Debut film by director Javier Fuentes-León, Undertow is a sympathetic and engaging tale about two men in love in a culture where it is frowned upon – not to mention …
Frontier Blues
A low key comedy about a handful of men living on the Iran border that, while staggering to behold at times, is an ultimately flawed attempt to charm. When a …
Rough Aunties
Rough Aunties is a shocking and moving documentary about Bobbi Bear, a group of women in South Africa who aggressively aid the needs of abused and molested children who would …
Sorcerer's Apprentice, The
From the man who brought us the massive movie franchise based on a Disney theme park ride comes a movie based on a scene from a Disney animation. OK, that …
Switch, The
A rom-com that adheres to the genre but is lifted by an on form Jason Bateman. While romantic comedies never go out of fashion they do go through fads. The …
Two In A Wave
Two In A Wave, a French documentary that does not quite have the punch as the subject matter might suggest. Director Emmanuel Laurent and scriptwriter Antoine de Baecque focus on …
Leaving
A modern-day Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Catherine Corsini’s Leaving (Patir) stars the mesmerizing Kirstin Scott Thomas in the French love triangle tale, out now on DVD. Bored-housewife and builder fantasies usually …
London River
Franco-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb’s London River is the compelling drama that stars Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyate as two parents in search of their missing children in London after the …
Tony
This creepy low-budget British movie has been lauded at various horror festivals but the slasher angle is actually a red herring. The really scary thing here is the portrayal of …