A Promise (2013)
★★★☆☆
A love letter to the unknown woman, veteran director’s Patrice Leconte’s English language debut A Promise reaches a pinnacle of mushy romanticism.
Reviews
Joe (2013)
★★★☆☆
Dark and uncompromisingly grim, David Gordon Green’s Joe is a wicked Southern Gothic tale of violence and vice in the heart of the Deep South.
Norte, The End Of History (2013)
★★★★☆
Reimagining Dostoyevsky’s Crime And Punishment in the north of the Philippines, Lav Diaz’s Norte, The End Of History is a stunning slowburner of epic proportions.
Grand Central (2013)
★★★★☆
Love in a radioactive time, Rebecca Zlotowski’s Grand Central is a stylish romance, of modern baroque and packed with symbolism.
Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
★★★☆☆
Exposing the tremendous work of a nanny-photographer undiscovered in her lifetime, John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier uncovers a very private life lived in public places.
Boyhood (2014)
★★★★★
Richard Linklater’s intimate portrayal of growing up is an intoxicating combination of humour, melancholy and unbridled hope that will mean something to everyone.
Cycling With Molière / Alceste à Bicyclette (2013)
★★★☆☆
Sparks fly as two old friends rehearse Moliere’s Le Misanthrope, as Philippe Le Guay’s Cycling With Molière searches for honesty beneath the truth inside.
The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared (2013)
★★★☆☆
Forrest Gump meets Zelig in an absurd and ridiculous Swedish farce-cum-road movie about a centenarian’s accidental involvement in major events of 20th century world history and contemporary criminal adventures.
Cold In July (2014)
★★★★☆
A rich, pulpy, synth-infused southern thriller, Jim Mickle’s Cold In July is a brutish neo-noir homage to the cult classics of old.
Under The Rainbow / Au Bout Du Conte (2013)
★★★☆☆
Amidst a riot of frogs, poison apples, wolves and fairy godmothers, Agnès Jaoui’s Under The Rainbow puts fairytale romance to the test.
Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
★★★★☆
With a spectacular, single-handed performance from Juliette Binoche, Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel 1915 looks at the pained loneliness of a woman put out to pasture.
Miss Violence (2013)
★★★★☆
The sudden suicide of an 11-year-old girl on her birthday triggers the revelation of the secrets that her family is colluding to preserve.
Chinese Puzzle / Casse-tête Chinois (2013)
★★★☆☆
The road stops here for the travels of young Xavier, as Cédric Klapisch’s Chinese Puzzle takes on fatherhood and the mind-bending complexity of modern living.
Of Horses And Men (2013)
★★★★☆
Benedikt Erlingsson’s Of Horses And Men is a beautifully interwoven series of dark and hilarious cautionary tales that will win you over at a canter.