The Gatekeepers is a documentary with a remarkable claim: it contains the first
public testimonies of six of the leaders of one of Israel’s most secretive and
deadly security forces, the internal secret service Shin Bet. The…Read More...
The Palestinian documentary director Emad Burnat, whose film 5 Broken Cameras,
about protests against Israel’s apartheid wall in the West Bank and earned him
and co-producer Guy Davidi an Oscar nomination, has been shortlis…Read More...
In a move which provided a glimpse at the deep fear of negative publicity within
the Israeli authorities, Michael Oren, Israeli envoy to the United States, has
spoken out against recent Israeli documentary The Gatekeepers. Sp…Read More...
A follow up to the well-loved Born Free, this new DVD release of To Walk With
Lions brings us again back to the real-life story of conservationist George
Adamson. Born Free made him famous thanks to the stirring tale of…Read More...
As some of the other writers in this series have already pointed out, the term
‘world cinema’ is a tricky one to work with. As much – if not more – an
invention of marketing and retail as it is of criticism, it is a…Read More...
With Cinema Komunisto first time director Mila Turajlic displays an impressive
maturity both in handling a fascinating and complex subject and in the virtuosity
of the filmmaking itself. Charting the story of the film industry…Read More...
The City Of Photographers is being screened at the Dochouse as part of their
Resistencia: Focus On Latin America programme which runs on 22nd September 2012.
In the wake of the success of 2012’s Nostalgia For The Light, t…Read More...
One-Zero is being screened as part of Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab
Cinema, an ambitious programme of popular Arab film showing at the ICA, London
from 21st September 2012. A legal challenge by elements of the Co…Read More...
With most of the recent hype around Lars von Trier’s next feature, The
Nymphomaniac, focusing on the ‘hard-core’ elements of the erotically charged
film, it may come as a surprise to hear the news from Australian…Read More...
Released now as part of the ‘Masters of Cinema’ series, Jia Zhangke’s 2004
drama The World captures youthful dreams and realities, passions and fears, in
all their rawness and beauty – and all set against the back…Read More...
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