All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 20
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Reviews‘La Leyenda Negra’: Sundance Review
An El Salvadorian immigrant struggles to fit in at her new LA school
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Reviews‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’: Sundance Review
Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi focuses on one woman to highlight wider issues within a patriarchal society
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Reviews‘The Mole Agent’: Sundance Review
Charming documentary in which an 83-year-old man goes undercover in a Chilean care home
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Reviews‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’: Sundance Review
A striking debut from Lesotho made under Venice’s Biennale College initiative
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2019: Allan Hunter
Hunter has worked for Screen since 1990. He is based in Edinburgh, and is also co-director of Glasgow Film Festival.
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Reviews‘The Garden Left Behind’: Review
A young immigrant trans woman and her grandmother navigate their life in New York City
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Reviews‘Motel Acacia’: Tokyo Review
A Fililpino motel houses an ancient demon in Bradley Liew’s ambitious yet haphazard creature feature
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Reviews‘Running To The Sky’: Review
A highly attractive coming-of-age story set in a remote Kyrgyzstan village
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Reviews‘Muscle’: Review
A slow-burn psychological thriller set in the testosterone-filled confines of an old-style gym
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Reviews‘Savage’: London Review
Toxic masculinity and its lethal consequences in a New Zealand street gang
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Reviews‘Coup 53’: London Review
’A sharp-eyed history lesson that unfolds with the pace and fascination of thriller’
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Reviews‘Walking With Shadows’: London Review
A wife discovers her husband is gay in this exploration of queer Nigeria
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Reviews‘Nocturnal’: London Review
Nathalie Biancheri makes her fiction debut with a striking tale of an uneasy friendship between a young girl and an older handyman
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Reviews‘Fabulous’: Busan Review
A wannabe-writer befriends a popular Instagram star in this cautionary Canadian drama
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Reviews‘The Accidental Rebel’: Busan Review
A Syrian man finds himself drawn into conflict while searching for his missing brother
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Reviews‘Antigone’: Busan Review
A Greek-Canadian is faced with family tragedy in this sensitive updating of the Sophocles tragedy
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Reviews‘John Denver Trending’: Busan Review
A Filipino high-schooler finds himself the target of a social media witch hunt
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Reviews‘Diapason’: Busan Review
A grieving mother fights for justice in Iran’s inherently patriarchal system
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Reviews‘Rom’: Busan Review
A teenage boy struggles to survive on the mean streets of Ho Chi Minh City
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Reviews‘Paradise’: Busan Review
A Sicilian man develops surprising new friendships while enrolled in witness protection in the Alps