The Dead Don’t Die

Jim Jarmusch, USA, 2019 It’s the Jim J zombie film absolutely no-one was crying out for! I liked it. It’s … More

Allez!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: road cycle racing is a lot like cinema. As the Tour…

Aleksey German, Russia, 2018 I’ve been in St Petersburg a lot recently (in my head), re-reading Crime & Punishment and … More

Jacques Audiard, 2018 With the quality people involved in this film, you’d expect it to be good. And it is. … More

Andrés Duque, Spain, 2018 When you go to watch a documentary film, you have expectations – to learn about a … More

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, France/Italy, 2018 Nice enough, but utterly forgettable, really. It was good language practice, though it took my … More

Julio Hernández Cordón, Mexico, 2018 What a great little film! We’re in a post-apocalyptic lawless Mexico, run by violent drug … More

Carlos Reygadas, Mexico, 2018 Well, what a disappointment! I loved another of his films so much – Post Tenebras Lux … More

Peter Strickland, UK, 2018 It started so well, but I was disappointed by the end. It’s a film of two … More

And so starts my D’A Film Festival 2019… Rick Alverson, USA, 2018 Quietly powerful, difficult to watch at times (I … More