Film
Leeds International Film Festival – The Drunkard’s Lament
Writer & Director: Jim Finn Reviewer: Rich Jevons The narrative of Jim Finn’s The Drunkard’s Lament is based on letters…
Read More »Leeds International Film Festival – Penguin Highway
Director: Hiroyasu Ishida Writers: Tomihiko Morimi (novel), Makoto Ueda (screenplay) Reviewer: Rich Jevons Hiroyasu Ishida’s coming-of-age anime is a fantasy…
Read More »UK Film Review: The Burying Party
Writers: Richard Weston and Laurence Thompson Director: Richard Weston Reviewer: Maryam Philpott Of the many tragedies of the First World…
Read More »Leeds International Film Festival – Colette
Director: Wash Westmoreland Writers: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland & Rebecca Lenkiewicz Reviewer: Rich Jevons This biopic of French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle…
Read More »Leeds International Film Festival – The Fire Within
Director: Louis Malle Writer: Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Reviewer: Rich Jevons The Time Frames strand at this year’s Leeds International…
Read More »International Jewish Film Festival : Humor Me
Writer and Director: Sam Hoffman Reviewer: Maryam Philpott The mid-life slump can be a particularly difficult proposition and is a…
Read More »Jerusalem Film Festival : The Unorthodox
Writer and Director: Eliran Malka Reviewer: Maryam Philpott Whole political movements can start with just one angry man refusing to…
Read More »International Jewish Film Festival : Wolkenbruch’s Wondrous Journey into the Arms of a Shiksa
Writer: Thomas Meyer Director: Michael Steiner Reviewer: Maryam Philpott The Hollywood rom-com has had multiple variants to its boy-meets-girl format…
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