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Review Archive
The Baltimorons Recovering alkie and and his accidental dentist embark on a wild festive romance - Jay Duplass's heady Christmas romance lightens up the 59th edition of Karlovy Vary [Read More...]
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Iranian documentarist captures her video interactions with young photographer trapped in Gaza, in a historical register that's both heartwarming and harrowing - from various festivals [Read More...]
Valley of Peace (Dolina Miru) Black American pilot, Slovenian boy and German girl seek the elusive Valley of Peace, in this heartwarming war drama from Yugoslavia - watch it now with ArteKino Classics [Read More...]
Where are you? I’m Here (Dove Sei? Io Sono Qui) Love blossoms when a young deaf man meets someone with the same world view in Liliana Cavani’s forthright Italian drama - watch it now with ArteKino Classics [Read More...]
The Ballad of Wallis Island Warm and tender tribute to passion through music has all the ingredients of a romcom (or rather, a "bromcom"), and is guaranteed to put a smile of your face - delicious British film shows at the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
8 The director of Sex and Lucia returns with a hyperbolical allegory of Spanish history, populated with charming characters - from San Sebastian [Read More...]
Moses Homeless San Francisco man disturbs the pattern of invisibility, in this incredibly humanistic and compassionate documentary - from the Malaga Film Festival [Read More...]
Malta Story Alec Guinness stars in WW2 classic showcasing a horribly bombed Malta, and the Mediterranean nation's "love story" with their British colonisers - from the Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
Time Travel is Dangerous Vintage store owners travel to the past in order to acquire new items for their customers - ultra-British comedy is on various VoD platforms on Monday, September 29th [Read More...]
The Bride Woman desperately runs away from mysterious danger, in this finely crafted horror with a very disappointing ending - short film shows at the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
How Deep is your Love Spirited and engaging doc turns the dark depths of the sea into an enlightening lesson on humanity - from the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
Morning Star British singer falls in love with Maltese singer during WW2, in this charming and conventional short film - from the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
Ciao Ciao A nightmarish dinner party intersects with other narratives, in this funny and revelatory Maltese comedy of manners - from the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
Footlights Homeless man has to perform Al Jolson songs to an affluent audience before returning to the sanctuary of the streets - dirty Maltese gem shows at the Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
Reaching for Light British doc celebrates the virtues of curiosity, as scientists and engineers record a 360-degree view of the aurora borealis - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
The Red List Race to protect endangered plants is laced with a tender family vibe, in this short and sweet Welsh documentary - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
APEX A stranded traveller seeking shelter steps into an occult nightmare, in this impressive Canadian-Maltese horror short - from the 3rd Mediterranean Film Festival [Read More...]
Lowland Kids Young Americans fight against climate change displacement, is this slow, quiet and sobering documentary - live from the Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Four Letters of Love Two Irish people are destined to meet, in this star-studded, boring and lame romance - in cinemas on Friday, July 18th [Read More...]
God as my Witness New Orleans clergy abuse documentary penetrates the Catholic church's cover-up by giving voice to the victims, with some shocking revelations - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
Aiming to the Top – Accra Underground Turkish filmmaker captures young Ghanaian rappers as they seek redemption through music, in this observational type of documentary - from Raindance [Read More...]
Only on Earth Danish documentarist captures the fires that castigated and scarred Galicia (in Northeastern Spain); the outcome is bewitching, if barely cognitive - from the 3rd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Beam Me Up, Sulu Lost footage of an amateur Star Trek project is witnessed in this work, padded out with revelations about Asian American artists (such as George Takei) - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
Where The Wind Comes From Two friends of different sex and personality embark on a road trip of Tunisia, in this feel-good youth drama from Tunisia - showing at the Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Thin Places A sister aches to hear from a deceased relative, and emerges a stronger and more assured person through this journey into conversation - from imageNATIVE [Read More...]
28 Years Later Brexit Britain is overrun with zombies, in Danny Coyle's inessential and plodding sequel - on VoD on Monday, September 8th [Read More...]
