AFFFF15: Diplomacy (2015)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 23 March 2015 Paris. August 24, 1944. Diplomacy, based on real life events and directed by Volker Schlöndorff,…
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Film Review: Coming Home (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 4 March 2015 Following the spectacle of his previous film, The Flowers of War (still one of the…
Film Review: 3 Hearts (2014)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 4 March 2015 3 Hearts (3 Coeurs) is a romance directed by Benoît Jacquot and set in provincial…
Film Review: Eastern Boys (2013)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 27 February 2015 The subtitles for French film Eastern Boys don’t start until ten minutes in, almost leaving…
Film Review: The Salvation (2014)
byWritten by Lisa Sinclair Originally published 15 January 2015 A Danish western is something you don’t see everyday, and this is perhaps the only…
Film Review: Folies Bergere (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 11 December 2014 Folies Bergere is the kind of film that so rarely gets held to account by…
Film Review: Human Capital (2014)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 3 December 2014 Vying for Oscar glory, Human Capital is Italy’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film…
Film Review: My Old Lady (2014)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 13 November 2014 There are few cities that throw up as much dramatic inspiration as Paris. In Israel…
Film Review: Force Majeure (2014)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 16 October 2014 Force Majeure is certainly a loaded term. French in origin, it denotes a ‘superior force’,…
Lavazza Italian Film Festival Launch Summary and Film Review: The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 20 September 2014 The Lavazza Italian Film Festival is upon us again. For those of you not in…