To Rome With Love
To Rome with Love is available to rent or buy on iTunes.This 2012 Woody Allen film has been much derided by critics for its flippant, shallow, and ‘touristy’ representation of a great city. However,...
View Article5 Broken Cameras
5 Broken Cameras is currently streaming on Netflix UK.In order to document the growth of his newborn son, Emad Burnat, a farmer in a small Palestinian village called Bil’in, buys a camera. This event...
View ArticleCalvary
Calvary is currently streaming on Netflix UK.There are two immediate hooks in the opening scene of 2014 Irish drama Calvary. The first one sets up the central suspense that will quietly hang over the...
View ArticleThe Firemen's Ball
The Firemen's Ball is streaming on Curzon Home Cinema.I want to praise The Firemen’s Ball (1967) for things it’s not often praised for. All too often it gets trapped in its historical context, which...
View ArticleJourney to Italy
Journey to Italy is streaming on BFI Player.Roberto Rossellini has always placed great importance on the rhythm of his movies. In one of the dialogue scenes of perhaps his most famous and important...
View ArticleA Hijacking
A Hijacking is available for streaming on Netflix.(This review was originally published in the Sight & Sound magazine under my maiden name Anna Fomicheva.)The shaky opening shots of the Danish...
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