In Symbiosis Two documentarists taste the least savoury ingredients of the food industry, and find out that the practices stem from colonialism - from Raindance [Read More...]
The Rendlesham UFO – The British Roswell Metal detectors and dowsing rods to hand, two British men investigate one of the best-known UFO sightings in history - light-hearted documentary premieres at Raindance [Read More...]
Our Journey With Lobular Breast Cancer Tristan Loraine’s emotional documentary following his wife’s pursuit for better cancer treatment is a testament to the power of hope - from Raindance [Read More...]
The Wound Young Moroccan woman confronts a patriarch and a society unprepared to accept her unborn baby and its non-Muslim father - from the Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Breakwater A young man desperate for purpose and direction begins to change in unexpected ways, in this Oxford-set, impressive psychological drama - British debut premieres at Raindance [Read More...]
Dali A recently-deceased rap artist finds himself examining his life in this sympathetic, inventive independent drama - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
This Is Your Captain Speaking Retired air pilot exposes invisible killer very few people knew, in this courageous British documentary - from Raindance [Read More...]
The Two of Us An unexpected friendship and a walk to John O' Groats open the door to peace and healing, in this warm British doc - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
Dream! Young orphan on the lush mountains of Thailand sets out to find a new home, in this English-language, old-school musical - from Raindance [Read More...]
Dirty Boy Reclusive schizophrenic has to flee a creepy cult after being framed for a murder, in this British debut blending sci-fi, horror and... the von Trapp family - from the 33rd edition of Raindance [Read More...]
White Guilt Marcus Flemmings stages the divisions and injustices of America race relations as incendiary rôle play, in this British-made and filthy genius drama - from Raindance [Read More...]
Letters from Wolf Street (Listy z Wilczej) Indian filmmaker registers his own experience as a foreigner in Poland, in this gently piercing documentary - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]
Thinestra In this satirical body horror, a Los Angeles woman’s eating disorder births a monstrous, all-consuming doppelgänger - from Raindance [Read More...]
No More History Without Us (Não Haverá Mais História Sem Nós) German myths of "racial purity" continue to intoxicate Brazil, activist documentary deemed "too hot" for film festivals reveals - on June 27th at the Rich Mix [Read More...]
Snatchers In Craig Alexander and Shelly Higgs’ ambitious yet messy feature debut, the morality of two down-on-their-luck hospital workers is put on the slab - Australian horror world premieres at Raindance [Read More...]
If You Should Leave Before Me A gay couple ruminates on a shared loss, in a film rippling with meaningful fantasy sequences and charming directorial interpolations - from Raindance [Read More...]
Emma: One Last Dance The final campaign of a women's football icon in Britain is displayed in a documentary that shows the personal price of success - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
Row Matthew Losasso’s slippery survivalist sea yarn buffets the viewer with high tension, simmering mystery and overwhelming mortal danger - in cinemas on Friday, September 5th [Read More...]
Saturnalia First-time American director imports and builds from the horrific trappings of Suspiria in order to portray a timeless intergenerational clash - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
Children in the Fire In this stunning exhibition of war, children are deprived of skin, legs and memories, but maintain hope and love for Ukraine - world premiere takes place at Raindance [Read More...]
Maldoror Fabrice du Welz’s police thriller offers a gritty, fictionalised account of Belgian serial killer, serial rapist, and child molester Marc Dutroux's case - from the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]
TWST – Things We Said Today Romanian director reminisces about Beatlemania, in a gingerly made, conformist and clean documentary - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]
The Invisible Half Half-Japanese schoolgirl is inexorably pursued by her own sense of alienation, in this dirty gem of a horror debut - world premiere takes place at the 33rd edition of Raindance [Read More...]
The Last Grail Hunter First-time British director flirts with horror and sci-fi, in a confusing story set in a post-apocalyptical London and its surroundings - from Raindance [Read More...]