A controversial movie in that this is a sensitive portrait of a young man, Johnathan, who is physically attracted to pre-pubescent girls, and the battle he endures to keep this at bay, when a lonely ten-year-old girl moves in next door to him with her solo mum. Director: Patrice Toye Starring: Tijmen Govaerts, Julia Brown, […]
Set in East Germany in the summer of 1989, Fritzi is an animated family movie about twelve-year-old East German Fritzi, who says goodbye to best friend Sophie who is leaving for a holiday in Hungary. When Sophie does not return, or call, Fritzi begins a quest to find out where her friend is. In the […]
An epic Iliad cinema experience at the passing of the most influential person of the twentieth century, Josph Stalin. All the glory but none of the horror. Director: Sergei Loznitza
Hong Kong Moments attempts to capture the mood of the city and the forces at play leading up to the large-scale demonstrations against the notorious Extradition Bill in 2019. Director Zhou Bing attempts and all-sides examination of the ongoing conflict – through the eyes of seven Hong Kong citizens. Director: Zhou Bing
The story of missing teens and adults in Mexico, has been festering for years, as they disappear somewhere along the way, trying to cross the border to the promised land of the USA. In Identifying Features, a mother whose teenage son is missing after boarding a bus to a border town, undertakes a trip into […]
Director Oualid Mouness weaves a well-crafted story with 1982, drawing excellent performances from its young cast. Set on the outskirts of Beirut, their lives and the surrounding countryside seem so peaceful and predictable. But as civil war erupts in the world around them, adolescence further topples their world with perils of its own. Director: Oualid […]
Based on a true story, Corpus Christi is a Dostoyevskian tale of redemption filmed in a bleak realist style, at a careful pace but with a well-crafted build-up of suspense and anxiety as the movie progresses. Director: Jan Komasa Writer: Mateusz Pacewicz Starring: Bartosz Bielenia
Whammy Bar presented super sets of Soul music from KITA and support act Ed Waaka, for suburban Millennials and sundry Pseuds, Sophisticates and Soul Survivors.
Dan Sperber and his band, with special guest Caitlin Smith, deliver an outstanding show at the Wine Cellar this evening. Launching Think on Your Feet, an album of pain and heartbreak and possibly redemption. Quietly locked down for 2 years before finally finding its right moment.
The Cavern, The Kaiserkellar, CBGBs. Legendary sweaty urban cesspits which were breeding grounds for developing musicians and their budding fan base. And so, it appears with Whammy and Wine Cellar, the underground of St Kevin’s Arcade. Seventeen acts lined up for this Deep Dive Festival. The only music festival on the planet since everyone being […]
