Wild Roses
A film about a young mother in rural Poland being silently crushed by all the many quiet tragedies that brings.
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A Letter to the President
An Afghani film about a female chief of police who prevents a girl being stoned to death in a Taliban-controlled area. Under pressure from Tabilan leaders and businessmen, her husband is told to bring her to heal and their fight results in her being arrested and sentenced to death for killing him in self-defence. It…
Abundant Acreage Available
A lovely quiet sigh of a film, about grief. A brother and sister bury their father and then find three elderly men have shown up at the family farm. The three brothers were the farm’s previous owners and now want the land back so they can die and be buried there. The struggle between all…
The Divine Order
Fucking fantastic! This is gonna come out at the cinema after the festival and you should all go see it. It’s about Swiss women lobbying for the vote in 1970. Yeah, you heard me, Swiss women didn’t get the vote until the 70s. The movie is warm, funny, moving. I wasn’t all that excited going…
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
John Hume was instrumental in utilising the American Irish diaspora to provide political influence to drive the peace process in Northern Ireland. You may remember him from news reports your dad put on when you wanted to watch Home And Away. This is not so much of a documentary as a eulogy. More time is…
Keep The Change
A film about a guy coming to terms with his autism when he meets and falls in love with a girl with autism. I’ve seen this story before and there’s not much new here in terms of plot, but it is good to see it being portrayed using actors with disabilities instead of just being…
The Ballad of Lefty Brown
A choppy-paced western about a trio of cowboys reuniting to avenge their friend, a murdered sheriff. Bill Pullman is hammy as all get-out while Tommy Flanagan steals the show. For better depictions of the muddle-brained deputy see Richard Jenkins in Bone Tomahawk.
Columbus
A Garden State-esque film about a smartphone-free, crocheting, modernist architecture fanatic who wants to go to college but has to stay home and look after her meth mum. She meets a dude with a distant dad, and together they discuss the healing power of art, and when to hold on and when to let go…
Western
A weirdly paced, stifled drama about a bunch of German builders who go over to do a job in Bulgaria. There’s a constant sparking of conflict between the arsehole builders and the nearby Bulgarian villagers, which promises to build into something but really doesn’t. The main character can’t be fucked with the machismo or nationalism…
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs was amazing! Loved it! Pure had a tear in my een when he washed the dug.