The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.
Portrait of a tomboy assimilating into a tight-knit dance troupe.
Even though the film is immaculately shot and has an outstanding cast, there's nothing really at the heart of the film for the audience to connect with.
Ensemble piece as characters'
lives cross after the
disappearance of a toddler.
Fixed Bayonets! features some visceral combat sequences - which Fuller directs thrillingly, with fast cuts and extreme close-ups - but it is the quieter scenes between fighting that are most impressive.
A platoon fight a reguard action during the Korean War.
Everything here is sincerely meant but Gobadi struggles to make the stories fit together in any meaningful way, with the scripting paradoxically too loose for most of the film and then suddenly far too on the nose.
Docu-fiction following two Kurds hoping to construct a better future for the next generation.
Despite its interesting subject matter, a decent script and engaging enough performances from Kunonga and Mahaka, the end result is let down by a rather 'stagey' feel.
Story of the Zimbabwe War of Liberation as seen through the eyes of to female freedom fighters.
If the dresses exentuate the beauty of the female form, it is the delicacy of their movement, rather than salacious intent, that turns your heart around.
Its depictions of the callousness and paranoia which can develop in war are intelligently handled, yet they make it difficult for the viewer to feel much real concern for the fate of these people.
A young woman goes mad at home whilst the soldier who loves her is surrounded by madness abroad.
This story of friendship between a Jewish couple and the tabloid journalist who rose to the top of Hitler's propaganda ministry has implications that echo down the generations, at once shocking and mundane.
An Israeli man cleaning out his grandmother's flat makes a strange discovery that leads him to uncover a secret history.
The script doesn't patronise its characters, showing they're just as capable of the best of actions and the worst as anybody else, but makes sure we understand the additional pressures they face.
The story of a precocious six-year-old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose carefree lives contrast with those of their struggling parents.
Flying Blind takes its time, but it knows where it's going, and it's very good.
A stylish mix of erotic love story and political thriller, a brilliant aerospace engineer who is drawn into a passionate affair with a younger male student - but can she trust him?
What is his dream? To beat the World Hour Record. What’s that? You bicycle solo round an indoor track for 60 minutes. Is this cinematically rewarding, or understandable? No.
