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