Jeremie Battaglia’s debut documentary, Perfect, follows the Canadian synchronised swimming team over the course of a year leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympics Qualifiers. Framing the beauty alongside the struggle, Battaglia portrays a hard life for the women of the team, as they strive for the perfection the sport
The one thing you never think about when living in a sprawling metropolis is how did it come to be. Looking at the buildings in London the way they are cheek by jowl, it doesn’t look as if a lot of planning went into it. Brasilia: Life After Design will
Listen to a woman tell a joke and hear her entire life story. In short, that previous sentence sums up Funny Cow. Maxine Peake takes the title role of Funny Cow. The film charts the rise of a female comedian working the comedy circuit of working men's clubs in Northern
The last time Dwayne Johnson starred in a videogame adaptation we got Doom. I guess the only way is up from there. I’ve never played the Ramage games, but I get the gist of them; you’re a giant monster destroying a city – there’s not much more to say on
The fourth BBC Arab Festival will see the UK premiere of Those Who Remain. This is a documentary from esteemed, Lebanese female documentary maker Eliane Raheb. Those Who Remain tells the story of a Maronite Christian farmer, Haykal Mikhael, based in Akkar, Northern Lebanon, who struggles to build his family home whilst
