARA VIRGINIA? aims to rediscover the life and work of the first Portuguese female director to make a feature film with sound. Murray Ferguson reviews for IberoDocs 2019.
DIVINE DIVAS is a joyous, moving and engaging documentary, successfully designed to entertain those with or without much knowledge of drag as an art form. Yosra Osman reviews.
COMPLICIT illustrates the depths of human suffering companies are willing to mine to cut costs. Clara Strachan reviews ahead of the unDependence Film Festival closing night.
Maybe a concept as powerful as US deserves a mini series, so we can explore its underworld and feel its resonance more thoroughly. Rosy Hunt reviews.
Jim Ross reviews the program ‘Iranian Short Stories’ program at the 2019 unDependence Film Festival ahead of the launch next month.
Podcasts from our radio partners are now out. The long-running gem Bums on Seats (Cambridge 105FM), and Cinetopia’s latest broadcast on EH-FM Edinburgh.
THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET unearths a surprisingly moving and intensely gripping psychodrama. Elle Haywood reviews at BFI Flare.
THE FRUIT MACHINE plunges a serrated knife of injustice and homophobia deep into the golden heart of Canadian liberalism. Elle haywood reviews at BFI Flare 2019.
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE wants to have its cake, and then claim there is a massive high-society plot to not let anyone eat it. Jim Ross reviews.
