“Shamelessly entertaining” Dutch film Black Book, directed by Paul Verhoeven
Category Archives: film
Review no 117: African film Kmêdeus: Spirit of a City (Cabo Verde)
Fascinating and often beautiful insight into the art and culture of Cabo Verde
Review no 113: Dhalinyaro (Jeunesse or Youth), a film from Djibouti
Charming coming of age tale from Djibouti
Review no 110: film A Screaming Man (Chad)
NORTH AFRICA (In French and Arabic with English subtitles) This October, during Black History Month in the UK, Africa in Motion (Scotland), Afrika Eye (Bristol), the Cambridge African Film Festival (CAFF), Film Africa (London) and Watch-Africa Cymru (Wales) have all come together to provide an opportunity to watch some of the best African films of the past […]
Review no 108: Saudi Arabian film Wadjda
Unique female-directed Saudi Arabian feature film
Review no 106: Film Midnight Traveler by Hassan Fazili (Afghanistan)
moving and engaging documentary film about one family’s desperate struggle to flee Afghanistan
Review no 97: Honeyland (film from North Macedonia)
Intimate film about the delicate symbiosis of a North Macedonian ecosytem and one of Europe’s last wild bee keepers
Review no 94: The Lives of Others (Germany)
Voyeurism and moral quandaries in 1980s Germany
Review no 91: Cook Off – a movie from Zimbabwe
Charming ultra-low-budget rom-com from Zimbabwe, Cook Off
Review no 83: Syrian feature documentary ‘For Sama’
I watched For Sama (2019) on All 4, knowing only that it was an Oscar-nominated film about the Syrian conflict, dedicated to the baby daughter of the journalist and film maker Waad al-Kateab (and co-directed by Edward Watts). I expected it to be harrowing, but I was unprepared for how gripping and powerful the film […]
