“Thelma”: Film Review
In the stillness of a Norwegian winter, a father and child go hunting. They walk across a frozen lake, towards the woods.
“Thelma”: an Interview with Joachim Trier and Eili Harboe
Joachim Trier’s film “Thelma”, made with his long-term collaborators, writer Eskil Vogt, cinematographer Jakob Ihre and composer Ola Fløttum, marks a new development in the director’s career.
“Las Herederas (The Heiresses)”: Interview with Marcelo Martinessi
A long relationship plays out in a world of light and dark among the upper classes of Paraguay. Director/writer Marcelo Martinessi talks about his Berlinale prize-winning film.
“Imitation Girl”: Film Review
In the empty, rock-strewn landscape of the New Mexico desert, a meteorite pierces through the cloudy sky.
“Call Me By Your Name”: Film Review
Charming and bucolic, a meandering story of a summer idyll unexpectedly builds up into something deeply moving and memorable.
“The Florida Project”: Film Review
Mayhem reigns wherever Moonee (Brooklyn Prince), an irrepressible six-year-old, leads her friends. She is a little tornado of mischief, and has an answer for everything.
“Padre”: Film Review
Giada Colagrande’s latest film explores love after loss, in a richly musical and luminous story.
“Roma”: Film Review
An aesthetically stunning cinematic feat, Roma gives a vivid account of a Mexico City childhood set against a backdrop of surging political repression.
“Shiraz: A Romance of India”: Film Review
It is a delight to see how a film can make the past feel so vivid. In the case of Shiraz, doubly so. Made in 1928, Shiraz tells the tale of a great love which came to be immortalised in stone – in the shape of the Taj Mahal.
“The Lady Eve”: Film Review
Self-possessed, proud, glacially witty and maddeningly funny: Barbara Stanwyck is a dame like no other in this scintillating, effervescent screwball comedy.
“The Ritual”: Film Review
What better way to transcend harrowing guilt and grief, than to be immersed in a world of primal fear?
“Jawbone”: Film Review
South London, City lights in the distance. The crepuscular gloom envelops a man felled by loss, drink and impending homelessness. He has nowhere to go, and no loved ones. Yet “Jawbone” is a quietly exhilarating film.
“The Truth”: Film Review
A palimpsestic chamber piece in a minor key, Kore-eda’s “The Truth” stars Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche in a film that is as French as they come – almost.
“Arrival”: Movie Musings
Science Fiction films have always provided a great platform for shaping strong female leads. Perhaps, for some, it was easier to imagine the existence of independent strong women in the imaginative worlds far far away.
“In Between” (“Bar Bahar”): Film Review
There is a particular glamour to party nights in cities like Beirut or Tel Aviv – the proximity of the sea, the dark starry nights, suntanned boys and girls dancing the night away at impromptu gatherings, smoking on balconies and rooftop terraces, sometimes encountering that unexpected spark of attraction.