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I loved Maya Newell’s Gayby Baby (2015). She has a knack of removing herself from the frame and immersing us in the intimate world of family. It can seem like a commonplace tale until you slowly realise that she is personalising key social concerns, allowing us a window into the impact of prejudice, racism and institutionalised apathy. Continue reading
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Suffused with golden light and a fug of cigarette smoke, this Georgian drama pulls you in to what feels like a very real story of queer love in an oppressively heterosexual culture. Continue reading
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This sober and creepy tale has an inexorable pull that keeps you watching despite what seems at first to be a simple story. Continue reading
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Like God Exists, Her Name is Petruniya, this is a stylish and absorbing tale of a sheep becoming a wolf. Continue reading
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I was thoroughly charmed by this quirky Macedonian tale of courage and self determination by Teona Strugar Mitevska. Continue reading
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The perfect film to see at a midnight screening, Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin is a wry and disturbing romp that never takes itself seriously. Continue reading
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It was worth a shot. This oddball indie film is a tour de force by writer, director and star Jim Cummings. I enjoyed the ride and only felt let down by its denouement that seems to undermine the realities of family violence. Continue reading
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Written by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) and starring our favourite Countess, Elizabeth McGovern, this gentle bio pic of female friendship and emancipation delivers what it promises. Continue reading
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Lyn Ramsey’s (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Morvern Callar) latest grips you in its sweaty fist and doesn’t let up until the final frame. It’s enigmatic, intense and artful, filling each frame with the lumbering presence of Joaquin Phoenix. Continue reading
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A worthy but oddly unsatisfying look at the brutal government response to worker strikes in the Basque region of Spain in the 70s. Continue reading
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