The Teachers’ Lounge, 2023. Directed by Ilker Çatak. Starring Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, and Rafael Stachowiak. SYNOPSIS: When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions […]
Movie Review – Sharp Stick (2022)
Sharp Stick, 2022. Written and Directed by Lena Dunham. Starring Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman, Lena Dunham, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Taylour Paige, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Liam Michel Saux, Janicza Bravo, and Ben Sidell. SYNOPSIS: Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just […]
Movie Review – She Will (2021)
She Will, 2021. Directed by Charlotte Colbert. Starring Malcolm McDowell, John McCrea, Alice Krige, Rupert Everett, Amy Manson, Jonathan Aris, Daniel Lapaine, and Kota Eberhardt. SYNOPSIS: Veronica (Alice Krige) is a Hollywood icon who retreats to the Scottish Highlands for a period of convalescence with her companion carer Desi (Kota Eberhardt). What follows is a […]
Fragments Festival launches at London’s Genesis Cinema
The 3rd Fragments Festival is set to open its doors at London’s Genesis Cinema on the 28th of September. Celebrating inclusivity in film, the festival opens with Ken Loach’s new film The Old Oak. Rumoured to be the acclaimed British filmmaker’s last production, the film completes his ‘Northeast Trilogy’ that began with I, Daniel Blake […]
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron to open 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
Having opened to record-breaking success in Japan earlier this month, TIFF has announced that Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s long-awaited new film The Boy and the Heron will serve as the Opening Night Gala Presentation of September’s 48th Toronto International Film Festival. “We are honoured to open the 48th Toronto International Film Festival with the work […]
Movie Review – How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline, 2022. Directed by Daniel Goldhaber. Starring Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard, Olive Jane Lorraine, Giancarlo Beltran, Mariel Martinez, Jasper Keen, Halle Charlton, Loren Anthony, Sam Quinn, Mark Duke Dalton, Brian Landis Folkins, Kim S. Monti, Calhoun […]
Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Il Posto (A Steady Job)
Il Posto (A Steady Job), 2022. Directed by Mattia Colombo, Gianluca Matarrese. SYNOPSIS: An on the road documentary focusing on the thousands of people in the nursing profession in Southern Italy who are desperate for only a few reliable positions in the country’s northern cities. An insightful documentary playing as part of the first season of […]
Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Svegliami a Mezzanotte (Wake Me Up At Midnight)
Svegliami a Mezzanotte (Wake Me Up At Midnight), 2022 Directed by Francesco Patierno Written by Fuani Mariano, Francesco Patierno SYNOPSIS: A young woman who has recently become a mother decides to take her own life. Based on her own autobiographical writings, the film explores her own search for understanding. A haunting and poetic non-fiction piece […]
Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Bella Ciao
Bella Ciao, 2022 Directed by Giulia Giapponesi. SYNOPSIS: The story of the folk song “Bella ciao”, from its possible origins in the 19th century to its contemporary renewed popularity. The folk song ‘Bella ciao’ is for many people a call to arms against oppression. In the case of Italy, where many assume the song to […]
Italian documentaries festival coming to London’s DocHouse
Cinecittà is bringing a weekend of powerful Italian documentaries to DocHouse at London’s Curzon Bloomsbury. Part of the legendary film studio’s efforts to present Italian culture and cinema to international audiences, the first CINECITTÀ ITALIAN DOCS will bring three acclaimed documentaries to London’s Bertha DocHouse on 24-25 June. The three films are all UK premieres, […]
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