For the most part Tim’s Vermeer is a film about vision, about how we literally see the world- the limitations of sight and its augmentation through technological means. It’s also a film about how we see the world in the figurative sense; Tim Jenison, a 21st century computer software inventor (whom I would comfortably place in the top 1% or thereabouts) sees it, affectionately, as his (…) Continue Reading »

’Noah’ is certainly appropriately titled. This isn’t a big screen portrayal of one of the great biblical stories of Noah and the Ark. It’s a story about a group of white Europeans/Americans/New Zealanders with accents that have no connection to the Middle East where the Biblical story takes place (beyond the names they didn’t even try!!). Given that the Ark wasn’t mentioned in the title, and (…) Continue Reading »

Alone is a documentary depicting the lives of three young girls, Fen (4), Zhen (6) and Ying (10) in rural, south west China. These young children have been doubly left- first by their mother (for reasons which remain largely unknown) and subsequently by their father, whose flight from the family home is undertaken in order to find work in the city and send money home. Visually, the film’s (…) Continue Reading »

Alain Guiraudie’s erotic gay thriller is located in rural France and takes place over ten summer days. Set on the shores of a vast inviting lake, a small group of men spend the day building up all-over tans in between swimming and cruising around the adjoining forest. We quickly fall into the world of the film and Guiraudie presents with ease the rituals that these gay men enjoy as they escape (…) Continue Reading »

Notre équipe a eu le plaisir de rencontrer Karine BLANC et Michel TAVARES de Takami productions lors du dernier festival de Clermont Ferrand. Voici un petit entretien que nous mettons en ligne... Plus d’infos sur Takami : http://takami-productions.com/ TAKAMI PRODUCTIONS est née en 2002 du désir de deux jeunes auteurs réalisateurs , Karine BLANC et Michel TAVARES, de créer une (…) Lire la suite »

The only thing wrong with Jim Jarmusch’s sumptuous film Only Lovers Left Alive is the title. It baffles me why so many directors, or whoever picks the titles, insist on choosing such confusing ones. I like my film titles to tell me what I’m in for. Like Trainspotting, Million Dollar Baby and Salmon Fishing in The Yemen. The film should of course be called THE Only Lovers Left Alive. See? Just (…) Continue Reading »

REVIEW: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET By James Skipp @JamesSkipp There was one thought that kept gnawing at my brain during a recent trip to see Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street: was it possible to cook a three-course meal inside Leonardo DiCaprio’s cheeks? It was a question I resolved to answer as soon as I returned to my flagship restaurant in Maidstone, Kent. With the assistance of my good (…) Continue Reading »

La Guarimba International Film Festival is a socio-cultural project based in Amantea, a small town in the south of Italy. It was set up by a group of artists who cleaned and reopened the Arena Sicoli, an old outdoor 900 seat-cinema that had been (…) Continue Reading »

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Entretien avec Jean-Bernard Marlin, réalisateur de La fugue Sabrina, votre personnage principal, dans l’attente de son jugement, est accompagnée par un éducateur qui l’encadre et la coache. La description du métier d’éducateur et les attitudes des jeunes présents dans La fugue semblent particulièrement réalistes. Avez-vous été vous-même éducateur ? Avez-vous entrepris des démarches à (…) Lire la suite »