Film Review: Age of Cannibals (Zeit der Kannibalen) (2014)
byIt’s hard to know what exactly you’d except from a film called Age of Cannibals. Is it some kind of B-grade horror schlock? A…
Festivals
Film Review: Stations of the Cross (2014)
byStations of the Cross begins with one of the most fascinating and alienating opening pieces of dialogue put to film of recent memory. A…
Film Review: Beloved Sisters (2014)
byScreening as part of the Festival of German Films, Beloved Sisters (2014) is a historical romance based on the lives of sisters Charlotte and…
MIFF14: Mommy (2014)
byCausing quite a stir at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year was Mommy, written and directed by Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan. Infused with…
MIFF14: Mommy (2014)
byI’ll admit it now, I’m a Xavier Dolan novice. Mommy is only the second film that I’ve seen of this French/Canadian wunderkind, and the…
AFFFF15: The Last Diamond (2014)
byFollowing in the footsteps of French heist masterpieces like Bob The Gambler and Rififi, director and co-writer Eric Barbier reunites with leading man Yvan…
AFFFF15: The New Girlfriend (Une nouvelle amie) (2014)
byThe opening shot of The New Girlfriend is an extreme close up of lipstick being applied to a pair of thin lips, the camera lingers…
AFFFF15: The Connection (La French) (2014)
byThe Connection (La French) is a true crime gangster film, set in Marseilles in the 1970s. It is inspired by the French Connection (like…
AFFFF15: Diplomacy (2015)
byParis. August 24, 1944. Diplomacy, based on real life events and directed by Volker Schlöndorff, provides a fascinating depiction of how, over the course…
Film Review: Merchants of Doubt (2015)
byEvery so often there comes along a documentary that needs to be seen, one that is so stirring that it makes you want to…