Film Festivals

London Film Festival 2014 Day 4: ‘The New Girlfriend’ and ‘Something Must Break’
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London Film Festival 2014 Day 4: ‘The New Girlfriend’ and ‘Something Must Break’

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 / 13 October 2014
Issues of gender identity and sexuality come under scrutiny in today’s reviewed films: the latest genre-hopper from François Ozon, and Ester Martin Bergsmark’s explicit teen love story.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 3: ‘Men, Women & Children’ / ‘Night Bus’
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London Film Festival 2014 Day 3: ‘Men, Women & Children’ / ‘Night Bus’

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 / 12 October 2014
Two ensemble comedy dramas at either ends of the budgetary scale: Jason Reitman’s synthetic Men Women & Children and Simon Baker’s likeable, low-budget Night Bus.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 2: ‘The Duke of Burgundy’
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London Film Festival 2014 Day 2: ‘The Duke of Burgundy’

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 / 9 October 2014
Peter Strickland confirms his reputation as one of contemporary British cinema’s most distinctive talents with a thrilling, immersive love story.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 1: ‘French Riviera’ and ‘Dukhtar’
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London Film Festival 2014 Day 1: ‘French Riviera’ and ‘Dukhtar’

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 / 6 October 2014
Our coverage of the 2014 London Film Festival begins with reviews of two mother/daughter-focused dramas: veteran André Téchiné’s French Riviera and Afia Nathaniel’s debut film Dukhtar.
Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 6: Closing Ceremony and Awards
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Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 6: Closing Ceremony and Awards

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 / 25 September 2014
Analysis of the winners and losers at Saturday night’s Gdynia Film Festival closing ceremony.
Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 5: Jack Strong / The Photographer
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Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 5: Jack Strong / The Photographer

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 / 24 September 2014
Two exciting Main Competition thrillers probing Polish-Russian relations screen on the fifth day of the Festival.
Gdynia Film Festival Day 4: Waterline / Gods / Close Ups / Goto, Island of Love
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Gdynia Film Festival Day 4: Waterline / Gods / Close Ups / Goto, Island of Love

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 / 22 September 2014
A mystery thriller, a biographical portrait, a mother/daughter melodrama and a visit to the "Island of Love" make up our fourth day at Gdynia Film Festival.
Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 3: The Citizen / Warsaw 44
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Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 3: The Citizen / Warsaw 44

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 / 19 September 2014
Two Main Competition films that explore Poland's past: one treating it as picaresque comedy, the other as harrowing special effects spectacle.
Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 2: The Word / The Mighty Angel / The Immigrant
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Gdynia Film Festival 2014 Day 2: The Word / The Mighty Angel / The Immigrant

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 / 18 September 2014
Troubled teens and a chronic alcoholic populate two of the Main Competition films. But James Gray's The Immigrant proves the most impressive.
Gdynia Film Festival Day 1: Deluge Redivivus / Polish Shit
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Gdynia Film Festival Day 1: Deluge Redivivus / Polish Shit

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 / 17 September 2014
Love, war and other crap at the Gdynia Film Festival, Poland's largest and most prestigious showcase for its national cinema.
Tribeca Film Festival: ‘The Canal’
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Tribeca Film Festival: ‘The Canal’

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 / 21 April 2014
Horror flick The Canal slowly builds malaise into an excellent and unsettling genre piece.
Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Lucky Them’
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Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Lucky Them’

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 / 18 April 2014
Lucky Them focuses on a music journalist who can't break free of her history as the girlfriend of a deceased-Seattle rock icon but this romantic comedy falls short of its potential.