Director: Michael Onder Tokyo International Film Festival review With a title referencing Texas hold’em, a game of probability and psychology, Turkish director Michael Onder’s debut Taksim Hold’em incorporates the game literally and symbolically into a dark […]
Director: Nattawut Poonpiriya London Film Festival review A mesmerising work of substance-over-story, Nattawut Poonpiriya’s Bad Genius is a film that lives to deliver nail-biting and impeccably composed sequences of comedy and suspense. Whether or not […]
Director: Wang Wan-jo Tokyo International Film Festival review In Wang Wan-jo’s enlightening, if rather nichey tribute to the unsung heroes of sound and their deceptively unobtrusive artistry, we see that there is more than one way to be […]
Director: Akiko Ohku Tokyo International Film Festival review High school is the psychological monster that refuses to die. Whatever hang-ups, regrets and fixations you develop in this formative period will likely stay with you for […]
Director: Margarethe von Trotta Tokyo International Film Festival review Last time director Margarethe von Trotta collaborated with writer Pamela Katz, the result was Hannah Arendt, an intelligently engaging biopic about the controversial German-Jewish philosopher who […]
Director: Gilles Coulier London Film Festival review Though timely social and economic concerns provide a sturdy backdrop for Cargo, Gilles Coulier’s richly affecting depiction of a family of working class fishermen finds its most resonant emotions […]
