Director – Hayao Miyazaki – 2008 – Japan – Cert. U – 103m ***** A girl fish spirit takes on human form to become a companion to a human boy – reviewed for Third Way, February 2010 Miyazaki’s animated filmography prior to international crossover item Spirited Away (2001) has scarcely graced UK screens, despite colossal […]
Director – Stéphanie Clément – 2022 – France – 11m ***** A nine-year-old struggles with the trauma that befalls her at her grandpa’s – nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2024 Academy Awards, VoD details below review She’s nine (voice-over: Christa Theret), and in the Summer she goes to stay with granny and grandpa. […]
Director – Wim Wenders – 1984 – US – Cert. 15 – 145m ***** A constantly inventive movie in which a man returns after four years’ absence to bond with his seven-year-old son and seek out his disappeared wife – back out in cinemas on Friday, July 29th Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) stumbles out of […]
Director – Panah Panahi – 2021 – Iran – Cert. 12a – 93m **** Four in a car. An Iranian family drive across Iran towards the Turkish border, for reasons that will only later become clear – out in cinemas on Friday, July 29th A family of four – dad (Hassan Madjooni), mum (Pantea Panahiha), […]
Director – Haider Rashid – 2021 – Iraq, Italy, Kuwait – Cert. 12a – 75 m **** A young Iraqi migrant is hunted by mercenaries after he crosses the Turkish/Bulgarian border – out in cinemas and on demand on Friday, March 18th A number of movies hang over this bold adventure thriller about Kamal (Adam […]
Director – Chloé Zhao – 2020 – US – Cert. 12a – 107m ****1/2 A poor widow drives around the US in her van picking up casual work where she can get it, meeting and making friends with other vandwellers – on VoD, in cinemas from Monday, May 17th There’s a restlessness about Nomadland. In […]