Richard Mowe

Richard is an arts, film and features journalist, attends festivals around the world including Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Deauville, Locarno, London, Venice and Taormina. His passion for cinema ran away with him when he helped to create two Film Festivals, now 20 years old, and devoted to French-Francophone cinema and Italian cinema at different locations around the UK in November and April respectively.

He is a director of boutique UK film distributors CinéFile and ran the Lumière cinema in Edinburgh over a number of years. He is a member of the National Union of Journalists, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, FIPRESCI the international federation of film critics, the Critics’ Circle, and the Guild of Regional Film Journalists.

We have 242 reviews by Richard Mowe in the database: read them here

Latest Film Reviews

Reawakening
Tension mounts for a couple when a woman claiming to be their daughter, who went missing 10 years before, arrives back in their lives.
Lee
The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during the Second World War.
Sing Sing
A theatre group escapes the reality of incarceration through the creativity of staging a play, with a cast that includes actors who have been incarcerated.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things
Consideration of the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
Àma Gloria
Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
An epic spanning the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
The Shameless
Love story between two women who face a struggle against a patriarchal society.
The Marching Band
A conductor discovers he was adopted and has a younger sibling.
This Life Of Mine
A woman travels to Scotland in a bid to reinvigorate her life.

Features

Reawakening's Juliet Stevenson on making choices, working with Jared Harris and never repeating herself
11 Oct 2024
Reawakening's Juliet Stevenson on making choices, working with Jared Harris and never repeating herself
Alain Delon - obituary of the 'lethal angel in a trench-coat'
18 Aug 2024
'Peaceful' parting shot of a French cinema giant at 88
Cousins discovers a kindred spirit in Barns-Graham
06 Jul 2024
Filmmaker on his Barns-Graham art doc in Karlovy Vary
Casting agent Francine Maisler reveals her secrets - from The Bikeriders to Succession
03 Jul 2024
Casting agent Francine Maisler reveals her secrets - from The Bikeriders to Succession
Soderbergh reflects on Spielberg, Kafka and 'retirement'
02 Jul 2024
Karlovy Vary guest reflects on Spielberg, Kafka and 'retirement'

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News Stories

September Says takes top prize in Dinard
06 Oct 2024
First film by Ariane Labed woos the jury at France’s celebration of British and Irish film
Michel Blanc - a journey from cult comedy to drama
04 Oct 2024
French cinema mourns a 'star' who was modest to a fault
Why Irish eyes are smiling in Dinard
04 Oct 2024
Festival gives pride of place to the Emerald Isle in change of emphasis
In The Summers shines at Deauville
15 Sep 2024
Top prize for debut feature at 50th edition
Douglas returns to his 'special place'
07 Sep 2024
Hollywood veteran honoured at Deauville’s 50th anniversary celebration

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Galleries

First images of The House That Jack Built
27 Apr 2018
Cannes 2024 - opening night
14 May 2024
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