Though Afghan actor/director/producer Salim Shaheen is a formidable talent in exactly none of his chosen fields, his larger-than-life personality brings an unpolished charm to his no-budget cinematic output as well as making him a uniquely […]
London Film Festival
Director: Nattawut Poonpiriya London Film Festival review A mesmerising work of substance-over-story, Nattawut Poonpiriya’s Bad Genius is a film that lives to deliver nail-biting and impeccably composed sequences of comedy and suspense. Whether or not […]
Director: Gilles Coulier London Film Festival review Though timely social and economic concerns provide a sturdy backdrop for Cargo, Gilles Coulier’s richly affecting tale of a family of working class fishermen finds its most resonant […]
Director: Sonia Kronlund London Film Festival review Afghan actor/director Salim Shaheen is the kind of magnetic figure who’s funny, charismatic and strange enough to carry a whole documentary on the strength of his personality. Of […]
Director: Hong Sang-soo London Film Festival review The shadow of scandal hangs over Hong Sang-soo’s slippery and self-deprecating On the Beach at Night Alone, a despondent though characteristically playful variant on the director’s long-established formula […]
By David Pountain 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 […]