PACmen is pitched as a pulling back of the curtain, though it’s unfortunate when all that’s behind it are a couple of crusty mops and a bucket.
The Other Side of Hope
Aki Kaurismäki’s latest gets by on the simple pleasures unique to his oeuvre.
Wolf and Sheep – An Interview with Shahrbanoo Sadat
Jeremy Elphick talks with WOLF AND SHEEP director Shahrbanoo Sadat about the relationship between her history and her cinema, movements that have inspired her, and how she feels Afghanistan has been portrayed on screen.
Risk
Laura Poitras’ documentary following Wikileaks founder Julian Assange suffers from a scattershot focus, unable to coalesce into anything more than an interesting collection of hard-to-get footage.
Napalm
Eschewing intellectual history for the personal, Claude Lanzmann’s North Korean journey explores the sadness beyond the political facts.
An Insignificant Man
Directors Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla rely almost exclusively on a broad brush to paint the narrative of political figure Arvind Kejriwal.
Happy End
Though formally demanding, the latest film from Austrian director Michael Haneke feels thematically easy for those familiar with his work.
Hotel Salvation – An Interview with Director Shubhashish Bhutiani
At the Sydney Film Festival, Virat Nehru caught up with director Shubhashish Bhutiani to talk about his film Hotel Salvation and the growing trend of Indian films focused on small towns.
Ciao Ciao
Ciao Ciao is focused on the malfunctions of China’s urbanist ideology, and how they are realised in the setting of uncertain personal lives.
The Grown-Ups
Maite Alberdi’s nuanced documentary is refreshing and non-patronising glimpse into the lives of people with Down’s Syndrome.