By David Pountain Directed by Patrick Vollrath Everything Will Be Okay, the slow-burning short from Patrick Vollrath, expands upon the knowingly empty platitude of its title – a trite, humouring reassurance – to engage as […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Guilherme Coelho Chicago International Film Festival review When inactivity, uncertainty and a lack of communication are all part of your film’s point, you rule out winning over your audience with narrative […]
Directed by Riri Riza Sokola rimba (aka The Jungle School), the latest feature from Indonesian director Riri Riza, is a film that sits comfortably in the long-running genre of the townie-meets-native film, a tricky class of […]
By Matthew Riordan Directed by Ignas Jonynas Watch The Gambler on FilmDoo When Vincentas (Vytautas Kaniusonis) is named “˜Best Emergency Service Employee’ at the hospital where he works, he is given a diploma of merit, a mug decorated […]
Directors: William Fairman and Max Gogarty London Film Festival review Watch Chemsex on FilmDoo Not even the distressing subject matter of Chemsex, the nightmarish documentary from William Fairman and Max Gogarty, will likely prepare most viewers […]
Directed by Frederick Wiseman London Film Festival review Maybe it’s because he’s been cranking out features since the late ’60s but there is quite possibly no documentarian working today with more confidence in their craft and […]