Director – David Bickerstaff – 2024 – UK – Cert. 12a – 90m ***** Fascinating journey through Van Gogh’s two plus years in Arles and Saint-Rémy in the South of France through his paintings of 1888-90 (collected in the current National Gallery exhibition) and readings from his letters – out in UK cinemas from Wednesday, […]
Director – Hur JIn-ho – 2001 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 113m ***** The romance between a sound engineer and a radio DJ from winter through spring to its falling apart in summer – from LKFF, the London Korean Film Festival 2023 which runs in cinemas from Thursday, November 2nd to Thursday, November […]
Director – Nina Menkes – 2022 – US – Cert. 18 – 107m ***1/2 A lecture on how movies treat male and female bodies differently, augmented with interviews from female directors, actresses, critics and others, using numerous film clips – on BFI Player from Monday, July 17th This is a film based on a lecture […]
Director – Josephine Decker – 2020 – US – Cert. 15 – 107m **** Notorious author Shirley Jackson and her professor husband are seen through the eyes of a young couple invited to stay in their house – in cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema from Friday, October 30th The real life Shirley Jackson was […]