Alex Heeney reviews the 4K restorations of the post-war black-and-white films Shoeshine (Vittorio de Sica) and The Lavendar Hill Mob (Charles Crichton).
HotDocs 2024: Animated documentaries are here to stay
Alex Heeney takes a look at some of the animated documentaries that screened at HotDocs 2024, including Pelikan Blue, The Day Iceland Stood Still, Grand Theft Hamlet, and Silent Trees.
Film Review: Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane
We review Caitlin Cronenberg’s directorial debut, Humane, a huis clos horror film set in a near future of highly encouraged assisted death finds a rich family of awful pepole tring to decide who among them to kill.
Film Review: M. H. Murray’s I Don’t Know Who You Are
M. H. Murray’s directorial debut, I Don’t Know Who You Are, does for access to PEP what Never Rarely Sometimes Always did for abortion access.
Visions du Réel Review: No Other Land
Alex Heeney reviews the documentary No Other Land, one of the highlights of the Visions du Réel Festival. (It also screened the Berlinale.)
Film Review: Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
Alex Heeney reviews Ken Loach’s The Old Oak about finding solidarity between former British miners and new Syrian refugees in a small town.