Author: Monica Reid Archives: 03/2016

“What would Jean-Jacques Rousseau do?” Political satires often tend to be dark and sharp-edged; but this little comedy is a kinder, gentler political movie, which…

To start with the obvious: no, there are no kasbah’s in Afghanistan. The writer was sufficiently attached to the rock-reference title that early in the…

Personal Shopper, French writer/director Olivier Assayas’ second consecutive English-language film, is difficult to categorise. It’s an indefinable mixture of classic ghost story, mystery, thriller, and…

This documentary is the companion piece to an earlier film, An Act of Killing (see below) by the same director. Nominated for an Oscar and…

Scheduled for release in the UK later this month, this film is both directed and written by relative newcomers. It’s a breakthrough for both; the…

Beginning in 2001, a series of films were produced which broke new cinematic ground on many levels. Dubbed the Fast Runner Trilogy (after the title…