Retrato de Una Mujer en Llamas

(Portrait of a Lady on Fire) Céline Sciamma, France, 2019 I found it hard to follow the subtitles for this … More

Parasite

Bong Joon-ho, South Korea, 2019 I find Korean cinema so refreshingly unusual, and previous films from this director are among … More

Jonás Trueba, Spain, 2019 It’s me! I really liked this, but then maybe because that’s because sometimes it was a … More

João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora, Brazil, 2018 This film is a very beautiful thing. It isn’t a documentary, but … More

I was thinking last week about how isolating it is to not be able to express oneself in spoken language. … More

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

Abbasi, Sweden, 2019 I’d heard it was weird, this film – hermaphrodite trolls. And it is strange, but in a … More

Jaime Rosales, Spain, 2018 It looks lovely, this film. Interesting shot composition and the camera keeps panning away from the … More

Mizoguchi, Japan, 1953 It’s classic Japanese cinema, this, set in a time of samurais and peasants. There is lots of … More

Carrecedo & Bahar, Spain-USA-Canada-France, 2018 I saw this documentary at the cinema last night. I’ve been putting it off a … More