Well, they might have once been brothers, but they ended up as warriors. Anyone who knows the basic details of the history of The Band, knows that a film about them, based on one bandmember’s book, is going to wind up being somewhat one-sided. In this case, it’s Robbie Robertson’s singular take on things. Director: […]
Relic is often as infuriating as it is terrifying, with exquisite set pieces and visuals flattened by inconsistency and an original, horrifying story left hanging in the land of potential through a weak, forgettable script.
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
Paradise Drifters is a study of the physical and psychological impacts of homelessness on youth. Written and directed by Mees Peijnenburg, this Dutch film follows three such young adults as they cross paths.
A mother looks out into the cornfields surrounding her home, the image of both strength and vulnerability, talking about the horrific grief that comes with losing a son during a student prank – without knowing what happened to him. Ai Weiwei, a contemporary artist and activist, directs Vivos, a visually stunning examination of how a […]
A punk rock comedy drama, Dinner in America‘s cassettes, tape decks, combat boots and bomber jackets, drop us somewhere in the late 80s, with a couple of misfits, struggling to find their place in the world.
The Truth seems to be a subject of some concern this Film Festival. After all, we’ve had the True History of The Kelly Gang, which wasn’t. And now, The Truth, is the story of a veteran actress (played by the incandescent Catherine Deneuve) who has just published her memoir, which is more fiction than fact.
True History of The Kelly Gang is definitely NOT as advertised as it is a very fictionalised account of the life and times of legendary Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly. That said, it IS one eye-popping, wild tale of what might have been… in another universe…
Heroic Losers (La Odisea De Los Giles) (2019), an Argentine heist comedy set in the early 2000s, tells the story of an endearing bunch of working-class pals that have their dream to own a cooperative stolen from them, and their tenacity to get it back. The film is based on the novel La Noche De […]