Director: Pailin Wedel London Film Festival 2019 review Hope Frozen is a documentary defined by various forms of preservation. On the most explicit level, Pailin Wedel’s tender film tells the story of two-year-old Einz Naovaratpong, […]
London Film Festival
Though Afghan actor/director/producer Salim Shaheen is a formidable talent in exactly none of his chosen fields, his larger-than-life personality brings an unpolished charm to his no-budget cinematic output, as well as making him a uniquely […]
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: 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 […]
Director: Sonia Kronlund London Film Festival review Afghan actor/director Salim Shaheen is the kind of magnetic figure who’s funny, charismatic and strange enough to carry a whole documentary on the strength of his personality. Of […]
Director: Hong Sang-soo London Film Festival review The shadow of scandal hangs over Hong Sang-soo’s slippery and self-deprecating On the Beach at Night Alone, a despondent though characteristically playful variant on the director’s long-established formula […]