Director – Lin Huida – 2024 – China – Cert. PG – 105m ***1/2 The Boonie Bears’ friend Vick is tricked into giving up his memories of the bears in exchange for working at an office job far away in the city – in a dubbed format for family audiences – out in UK and […]
Director – Ardak Amirkulov – 2023 – Kazakhstan – Cert. none – 108m ***** A Kazakh mother made homeless by Soviet policy must protect her two sons in the harsh environment of the Steppes – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival An historical, period, survival movie. In […]
Subdue the forest WolfwalkersDirected by Tomm Moore and Ross StewartCertificate PG, 100 minutesPreviews from 26 October, released 30 October, then on Apple TV from 13 December The tree cutters attempting to clear the forest around the walled town of Kilkenny, Ireland, live in fear of wolves. They also believe in WolfWalkers – human by day, […]
Director – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart – 2020 – Ireland, Luxembourg, France – Cert. PG – 100m ***** An adventurous English girl from Kilkenny encounters a wild Irish girl in the woods who can change into a wolf in groundbreaking 2D animation – on BFI Player as part of the BFI London Film Festival 2020 […]