Powerful places
OUT NOW! Ambitious drama THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES has its flaws but makes for muscular, arresting viewing. more »
Jun 13, 2013 by Mark Wilshin in Film
Videos
Boring bodysnatchers
OUT NOW! All of Saoirse Ronan's spirit can't fix THE HOST's lack of soul. more »
Jun 13, 2013 by Rachel Glassberg in Film
Not of sound mind
OUT NOW! BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO's off-kilter tale of obsession in sound design is deliciously strange. more »
Jun 13, 2013 by Robert. W Monk in Film
Four on the floor
OUT NOW! TANGO LIBRE's fleet-footed love quadrangle drama dances itself into a few corners, but rarely stumbles. more »
Forest hump
OUT NOW! Berlin based eco-initiative FUCK FOR FOREST are the subject of a documentary that amounts to something less than the sum of its eclectic parts. more »
Promised bland
OUT NOW! Gus van Sant's PROMISED LAND attempts humanise the highly-charged issue of fracking, but the result is dangerously close to dull. more »
Not so down to earth
OUT NOW! Self-indulgent father-son bonding exercise AFTER EARTH leaves the viewer space-sick. more »
Jun 6, 2013 by Tobi Jochum in Film
All narc, no bite
OUT NOW! Well-intentioned but obvious, SNITCH tries its best but doesn't make the score. more »
Jun 6, 2013 by Rory O'Connor in Film
Third time's a charm
OUT NOW! Romantic and clever, BEFORE MIDNIGHT is another walk to remember, with only one misstep. more »
Jun 6, 2013 by Giovanni Marchini Camia in Film
More plod than odd
OUT NOW! Cutesy drama THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN sprouts a few smiles but fails to really bear fruit. more »
Jun 6, 2013 by Jade Frisch in Film
The play's the thing
OUT NOW! VOUS N'AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU, a witty love letter to French cinema and stage, scores big with cineastes. more »
Jun 6, 2013 by Mars Yupilami in Film
The young and the restless
OUT NOW! Rose-tinted APRÈS MAI conjures a coloured but spirited image of 1970s France. more »
Jun 6, 2013 by Giovanni Marchini Camia in Film
The big loss
OUT NOW! Unoriginal and contrived, THE BIG WEDDING doesn't succeed in tying a rom-com knot. more »
May 30, 2013 by Robert. W Monk in Film
More gloss than substance
OUT NOW! Though it might be a beautiful dreamscape, Terrence Malick's TO THE WONDER is confusing rather than awe-inspiring. more »
Mundane words
OUT NOW! Even with interesting content and genuine theatrical presence, THE WORDS putters out. more »
May 23, 2013 by Honor Bulmer in Film
Kreuzberg, oh Kreuzberg
OUT NOW! Berlin's beloved Kiez has a heritage deeper than just Berlin. The district shines in CANIM KREUZBERG, with a family story originating in Turkey. more »
May 23, 2013 by Camille Moreno in Film
Falling short
OUT NOW! Despite beautiful cop man candy and graceful cinematography, gay melodrama FREIER FALL suffers from a clichéd plot. more »
May 23, 2013 by Walter Crasshole in Film
The bear is back
OUT NOW! Berlinale Golden Bear winner MUTTER UND SOHN arrives in cinemas proper. Now's your chance to catch the heavy social drama. more »
Shipping out
OUT NOW! A masterpiece of pure cinema, LEVIATHAN renders the violence of the sea with a poetry worthy of Melville. more »
May 23, 2013 by Giovanni Marchini Camia in Film
Paradise over
OUT NOW! Ulrich Seidl's conclusion to his trilogy with PARADIES: HOFFNUNG ends on a high in a unlikely location: a diet camp for teenage girls. more »
May 16, 2013 by Mars Yupilami in Film
Evil meh
OUT NOW! The remake of Sam Raimi’s original film EVIL DEAD falls by the wayside of its predecessor, leaving us thinking, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. more »
May 16, 2013 by Rory O'Connor in Film
Hamming it with Hitchcock
OUT NOW! Chan-wook's STOKER has all the trappings of any good Hitchcock thriller: but hardly transcends. more »
Trekkies rejoice
OUT NOW! J.J. Abrams' sequel to the original Star Trek, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is a non-stop thrill ride, as the Enterprise enters darker waters. more »
May 8, 2013 by Rory O'Connor in Film
Life of a legend
OUT NOW! One of a kind blues musician BB King wrote his own success story, in BB KING: THE LIFE OF RILEY. more »
Beating the odds
OUT NOW! Despite navigating already-chartered narrative land, OUT IN THE DARK does it grimmer and better. more »
