For Those In Peril
If you liked DEAD MAN’S SHOES and KILL LIST, don’t miss the vivid and terrifying seadog tragedy FOR THOSE IN PERIL – screening on the 21st at CFF.
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Just Before Losing Everything
What will the titular loss entail? A death… an escape… a banishment? We strongly recommend you find out. But, if possible, don’t watch it alone.
Upstream Color
Squirm-inducing body horror, the field recording expeditions of a pig farmer, meditations on free will, and a vague romance. Paul Milne reviews Shane Carruth’s latest.
Time Bandits
TIME BANDITS is the first in Gilliam’s trilogy which also includes BRAZIL and THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Picturehouse’s “Culture Shock” strand brought the remastered BANDITS to Cambridge.
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach’s love letter to New York City is a rare gem on growing up and tragicomedy of it all, writes Lillie Davidson.
Mushrooming (Seenelkäik)
Steve Williams reviews Toomas Hussar’s directorial debut MUSHROOMING, a satire on the conflict between social decency and people’s true and hidden natures.
Taboor
Low-key absurdity, atmospheric isolation and melancholic anti-thrills. Paul Milne reviews Vahid Vakilifar’s TABOOR at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
In The House
Treading a fine line between creepy and charming, IN THE HOUSE ingratiates itself with the audience before pulling off a nimble series of twists and reversals.
One Mile Away
Penny Woolcock’s inner-city gang documentary humanises people who have been demonised for too long, writes Gavin Midgley.
Beyond The Hills
Cristian Mungiu’s BEYOND THE HILLS looks at the moral ambiguity behind a real life event: a misguided exorcism that took place in an Orthodox community in Romania in 2005. Steve Williams reviews.