Will Rowan

2 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Will Rowan

- Claude Barras’ second feature tells a story of environmental precarity in Borneo’s rainforest, where family is the last line of defence against the expansion of the local palm oil plantationHuman hands grasp at all living things in the forest until they turn to ash or dust. My Life as a Courgette director Claude Barras’ latest film, Savages, captures the brittleness of nature in the face of expansionist man.

3 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Will Rowan

GOCRITIC! Anifilm Liberec 2025 by - Other winners of the Czech animation festival include Gianluigi Toccafondo's The Voice of the Sirens, Mansi Maheshwari's Bunnyhood, Meejin Hong’s Deluge and Jan Saska’s Hurikán The sixth edition of the Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, which was held in Liberec, Czech Republic, from 6 to 11 May, closed on Saturday night with an award ceremony at the Technical University of Liberec. In the International Competition’s section for feature...

May 9, 2024 | filmhounds.co.uk | Will Rowan

Following the release of his latest film, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, FILMHOUNDS had the chance to talk with Radu Jude about film as college, filmmaking as haikus, and the impending end of everything we love and hold dear. Over the past two decades, Radu Jude has become one of Romania's most prolific auteurs, with his black humour and sharp satirical chops increasingly finding their way to international audiences.

Feb 27, 2024 | moviemarker.co.uk | Will Rowan |Jumpcut Studios

Released: 3rd May 2024 (UK)Director: Rose GlassStarring: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Ed HarrisReview By: Will RowanHow do you follow up on a cult classic? In Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass offers a blueprint, completely shifting gears from her debut, Saint Maud, to a tale of muscle and murder set in the 1980s American West. In doing so, we’re treated to the best trip to the gym you’ll take this year.

Feb 21, 2024 | yorkvision.co.uk | Will Rowan

Last Swim, which opened the Generation strand at this year’s Berlinale, is a confident debut feature from UK-based director Sasha Nathwani. Set in the old, stuffy rooms of UCL, we meet Londoner Ziba, a determined A-level student. She is about to excel in an interview that will secure her place to study astrophysics, but a shadow looms over her bright future: Ziba is seriously ill, forcing her to live in the immediacy of the present at a time when the only topic is the future.