By David Pountain Director: Yuri Norshteyn At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival, a large international jury of critics and animators voted Yuriy Norshteyn’s 1979 short, Tale of Tales, the greatest animated film of […]
Month: June 2014
By Hannah McNicholas Directed by Nick Hamm Based on a true story and set against the backdrop of pulse-pounding post-punk, Killing Bono is the laugh-out-loud story of two brothers who never quite found what they were […]
By Samantha Ward Dir: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Whitewash is a cold thriller with dark comedy edge set in the snow filled forests of Northern Quebec. Thomas Haden Church does a great job in his portrayal of […]
By Samantha Ward Dir. Matias Penachino With an observational documentary style, Summun Bonum opens with a family watching old video footage of when the parents adopted children from a foreign country. Straight away the mother’s […]
By Oliver Thom Directed by Sergio Caballero Catalan director Sergio Caballero’s surrealist crime caper The Distance (La Distancia) is unapologetically left of field. In fact the film, an atmospheric heist movie with a healthy hint of […]
By Alice Pickard Directed by Luis Puenzo Original title: “La Historia Oficial” Set in the final years of the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983), The Official Story is unafraid of exploring the pain that this […]