The 71st Venice Film Festival awards results are in – Venezia 71 The Venezia 71 jury has chosen its winners for 2014.  Chaired by Alexandre Desplat and featuring Joan Chen, Philip Gröning, Jessica Hausner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandy Powell, Tim Roth, Elia Suleiman and Carlo Verdone, the jury have viewed all 20 films in competition to […]

La Biennale di Venezia August 27th – September 6th, 2014 Venice, Italy by Joanna Orland & Ruth Thomson The Venice Film Festival once again took place on the city’s Lido with an array of films and talent on display.  With programming director Alberto Barbera returning for his second consecutive year, the festival which is organized […]

En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence) Directed by Roy Andersson In UK Cinemas April 24th, 2015 by Ruth Thomson This is only the fifth feature film from intriguing 71-year-old Swedish director Roy Andersson, who it turns out is a unique individual in […]