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…
Foreign
Film Review: Coming Home (2014)
byFollowing the spectacle of his previous film, The Flowers of War (still one of the highest grossing films ever in its native China), master…
Film Review: 3 Hearts (2014)
by3 Hearts (3 Coeurs) is a romance directed by Benoît Jacquot and set in provincial France. 3 Hearts takes the viewer on an introspective…
Film Review: Eastern Boys (2013)
byThe subtitles for French film Eastern Boys don’t start until ten minutes in, almost leaving the audience to wonder if they’ve been omitted by…
Film Review: The Salvation (2014)
byA Danish western is something you don’t see everyday, and this is perhaps the only unique aspect of The Salvation, directed by Kristian Levring….
Film Review: Folies Bergere (2014)
byFolies Bergere is the kind of film that so rarely gets held to account by its critics. It’s a pleasant middle aged comedy, the…
Film Review: Human Capital (2014)
byVying for Oscar glory, Human Capital is Italy’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2015 Academy Awards, having already won…
Film Review: My Old Lady (2014)
byThere are few cities that throw up as much dramatic inspiration as Paris. In Israel Horovitz’s My Old Lady, it is a quirk of real estate…
Film Review: Force Majeure (2014)
byForce Majeure is certainly a loaded term. French in origin, it denotes a ‘superior force’, one out of human control. It is, in fact,…
Lavazza Italian Film Festival Launch Summary and Film Review: The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
byThe Lavazza Italian Film Festival is upon us again. For those of you not in the know, when considering the wealth of film festivals…