With his dark, moving, often surprisingly comical feature debut, British director Joe Stephenson is quickly establishing a name for himself as a talent to watch. An adaptation of an acclaimed stage play from Freddie Machin, […]
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Through three parallel narratives set in Paris, Bangkok and LA, Rooth Tang’s dreamy and disorienting Sway affectingly observes new forms of emotional and physical detachment in the increasingly globalised Information Age. Boasting an ensemble cast […]
With the patient, delicately crafted Second Life of Thieves, Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin sheds light on the problems of the present by observing how the issues and encounters of the past get buried or […]
By David Pountain Tom Waller’s award-winning Thai film, The Last Executioner, takes an unconventionally spiritual approach to a fascinating true story. A decades-spanning account of the life of Chavoret Jaruboon, the final man in his […]
By David Pountain Polish director Tomasz Mielnik packs more ideas and memorable set pieces into his debut feature, Journey to Rome, than many directors manage across entire careers. While the loosely structured Czech comedy starts […]
By David Pountain As his body of work will attest, Portuguese director José Pedro Lopes has a clear penchant for the macabre, often presenting grimly comic scenarios which see the crueller and more reckless sides […]