19 December 2025 RELAY (L’INTERMÉDIAIRE) *** This is a slow-burning thriller about an undercover man who helps whistle blowers confront their corrupt corporations. There’s a young girl who wants to do the right thing by revealing a dangerous cover-up in her company. She gets in touch with this mysterious ‘relay man’, but they can never […]

12 December 2025 This week we have 3 independent art films from Brazil, U.S. and Iceland. They take us into unknown territories and share the individual lives of characters from remote areas that afford us a world view of varied experiences. That is the gift of worthwhile cinema. LES VOYAGES DE TEREZA (U Ultimo Azul/The […]

5 December 2025 THE VOICE OF HIND REJAB **** (vo Arabic) There have recently been a slew of fine films, such as “All That’s Left Of You” or “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack”, concerning the horrendously dire situation of the Palestinian people.This one is the purest, most effective one. It will grab you by the throat […]

28 November 2025 BUGONIA ***1/2 There’s a single-minded conspiracy theorist who believes he’s found the one alien who can lead him to saving our corrupt, degenerating world. And there is his docile, naive best-buddy whom he’s training to assist him in a wild scheme to kidnap the supposed alien – the razor-sharp female CEO of […]

21 November 2025 JAY KELLY *** This is a film that one cannot quite pin down. When I first saw it, it seemed to glow with the charm of a real life movie star (played by Mr. Charmer himself, George Clooney); it had the depth of a man realising, despite all the fame and glory […]

14 November 2025 WIDOW CLIQUOT *** Feminism is not such a modern idea – there have been many strong, determined women throughout history. To note just a few – Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I, Madame Curie, Amelia Earhart, etc… Let’s add one more, much less known for her exploits than for her world-renowned champagne, Veuve Clicquot. […]

7 November 2025 L’ÉTRANGER ***1/2 (vo French) The inimitable French auteur François Ozon has done it again, with his usual elegance and discretion, as with his other superbly varied films such as “Huit Femmes”, “Potiche”, Frantz” or “Grâce à Dieu”. This time he has taken the Albert Camus novel ‘The Stranger’ and given it the […]

LA DISPARITION DE JOSEPH MENGELE ***1/2 (vo German) Kirill Serebrennikov is one of Russia’s most important new wave directors, with such powerful films as LETO, about a 1980s rock star, which made a huge splash in Cannes 2018, the feverish PETROV’s FLU, or the densely tragic TCHAIKOVSKY’S WIFE from 2022. Being an adamant dissident, he […]

24 October 2025 FRANKENSTEIN **** The exceptional Mexican director Guillermo del Toro is back once again with another of his moving studies on his favourite themes of myths, gothism and poetic beauty. His previous brilliant works have included the 2017 Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water” and his tenderly innovative “Pinocchio” which won the Oscar, BAFTA […]