The most intelligent American movie since The Ice Storm to deal with the dissolution of promise, the death of ideals and how creative passion is a form of insanity.
Mid-life crisis for once-famous writer in snowy Pittsburgh.
Paul Morrison's film recreates the subversive undercurrents of suspicion within a white working-class community extremely well, in addition to celebrating the dignity and perseverance of the new immigrants.
Racial prejudice in South London, circa 1960, is relieved by cricket coaching in the back garden.
Its deft handling of feminist issues make it all the more ironic that it has been dismissed as trivial when in many ways it's the female equivalent of Wall Street.
A humble secretary, betrayed by her boss, makes the most of a brief time left in charge to pursue her own ambitions in the world of high finance.
Despite some stylishly staged action sequences, a throat-grabbing powerhouse of a performance from the lead actor, and arresting editing and visuals, director Nakashima overcooks the pudding.
A wayward ex-detective investigates his daughter’s disappearance.
If there is one word to describe World Trade Center it would be 'reverent'. If it wasn't so well directed, so well acted, so well edited, Stone might be accused of going soft.
The tragedy of 9/11, as seen through the eyes of two survivors and their families.
The cast give a good ensemble performance and the plot is engaging above the cliched love stories which we are fairly sure will result in a happy ending.
A French comedy as a man finds himself the victim of mistaken identity.
The plus side of the death count in this film is that it never gets slow.
The origins of the franchise's cannibal family are explored in a story that sees a fresh group of young people seek shelter in the worst possible place.
The single most striking memory of this film is its brilliant transposition of the characters and plot from the wilds of Yorkshire to the wild, sun-drenched landscapes and isolated farms of the Cévennes in France.
One-liners come thick and fast in this bittersweet, whistle-stop romp, with Shelly almost always managing to undercut her syrup with something more stringent.
Offbeat comedy about the trials and tribulations of an unhappily married waitress in small-town America.
Annemarie Jacir's characters may not leave the city of Nazareth as they take a circular road trip in Wajib but the emotional distance they travel is considerable.
A father and his son come together to deliver wedding invitations.
Across the whole of the film, Askew strikes a good balance between historical analysis, political polemic and human interest, drawing out the characters of his interviewees.
A documentary exploring the legacy of punk and questioning its latter-day commercial influences.
The cinematography is stunning, as one would expect given Roeg’s background, and conveys the vastness of the landscape even as the drama remains small and intimate.
Two white Australian children are stranded in the Outback and survive with the help of an Aboriginal youth.
Jeremaiah Marobyane is a guide on the winding roads of broken memory – courageously entering the heart of darkness deeper and deeper in a search of a girl who went missing a few years ago.
Documentary follows a former child soldier who now helps families regain their stolen children in the economically deprived townships in South Africa.
The addition of the animation allows Christiansen to leaven some of the more academic aspects of Hare's writing, putting thoughts into the mouths of different characters.
Animated film essay capturing Hare's perspective on the history of the Israeli separation barrier and Middle East conflict.
