CLARISSA SIU reviews Julian Rosefeldt and Cate Blanchett’s high concept film which treads the line between cinema and video art installation. A two-time Academy Award..
SELMA REZGUI reviews Britain on Film: Black Britain, and considers the largely forgotten history of Black people and their legacy in this country . At first glance,..
NICK FERRIS reviews Complicit, Heather White and Lynn Zhang’s documentary uncovering the occupational diseases rife in China’s factories. A broad river lies still, shrouded in a grey-green fog...
Kelvin Tan reviews Sara Taksler’s documentary Tickling Giants, which centres on a comedian’s powerful response to the Arab Spring. Amidst the violence and unrest in the wake of..
HARRY WISE reviews David Hare’s ambitious yet underwhelming take on David Irving’s court case. It seems wonderfully prescient that in a climate of rising anti-Semitism and..
NICK FERRIS explores the varied interpretations of dirt in ‘dirty’ films. The mucky and the imperfect have no obvious place in the idealised, plot-focused world..
CALVIN LAW explores the highly popular and influential works of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Akira Kurosawa defined himself as a man whose life was dominated..
NOAH REICH discusses Kristen Stewart’s contentious personal life and career, and reviews her latest performance in ‘Personal Shopper’. In October 2012, only four years before..
PINCHAS KAHTAN examines Gaddafi’s rise and fall as discussed by Adam Curtis at the BBC Arabic Festival. In his recent documentary, HyperNormalisation, Adam Curtis described the collective..
SAM SUMMERS talks to Sheyma Buali, artistic director of the BBC Arabic Festival about the film curation process, and reviews the season’s offerings with PINCHAS KAHTAN. The..
BENEDICT HOLZMANN reviews Tiffany Hsiung’s documentary on sexual exploitation by the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. Tiffany Hsiung’s filmmaking debut opens with two elderly women..
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