Apollo 11
By virtue of having aged yet visually powerful footage, APOLLO 11 is certainly worth capturing on the big screen and will be orbiting your mind for a long time after. Elle Haywood reviews.
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A Deal With the Universe
Jason Barker has created an urgent and relevant film in A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSE, but in a gentle and unassuming way. April McIntyre reviews.
Permission
Life is not simple, and victory is never assured. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth the fight for Afrooz, a female football captain in Iran. Chris Dobson reviews at Glasgow Film Festival.
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS is a wonderful film that generates a poetic pathos that stirs our empathy and sympathy. Jim Ross reviews.
RBG
Jim Ross reviews RBG, a portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s career before and since becoming a US Supreme Court Justice.
Revenir
REVENIR is a ruthlessly interrogative documentary and the Document 2018 Jury Award winner. Naomi Gessesse reviews a film that challenges the audience to consider who has the right to tell a story.
Silence is a Falling Body
Agustina Comedi has beautifully created a moving portrait of her late father Jaime, an Argentinean LBTQ+ activist before his married fatherhood. Victoria Becker reviews at Document 2018.
Document 2018 Shorts: 70 Years of Nakba
Document Human Rights Film Festival included this program of nine Palestinian short films. Chris Dobson reviews the screening in Glasgow.
Interview with Gwendolyn Leick
We spoke to Olympian weightlifter, academic and film star Gwendolyn Leick at this year’s Cambridge Film Festival.
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter: A Woman Captured
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter explains the story behind her documentary A WOMAN CAPTURED, which screened at the Cambridge Film Festival this year.