Reviews

Two Prosecutors review – a quaint variation on a story told many times before
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – here comes the bride...again
Dead Man’s Wire review – watchable, but struggles to justify its existence
Abode review – a mixed bag selection of home-themed shorts
The Good Boy review – needs a tighter leash
Arco review – primary-colour, major-key storytelling

Features

Sheep, grief and beats: The big-hearted DJ Ahmet
Help to save one of the UK’s oldest cinemas
Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To Earth
Michael Shannon's Big Year
Forbidden Fruits – first-look review
Greetings Earthlings: The tactile joy of puppets in space

Film Africa

Festivals

Why the question of identity is still a common concern among African filmmakers

by Tasso Dattenberg-Doyle

This year’s Film Africa event showed that African people are still not free to define their own identity abroad.

Festivals

A new film exposes the mistreatment of Uganda’s LGBT community

by Matthew Anderson

The Pearl of Africa highlights the everyday struggle of transgender people – and offers a beacon of hope.

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Two Prosecutors review – a quaint variation on a story told many times before

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – here comes the bride...again

Dead Man’s Wire review – watchable, but struggles to justify its existence

Abode review – a mixed bag selection of home-themed shorts

The Good Boy review – needs a tighter leash

Arco review – primary-colour, major-key storytelling

Sheep, grief and beats: The big-hearted DJ Ahmet

Help to save one of the UK’s oldest cinemas

Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To Earth

Michael Shannon's Big Year

Forbidden Fruits – first-look review

Greetings Earthlings: The tactile joy of puppets in space

Why the question of identity is still a common concern among African filmmakers

A new film exposes the mistreatment of Uganda’s LGBT community