Rich Peppiatt Director Brings Irish Hip Hop to the World Through his Award-Winning Film Kneecap by Brad Balfour When I was given tickets to its Tribeca Festival premiere, I was excited to see Kneecap, even if only to hear Gaelic rap. Thanks to the manic performance of this Belfast-based trio and the frantic direction by Rich … Continue reading
Levan Akin In the New Film Crossing, Borders of All Kinds Make a Difference in Life and Love by Brad Balfour Making a crossing between borders can be a lot more than just a matter of passports and visas. Witness the situation between Northern Ireland and the Republic to the south. The same is true … Continue reading
LIMBO (2024) Starring Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope, Mark Coe, Tiana Hartig, Alexis Lennon, Joshua Warrior, Craig Rossiter, Shannon Wilson-McClinton, Nicholas Buckland, Ricardo Del Rio, Andrew Dingaman, Yarron Jowsey, Saliesha Dingaman, Reg Roordink and Tania Roesch. Screenplay by Ivan Sen. Directed by Ivan Sen. Distributed by Music Box Films. 109 minutes. Not … Continue reading
THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023) Featuring the voices of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Shōhei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Takuya Kimura, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Kunimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Shinobu Otake and Karen Takizawa. (Japanese version) Featuring the voices of Luca Padovan, Robert Pattinson, Karen Fukuhara, Gemma Chan, Christian Bale, Mark … Continue reading
ANATOMY OF A FALL (ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE) (2023) Starring Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaieb, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger, Sophie Fillières, Julien Comte, Pierre-François Garel, Savannah Rol, Ilies Kadri, Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse, Cécile Brunet-Ludet, Nesrine Slaoui, Antoine Bueno, Anne-Lise Heimburger and Messi the dog. Screenplay by Justine Triet … Continue reading
LET IT BE MORNING (2021) Starring Alex Bakri, Juna Suleiman, Salim Daw, Ehab Salami, Khalifa Natour, Samer Bisharat, Yara Elham Jarrar, Maruan Hamdan, Doraid Liddawi, Izabel Ramadan, Arin Saba and Nadib Spadi. Screenplay by Eran Kolirin. Directed by Eran Kolirin. Distributed by Cohen Media Group. 101 minutes. Not Rated. There is a fine line between … Continue reading
PAMFIR (2022) Starring Oleksandr Yatsentyuk, Miroslav Makoviychuk, Olena Khokhlatkina, Ivan Sharan, Solomiya Kyrylova and Stanislav Potiak. Screenplay by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. Directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. Distributed by Indie Sales. 106 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2022 Philadelphia Film Festival. Ukraine is of course on everyone’s mind these days, however even under brutal attack, the country … Continue reading
HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN (2021) Starring Sally Phillips, Caroline Brazier, Erik Thomson, Alexander England, Tasma Walton, Hayley McElhinney, Ryan Johnson, Asher Yasbincek, Nina Young, Cameron Daddo, Roz Hammond, Myles Pollard, Emily Rose Brennan, Josh Thomson, Dan Paris, Liam Graham, Ben Mortley, Catherine Moore, Emma Jackson, Kaitlin Okely, Alexandra Nell and Suesha Rana. Screenplay by … Continue reading
MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS (2022) Starring Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Ellen Thomas, Rose Williams, Jason Isaacs, Roxane Duran, Christian McKay, Guilaine Londez, Anna Chancellor, Christian McKay, Delroy Atkinson, Jeremy Wheeler, Murányi Panka, Dorottya Ilosvai, Barnabás Réti, Sarah Rickman and Freddie Fox. Screenplay by Anthony Fabian & Carroll Cartwright … Continue reading
BRIAN AND CHARLES (2022) Starring David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey, James Michie, Nina Sosanya, Lynn Hunter, Lowri Izzard, Mari Izzard, Cara Chase, Sunil Patel, Rishi Nair, Colin Bennett, Vivienne Soan, David Edwards, Nicholas Asbury and Morgan Adler. Screenplay by David Earl and Chris Hayward. Directed by Jim Archer. Distributed by Focus Features. 90 minutes. … Continue reading
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