Director – Jafar Panahi – 2022 – Iran – Cert. 12a – 106m ***** An Iranian film director banned from leaving his country rents a house close to the border with Turkey, in which country he is remotely directing a film – available on the following rental streaming services from Monday, March 27th: Amazon Prime, […]
A repressive Islamist regime No BearsDirected by Jafar PanahiCertificate 12a, 106 minutesReleased 11 November The Iranian director Jafar Panahi (whose son Panar made the excellent road movie Hit the Road) has been in trouble with the country’s repressive Islamist regime for some time and earlier this year was given six years in prison. The campaign […]
Director – Sonita Gale – 2021 – UK – Cert. 12a – 98m **1/2 A documentary about the UK’s anti-immigrant Hostile Environment policy includes a brief history plus stories of both those it affected and a charity set up to help them – out in cinemas on Friday, January 21st, local screening details constantly being […]
Director – Shawn Levy – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 115m ***1/2 A non-player character in a mayhem-riddled video game decides to take matters into his own hands after meeting the girl of his dreams – out in cinemas on Friday, August 13th Guy (sic) (Ryan Reynolds) works in Free City. In a […]