Tag: Bleak Street

Bleak Street | DVD Review

“Let’s drink and hate everything and everyone,” mutters one bedraggled prostitute to another in Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein’s latest masterpiece, Bleak Street, a tale...

The Conversation: The Totality of Toronto (Plus 2015 TIFF Top Ten)

In the nine consecutive years I’ve attended the Toronto International Film Festival, it remains an elusive monstrosity of an event. With its hundreds of...

2015 TIFF: Venice Preems from Masters Skolimowski, Bellocchio & Sokurov Among 13

As usual, the Masters programme is cholk-full of carryover items from world renowned auteurs who've already premiered last February (Berlin), this past May (Cannes)...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...