Kokuho review – a kabuki star is born
Within a short time of being introduced to the budding kabuki performer at the centre of Lee Sang-il’s hit Japanese film
Romería review – beautifully captures the…
In her Golden Bear-winning Alcarrás, Carla Simón meets a family standing on the brink of a monumental life change, chronicling the minutia
The magnificent range of Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Cynthia bawls, Hortense holds herself together, at first over the phone and then in person. The camera holds mother and
Our Land review – superb doc on the right to roam
It’s very rare that you catch a sighting of the c‑word in these august pages, but its usage is warranted in
The joy and struggle of the movie makeover
Unfortunately, the more impressionable the girl, the more the world infringes on her malleable sense of self. “You look a lot
The Piano Teacher and The Limits of Desire
Romy keeps fantasising about Samuel, and it’s implied that BDSM now plays some role in her marriage. But, as in
Wild Foxes review – a confident riff on the…
Taking place in a specialist sports boarding school in France, Valery Carnoy’s Wild Foxes follows the lives of childhood best friends and aspirant
I’ve Seen All I Need To See review – grief in a…
Memory flickers like an old television left on too late. Images blur, and voices get lost under the crackle of
History Chasing Its Tail: On Jocelyne Saab’s…
“The June 1967 defeat was tantamount to an alarm bell that aroused the dormant Arab consciousness from its long slumber;
The Devil Wears Prada 2 review – a stylish,…
In the intervening 20 years between The Devil Wears Prada and its sequel, the fashion and publishing industries have revolutionised. The former