Clermont-Ferrand ISFF Review: “Ovary Acting” (2025)
“Ovary Acting” addresses the thorny issue of the constant pressure on women to have children
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Clermont-Ferrand ISFF Review: Water Sports (2025)
Alcazren eschews a traditional narrative for a staccato, surreal approach
Clermont-Ferrand ISFF Review: “Death of a Fantastic Machine” (2025)
The very existence of this film might also be seen as fighting fire with fire
Clermont-Ferrand ISFF Review: Air Horse One (2025)
Linder delivers a thoughtful, quietly engrossing documentary
Clermont-Ferrand ISFF Review: DISC (2025)
“DISC” is a wonderful use of the short form
KVIFF review: I Saw The Face of God In The Jet Wash (2025)
The film seems initially a shaggy dog story of a piece, a hodgepodge of memories…
Cannes review: Through The Haze (2020)
While we’re given narrative hints of what’s going on, there’s a deliberate lack of cohesion. With no dialogue, we’re given snippets of incidents.
Cannes review: August Sky (2020)
The film never seems a paean to organised religion, more of an exploration as to why humans need something to grasp on to in a world which seems increasingly chaotic
Cannes review: Sideral (2021)
In Natal, on the Brazilian coast, the country’s first manned space rocket is preparing to launch.
