The title translates as ‘weeping woman’ which may well be a metaphor for a weeping nation in Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante’s haunting political drama which captures the trial of an ageing General Enrique Monteverde (Julio Diaz) accused of genocide. There are parallels with Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Rios Montt, who went from general to absolute […]
It’s the 20th anniversary of FrightFest, the UK’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival and it promises an entertaining selection of features and short films from home and international talent. There’ll be 78 films over five days, with legendary director Dario Argento attending for the guest of honour screening of his 1982 movie Tenebrae. FrightFest […]
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong made history as the first man to walk on the Moon and uttered those celebrated words: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin raised the American flag […]
The London Indian Film Festival is now in its 10th year, bringing South Asian filmmaking talent to the capital with red carpet events at renowned independent film centres such as BFI Southbank and the Barbican Cinema. London’s oldest cinema, the Phoenix, north London and Stratford Picturehouse, east London are also amongst the venues showcasing the […]
Today is International Women’s Day and to mark the occasion Marvel have released their first even female-led superhero movie, ‘Captain Marvel’. So we thought this would be a great chance to look back on the last year and see what, if anything, has changed for women in film. On the representation front, we are seeing […]
The title should give it away, but don’t worry, this play on words will soon become self explanatory. Prepare for a few surprises because this low budget horror movie has a high budget feel and bridges one or two genres in an inimitable northern style. Filmed in Bradford, Leeds and Manchester, Polterheist draws you into […]
A century after the word surrealism was first used, a global collective of surrealist filmmakers has reinvented surrealist leader Andre Breton’s fold drawings – but this time using film, of course. And they may well be the first in a century to do it this way, using social media connectivity and digital film technology. In […]
In the 1970s and 80s, comic book fans could buy official Marvel Superhero Trump Cards which sought to answer the question ‘who is the most powerful superhero of all?’ This movie answers that question in emphatic fashion and has little respect for the traditional card game rules. Comic book fans dismayed by how cinema has […]
A QUIET PLACE is a pretty quiet film. In fact, after a couple of scenes, you’ll get the impression you are watching a silent movie. The characters rarely speak so as to prolong their survival in an environment where blind reptilian extraterrestrials hunt down anything they can hear. Their lack of sight evens up the […]
Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh’s latest film ‘Unsane’ was shot entirely on an iPhone. With 4k quality available on smartphones, groundbreaking technology is opening new doors for indie filmmakers who are now reaching for their phones and drones. THE RAPID increase in digital technology and advances in smart engineering have led to startling new developments […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
