Do you believe you can right your wrong doings? This is possibly the premise for the stylish debut feature film from Hungarian writer-director Balazs Juszt. THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY is set in the world of Roman Catholicism, from Massachusetts to Rome. Previously a director of music videos and commercials,
The Girl King tells the story of Sweden's 17th Century 'Virgin-Queen'. Queen since the age of 6, Kristina has been raised as a man so she'd be fit to rule. On her 18th birthday and her true ascension, Kristina embarks on a short but progressive rule as she fights for
A gritty Brit thriller from first-time writer and director Helen Walsh that promises plenty of potential. In the council estates and dingy streets of a nameless and faceless northern city, disillusioned teen Shelly (Lauren McQueen) roams through a life of poverty, fear and petty theft. Haunted by an abusive father and
By Monica Foster. Created in under 48 hours, Tom Bailey’s Circadian Rhythms (2015) explores the nature of illness and biological disorders that are beyond people’s initial control and comprehension. The emphasis on the corporal and the spiritual is introduced at the beginning of the film with a wide and establishing shot
It's an unseasonably cold late-May evening in Berlin and I'm sitting under a blanket in an outdoor cinema. The locals are taking deckchairs from a pile and attempting to set them up near the front. No one knows how they work. Fingers are trapped; chairs collapse. It's like pre-feature performance
