Interviews

Raveena – Asha’s Awakening

Insistent riffs, steady rhythms pouring in as if from a distance,...

Never Not Once at Park Theatre

Theatre has a unique ability to be engaging – good theatre doubly so. Never...

Rabiye Kurnaz vs George W Bush: An interview with director Andreas Dresen

Andreas Dresen is a regular at the Berlinale. In 2002...

Un Été Comme Ça (That Kind of Summer)

“Don’t expect to be healed here,” the...

Unrueh (Unrest)

Unrueh (English title Unrest) is authentic in every way. The costumes, sets...

The Outfit

While some creative talents have taken the pandemic as an opportunity to...

Un Año, Una Noche (One Year, One Night)

On the night of 13th November 2015, Paris was...

No Simple Way Home

In 2005, after decades fighting against Islamic dominance in the Republic...

1771 Restaurant in Belgravia: “The best food I’ve had over the last year”

Drii Winter (A Piece of Sky)

Time moves differently in this small village in the Swiss alps:...

On the road: How to kill boredom when travelling

Travelling is a fun and productive activity, but even the most exciting trips...

Here Before

Stacey Gregg’s sad and unsettling directorial debut tangles together dark psychological thriller...

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Less of a documentary and more of a peek behind the curtain at the marvellous...

Five common car tyre problems and how to avoid them

Perhaps the most vulnerable part of a car is its tyres. This is why it...

Severance

From the opening sequence, Apple TV original Severance (which is directed and co-produced by Ben...

Call Jane

In 1968, Joy is pregnant with her second child, when she experiences dizzy spells...

Keiko, Me wo Sumasete (Small, Slow but Steady)

Nobody can accuse Small, Slow but Steady of...

O Trio em Mi Bemol (The Kegelstatt Trio)

There is, of course, a language of cinema – this...

Les Passageurs de la Nuit (The Passengers of the Night)

In the mid-80s, Elisabeth (Charlotte...

Everything Will Be Ok

There are no two ways about it, Rithy Panh’s Everything Will Be Ok...

Mutzenbacher

The principle behind director Ruth Beckermann’s documentary sounds novel, and...

Europe

Some large-scale events feel the need to have an annual theme, such as Eurovision...

A E I O U – Das Schnelle Alphabet der Liebe (A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love)

Mis Dos Voces (My Two Voices)

Film titles are often ludicrously self-explanatory. Take Paris...

Hogarth and Europe

William Hogarth (1697-1764), that great chronicler of 18th century life, achieved such...