Movies
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Girlhood in Post-9/11 Cinema: Margaret at 15
Lisa’s sexual after school activities may seem separate from Monica’s death, but they are inextricably linked. The former are brief,…
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Naza – first-look review | Little White Lies
For 75 of the 80 minutes of Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA, we are in the dark. Only literally, for the…
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The Color of the Sun – first-look review
There’s no disputing that Xavier Tera’s feature debut is a good looking film; the photographer-turned-filmmaker captures the Japanese peninsula of Okinawa…
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Falling House – first-look review
On the outskirts of Tehran a family of four are getting ready to move house; their current home is schedule for…
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Eklipse – first-look review | Little White Lies
Against the idyllic backdrop of the Alps, young best friends Tomy (Moritz Hohlrieder) and Chris (Finley Brown) are spending the…
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What Belongs to Others – first-look review
What Belongs To Others opens by plunging us into the labour of two professional burglars on the margins of Polish…
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A Day in the Life of Jo – first-look review
Fifteen-year-old Jo (Evita Andriopoulou) is having a bad day. Her dog is missing, she’s late for school, and she had a strange…
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Place to Be – first-look review
The day my grandmother died, an insouciant pigeon sat outside the window as the news broke, unmoved even as our…
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The City of the Living – first-look review
In 2016 the murder of Luca Varani shook Rome. The horrific crime, committed by two young men who barely knew…
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A Good Little Soldier – first-look review
After a brief detour back into romance, French director Stéphane Brizé returns to the genre where he’s found most success and…
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