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…
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Film Review: When Marnie Was There (2015)
byThink of animation and you think of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese studio that has given us such animated gems as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess…
Film Review: Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (2014)
byBased on the urban legend that a Japanese tourist froze to death in Minnesota while searching for the loot of cash that goes undiscovered…
Film Review: Trash (2014)
byRaphael (Rickson Tevez), a Brazilian street teenager, spends his days sifting through mountains of trash in the hopes of finding something valuable. One day…
Film Review: The Salt of the Earth (2014)
byTracing the life and career of renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado from his childhood in Brazil through to his most recent collection “Genesis” which saw…
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…
Film Review: Leviathan (2014)
byIn adapting the Old Testament story of Job and setting it in the modern context of his native Russia, master film maker Andrey Zvyagintsev…
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…