Taxi Tehran is the third clandestine film directed and written by acclaimed Iranian director, Jafar Pahani since a twenty-year ban on filmmaking was imposed on him in 2010. After being charged with spreading anti-government propaganda, Pahani […]
Film: Carol – Passionate and groundbreaking
Leeds International Film Festival’s closing screening, Carol, starring the spellbinding duo Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, received over eight hundred spectators in the majestic Town Hall. Stephen Woolley, the producer of Carol, came to introduce […]
LIFF: The French Connections
This year’s Leeds International Film Festival screened a series of seven short films by French directors entitled French Connections. Encapsulating the quirky French cinematic style, the short films are at once witty and soulful, commenting […]
Review: Rainbow Collective Film Festival – "Bafana" and "AmaZulu: The Children of Heaven"
The Rainbow Collective Film Festival, hosted by the University of Leeds, last week screened humanitarian films produced by the graduates of the Northern Film School in Leeds, Richard York and Hannan Majid. The two short films […]
Psychology Students will have a field day on Pixar’s Inside Out
Inside Out, Pixar’s new release is an intelligent and witty insight into the human mind. Psychology students will have a field day as the creators delve into cognitive thinking, bringing to life the extraordinary workings […]
Timbuktu engenders defiance in the face of injustice
Timbuktu, a film by French Mauritius director Abderrahmane Sissako, depicts the ten month occupation of the town in Mali, West Africa by Islamic militants. They announce their unjust and irrational rules through rusty loudspeakers driving […]