Paromita Sengupta
Apr 18, 2021
Luna [Philippe Berthelet, Canada, 2021]
Experimental cinema is as old as cinema itself and, indeed, cinema began as an experiment. It is the generally expected of the genre that...
Paromita Sengupta
Apr 11, 2021
Poolside [Alex Kinter & Erik Schuessler, USA, 2020]
‘How long do you have to be alone before you go crazy?’ Set in the 1950s America, Poolside is a suspense thriller with questions that run...
Marcus Hansen
Apr 11, 2021
Covid Tales: House Party [Mike Spence, United Kingdom, 2021]
In the age or ageing of COVID-19, former barriers—between work and play, community and solidarity, movement and stasis—have melted away.
Fung Ying Cheng
Apr 5, 2021
Manasanamaha [Deepak Reddy, India, 2020]
The film follows Surya (Viraj Ashwin) who recounts three relationships from his past...
Sally Roberts
Apr 4, 2021
Rio [Zhenia Kazankina, Russia/Finland, 2019]
From Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho [USA, 1960] to The Florida Project [Sean Baker, USA, 2017], motels have long dominated American cinema....
Sam Briggs
Apr 4, 2021
Reclaiming the Negative [Mike Beech, UK/South Korea, 2020]
Since the Korean war ended in 1953, approximately 31,000 North Koreans have defected, taking the perilous journey across the southern...
Sally Roberts
Apr 4, 2021
Bulldog [Kieran Stringfellow, UK, 2020]
What comes to mind when you think of bulldogs? Faded tattoos stretched across grizzled biceps, multiple-ringed hands wrapped around...
Sally Roberts
Apr 4, 2021
Ghost of a Chance [Manes Duerr, USA, 2019]
Never give up on your dreams. Many of us are told this repeatedly from a young age well into adulthood. Following a soon-to-be father on...
Sam Briggs
Apr 4, 2021
Old Flame – A Super 8 Story [Spencer Hetherington & Jesse Ricottone, Canada, 2020]
Though quick to ignite, once over, relationships can be difficult to extinguish; old flames destined to continue burning long into the...
Sally Roberts
Apr 4, 2021
Fancy a Cuppa? [Lotte Cassidy, UK, 2020]
Scented gel pens, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air [USA, 1990-96] and unwrapping what seemed like endless Fruit Winders, while not universal,...