Director – Marcell Jankovics – 1981 – Hungary – Cert. 12 – 86m ***** Based on Hungarian folk legends, the story of three sons of the white mare who must free three princesses from their dragon husbands and restore the kingdom from chaos – from the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, […]
Director – Jafar Panahi – 2025 – Iran, France, Luxembourg – Cert. 12a – 105m ***** When a man hits an animal driving on country roads late at night, unforeseen consequences ensue – out in UK cinemas on Friday, December 5th It’s late at night and the family are returning by car. Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi), who […]
Director – Ilker Çatak – 2023 – Germany – Cert. 12a – 98m **** 1/2 A new teacher at a school where petty thefts have been taking place for some time makes some bad decisions which put her in a very difficult place – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 12th Schoolboy Lukas (Okar […]
Director – Marcell Jankovics – 1981 – Hungary – Cert. 12 – 86m ***** The Hungarian animated epic Son Of The White Mare (1981) is one of the great, largely unknown treasures of animation, if not of cinema. Its late director Marcell Jankovics (1941-2021) made a number of shorts and commercials before his two features […]
Director – David Keating – 2009 – UK, Ireland – Cert. 18 – 90m ***** Things are not what they seem, supernatural power is abroad and terrible prices have to be paid in a mysterious, close-knit village community – out in UK cinemas from Friday, March 25th, 2011 This review originally appeared in Third Way. […]