Holy Spider
HOLY SPIDER is a radical rage-filled polemic on a culture that Ali Abbasi believes fuelled and then excused a serial killer who slaughtered sixteen prostitutes in the Iranian sacred city of Mashhad.
HOLY SPIDER is a radical rage-filled polemic on a culture that Ali Abbasi believes fuelled and then excused a serial killer who slaughtered sixteen prostitutes in the Iranian sacred city of Mashhad.
A grimy lo-fi celebration of the outsider, FUNNY PAGES sees first-time feature filmmaker Owen Kline draw comic influence from cult indie favourites AMERICAN SPLENDOR and GHOST WORLD.
Writer and director Alexandru Belc’s feature debut is a slow, repetitive, but contemplative film. Despite being pitched as a love story, the film doesn’t fall into the stereotypical young love tropes; if anything, a romance is far from what the film aims to show. Starring Mara Bugarin as Ana, Belc’s film relates a narrative set … Continue reading Metronom
From complex relationships to sudden death, LES AMANDIERS grows into an honest and compassionate coming of age narrative, showing the dwindling naivety beyond youth.
Mark Jenkin’s eagerly awaited feature-length follow-up to critically acclaimed debut BAIT swaps out his previous effort’s black and white 16mm film for a more colourful aesthetic to unsettle and isolate its audience.
ROM details the life of a lottery runner, a young boy tasked with delivering betting slips to his neighbours, and supplying them with numbers to bet on, all the while avoiding the local gangsters and his fierce rival Phuc. Set in the heart of a Vietnamese housing complex, and supported by a powerful cast, ROM … Continue reading Rom
ON A MAGICAL NIGHT (CHAMBRE 212) is a smart comedy about life and love until it trails off into a confusing, self-consciously deep ending. Yemi Chabi reviews from Cannes 2019.
Tina Kendall reviews Werner Herzog’s new film FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC from Cannes Film Festival 2019.
THE DEAD DON’T DIE is not groundbreaking, but Jim Jarmusch manages to breathe some new life into the (un)dead genre. Joe McLauchlan reviews from Cannes 2019.
MATTHIAS & MAXIME makes one question whether friendship is love or vice versa. Yemi Chabi reviews at Cannes 2019.