Jan Komasa, 2019, Poland This was worth a trip to the cinema! The film connects us with our striking-looking young … More
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She Dies Tomorrow
Amy Seimetz, 2020, USA What an intriguing and compelling premise – a contagious certainty of one’s own death the next … More
El Último Arquero
Dácil Manrique de Lara, 2020, Spain Well this is so lovely and touching, but also interesting, creative and enlightening. The … More
Intrigue: Mayday
BBC Radio 4 podcast, November 2020 This series is aptly named. Really intriguing true stories, well-researched, told in a way … More
Demolition Girl
Genta Matsugami, 2019, Japan This was on FilmIn as part of this year’s Asian Film Festival Barcelona. Spanish cinephiles who … More
Under the Shadow
Babak Anvari, 2016, Iran This film is so brilliantly multilayered. It’s a creepy, creepy ghost story with a backdrop of … More
Binti
Frederike Migom, 2019, Belgium Well this was a little ray of sunshine amid these dark days! It’s a kids’ film, … More
The Karate Kid
John G. Avildsen, USA, 1984 It’s been a hard week, so I turned to Netflix. Having read about it, I … More
Tommaso
Abel Ferrara, USA, 2019 A portrait of a man. A New Yorker living in Rome, a screenwriter who gives acting … More
Il Nido
Roberto De Feo, Italy, 2019 It had such promise, this film. An Italian horror centred around a large mansion and … More