The Teacher – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Basem (Saleh Bakri) is a Palestinian English teacher, trying to shepherd his young charges through…

Bleeding Love – Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review

There are some films that are enhanced by their stunt casting. Then there are the…

Lousy Carter – Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review

Lousy Carter (David Krumholtz) is waiting for the doctor. When he finally turns up, he…

Perfect Days Review

It’s been more than twenty years since legendary German director Wim Wenders helmed a well-liked…

The Promised Land Review

Denmark, 1755. Retired army captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) is granted permission from the King…

Docu-fiction at London Film Festival: Little Girl Blue and Ramona

Acting is becoming someone else and inhabiting them convincingly. Rarely do we see that process…

In Camera – BFI London Film Festival Review

Aden (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a young actor who’s been struggling through audition after audition with…

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Review

Deep in an Estonian forest, far from the pressures and cares of the outside world,…

Bye Bye Tiberias – BFI London Film Festival Review

Though she has been a mainstay of TV and film for more than twenty-five years,…

Power Alley – BFI London Film Festival Review

Sofia (Ayomi Domenica Dias) is the star player on her high-school volleyball team, under pressure…

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Review

When 11-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) returns home from a fun summer at camp, she’s…

Kokomo City Review

The director D Smith has a movie-worthy origin story herself. She spent years working as…