Ana by Day: exploring identity and the limits of freedom and pursuing one’s dreams
Andrea Jaurrieta, “Ana by Day / Ana de Dia” (2017) You feel vaguely dissatisfied with
The Curse of La Llorona: cursed by cheap thrills and Hollywood horror film cliches
Michael Chaves , “The Curse of La Llorona” (2019) As his full-length movie directorial debut,
British Films | Eastern European Films
Abandoned Europe | Road To Ratus: even searching for past Soviet-era reality ends in disappointment
“Abandoned Europe / Road to Ratus” (Bald and Bankrupt, April 2019) “Could be awesome, could
British Films | Eastern European Films
Nobody Visits This Country … Find Out Why: a UK tourist finds out why in the ruin and decay of Kishinev
“Nobody Visits This Country … Find Out Why” (Bald and Bankrupt, April 2019) Bald and
German and German-language Films
Botswana’s Heavy Metal Queens: focusing on the fashions and image rather than the music and the subculture
Sarah Vianney, “Botswana’s Heavy Metal Queens” (2018) Despite the title, the heavy metal queens of
British Films | French and French-language Films
The Happy Prince: a character study of Oscar Wilde in exile and artistic decline
Rupert Everett, “The Happy Prince” (2018) A labour of love, of much research over the
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
The Hole: an ultimately unsatisfying film about isolation, alienation and yearning for connection
Tsai Ming-liang, “The Hole / Dong” (1998) Its theme of yearning for connection and hope
Altimir: a village representing in microcosm the impact of neoliberal capitalism on post-Communist nations
Kay Hannahan, “Altimir” (2016) Since 1989 when they left the sphere of Soviet political /
Japanese Films | Russian and Soviet Films
A society fragmenting in “Dying Alone: Kodokushi, Japan’s epidemic of isolation through the eyes of a ‘lonely death’ cleaner”
Artyom Somov, “Dying Alone: Kodokushi, Japan’s epidemic of isolation through the eyes of a ‘lonely
French and French-language Films | Multi-media Presentations
The Image Book: a demanding critique on the role of film in contemporary Western society
Jean-Luc Godard, “The Image Book / Le Livre d’Image” (2018) At 84 minutes, in no