Beyond Utopia |Close-Up Film Review
Beyond Utopia, directed by Madeleine Gavin, documents the plight of North Korean defectors and the worsening situation of human rights under Kim Jong-Un’s regime.
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Author: Ben Thomas
Beyond Utopia |Close-Up Film Review
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood |Close-Up Film Review
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, directed by Anna Hints, is a spiritual and therapeutic journey within. The film is predominantly minimal and verbal in its form, but elevates itself in its soulful and vulnerable storytelling: focusing on fear, trauma, pain and healing.
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20 Days In Mariupol |Close-Up Film Review
20 Days In Mariupol, directed by Mstyslav Chernov, is a direct and unwavering documentation of the atrocities committed by Russian forces in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol during the first twenty days of the siege in 2022.
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Total Trust |Close-Up Film Review
Total Trust, directed by Chinese filmmaker Jialing Zhang, is a well-constructed documentary that covers a range of personal and political issues relating to the Chinese firewall and surveillance state.
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Milisuthando |Close-Up Film Review
Milisuthando, directed by Milisuthando Bongela, is a sprawling and innovative personal essay that combines stills, historical archive footage, intimate argumentation and rapid montage.
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The Super 8 Years (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
The Super 8 Years, directed by Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot, is a deeply personal archive documentary that weaves home-made Super 8 camera footage in and amongst family memories, media theory and global events.
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Hummingbirds | Close-Up Film Review
More than anything else, Hummingbirds is a film about resilient friendship, and the timelessness of teasing and tender encouragement.
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Three Colours: Red (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Three Colours: Red is a mammoth achievement in filmmaking. Krzysztof Kieślowski, in his final film (a fact he knew at the time), dazzles in ways only few directors have.
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Three Colours: White (15) |Close-Up Film Review
A newly restored version of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours: White is being re-released into cinemas by Curzon. The entire Three Colours Trilogy, newly restored in 4K, will be screened in UK cinemas from March 31st
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Three Colours: Blue (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Thirty years since its initial release in 1993, a newly restored version of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours: Blue is being re-released into cinemas by Curzon.
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