Film Review: Beloved Sisters (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 12 May 2015 Screening as part of the Festival of German Films, Beloved Sisters (2014) is a historical…
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Film Review: When Marnie Was There (2015)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 12 May 2015 Think of animation and you think of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese studio that has given…
Film Review: Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 28 April 2015 Based on the urban legend that a Japanese tourist froze to death in Minnesota while…
Film Review: Trash (2014)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 28 April 2015 Raphael (Rickson Tevez), a Brazilian street teenager, spends his days sifting through mountains of trash…
Film Review: The Salt of the Earth (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 15 April 2015 Tracing the life and career of renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado from his childhood in Brazil…
MIFF14: Mommy (2014)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 7 April 2015 I’ll admit it now, I’m a Xavier Dolan novice. Mommy is only the second film…
Film Review: Leviathan (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 25 March 2015 In adapting the Old Testament story of Job and setting it in the modern context…
AFFFF15: The Last Diamond (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 23 March 2015 Following in the footsteps of French heist masterpieces like Bob The Gambler and Rififi, director…
AFFFF15: The New Girlfriend (Une nouvelle amie) (2014)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 23 March 2015 The opening shot of The New Girlfriend is an extreme close up of lipstick being applied…
AFFFF15: The Connection (La French) (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 23 March 2015 The Connection (La French) is a true crime gangster film, set in Marseilles in the…