Searching
Jim Ross reviews thriller SEARCHING – shown entirely through digital technology screens – premiering at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
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L'Amant Double
Ozon’s wild ride is never less than engrossing, not to say enjoyable – but after all the careful setting up what emerges is pure copper-bottomed tosh.
Cold War
Loosely based on director Pawel Pawlikowski’s parents’ lives, COLD WAR tells the story of a passionate love affair during the 1950s.
Cannes Short Film Press Conference
Juanita Samson and Elle Haywood report back from “Meet the Directors” at Cannes.
Capharnaüm
Juanita Samson reviews CAPHARNAUM, a new drama from Lebanese director Nadine Labaki which screened at this year’s Cannes film festival.
Memoir of a Murderer (살인자의 기억법)
This year the London Korean Film Festival is luring us with an M&M trail of teaser screenings, most recently Won Shin-yun’s MEMOIR OF A MURDERER (2017).
Knife + Heart
Set in the aesthetically gorgeous backdrop of Paris’ 1970’s pornography scene, KNIFE + HEART takes viewers on a murder mystery of melodramatic love and loss.
Cannes Film Festival Blog #2
A daring escape from a piano bar and a run-in with Terry Gilliam – read all about it in the second instalment of Elle Haywood’s Cannes film festival diary.
Under the Silver Lake
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE takes us on a hazy unfamiliar journey where most of the strange occurrences seem possible, writes Juanita Samson.
You Were Never Really Here
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE is a tyrannically taut film that often feels like a 90-minute heart attack. The idea that any film – even one of Ramsay’s own – could make WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN seem relaxed is absurd, yet here it is.