By David Pountain Directed by Philippe Lesage Raindance Film Festival review There is a generous array of cinematic reference points that can be used in any discussion of The Demons, the piercing narrative feature debut from […]
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By Matthew Riordan Directors: Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan The name ‘Buttercup Bill’ rings with a childlike innocence. In many ways it is the perfect title for Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan’s feature-length debut, a film […]
By David Pountain Directed by Jake Mahaffy Venice Film Festival review In the Old Testament’s Book of Job, the consistently devout eponymous man, after suffering a horrendous series of undeserved misfortunes, is forced to accept that the […]
by David Pountain Director: Roberto Minervini There was once a time where it was hard to find a cinematic vision of the American rural south that wasn’t highly romanticised. These days the challenge is in […]
By David Pountain Directed by Natalia Leite Tribeca Film Festival review Bare, the vibrant feature-length debut of Natalia Leite, is a drama that’s refreshingly submissive to the whims of the night. It’s not that the […]
Director: Damian Marcano Delivered with fierce political anger and passionate humanism, God Loves the Fighter is a cinematic firebomb flung through the window of a governmental institution. With its hallucinogenic colour filters and instinctual montaging, […]