Review: King Rocker (2020)
King Rocker could have been a story of failure, as the singer himself initially suggested, but instead Lee crafts it into a heart-warming tale of heroic endurance in the face of critical and commercial indifference.
June 2020
Review: The Undertaker (2018)
The Undertaker is a filmed choreographed performance on the streets of Philadelphia, in Fairmount Park and in the historical Laurel Hill Cemetery and it serves as a strong anti-war statement.
Focus on Simplice Ganou at Sheffield Doc|Fest
The Koro of Bakoro is an observation of a life at the fringes, one deeply underrepresented in the collective gaze of the environment.
Focus on Simplice Ganou at Sheffield Doc|Fest
Simplice Ganou’s documentary about the homeless nomads of Burkina Faso was made in 2011, and nine years later, it remains just as resonant and vivacious.
Review: Blow It To Bits (2019)
Even in spite of failings, Blow It to Bits’ message is ultimately a timely and powerful one: don’t modernise at the expense of communities.
Review: Stop Nineteen (2020)
Stop Nineteen is a stellar example of a clear and simple (but not simplified at all) approach serving its purpose to perfection in a very compact format of just over 8 minutes.
Reflections 2
What does it cost to think about the world? What are the prices we pay – beyond the capitalist construction of money – for the way we act, and for the ways in which we fail to act, maybe only observe?
Review: Sisters With Transistors (2020)
The London-based Rovner’s engaging feature debut seeks to redress the testosterone-heavy history of machine-made symphonies by celebrating underrated, overlooked composers including Delia Derbyshire, Pauline Oliveros and Laurie Spiegel.
Review: Funfair (2019)
For his new film, Funfair, currently reaping awards on the festival circuit, Mazaheri has once again joined forces with his Retouche star Sonia Sanjari in order to tackle….
