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Sarah Kent

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State of Statelessness (2024) 3/5 EDIT “In films this short, there’s no opportunity to explore solutions to the problems they reveal and, inevitably, this leaves the viewer feeling as stuck as the protagonists. ” – The Arts Desk Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Tale of Silyan (2025) 100% 3/5 EDIT “The overall message is stark – a community destroyed and wildlife decimated – yet the film is infused with enormous warmth, humour and courage thanks mainly to Nikola who, totally at ease with the camera, is a joy to watch.” – The Arts Desk Dec 13, 2025 Full Review Bogancloch (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Every frame of Bogancloch is treated as a work of art and the viewer is given ample time to relish the beauty of the framing, lighting and composition.” – The Arts Desk Jun 2, 2025 Full Review Nocturnes (2024) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Directors Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan have their work cut out to make the subject interesting to watch. Luckily the visuals are stunning.” – The Arts Desk Dec 11, 2024 Full Review Snow Leopard (2023) 73% 2/5 EDIT “CGI and clever editing make the hunt remarkably convincing; as the terrorised sheep try desperately to escape slaughter, their panic is palpable. Sadly, though, all the other visual effects are clunky beyond measure. ” – The Arts Desk Nov 25, 2024 Full Review The Echo (2023) 100% 4/5 EDIT “As a series of beautifully observed scenes of childhood,The Echo is unsurpassed and cameraman Ernesto Pardo’s shots of landscapes and weather are glorious. But as an objective look at life in a Mexican village, the film remains frustratingly incoherent.” – The Arts Desk Jul 26, 2024 Full Review Heart of an Oak (2022) 4/5 EDIT “On one level, Heart of an Oak is the most spectacular nature film you are ever likely to see... [But] the upshot is a sanitised view of the natural world.” – The Arts Desk Jul 5, 2024 Full Review Wilding (2023) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Directed by David Allen, Wilding tells the remarkable story of Knepp’s transformation from a barren tract of marginal land to a fertile oasis. Not surprisingly, the film is visually stunning.” – The Arts Desk Jun 13, 2024 Full Review Stephen (2023) 5/5 EDIT “Stephen is the first feature film by multi-media artist Melanie Manchot and it’s the best debut film I’ve seen since Steve McQueen’s Hunger. It’s gripping from the first frame to the last.” – The Arts Desk Apr 23, 2024 Full Review Fantastic Machine (2023) 65% 3/5 EDIT “Having done a brilliant job of amassing a wealth of thought-provoking material, they avoid drawing any conclusions from it... They simply ask where we go from here; which feels like a complete cop out.” – The Arts Desk Apr 19, 2024 Full Review Driving Mum (2022) 88% 5/5 EDIT “Kristbjörg Kjeld is brilliant as the the back seat driver from hell – a disgruntled corpse who occasionally opens her eyes to berate her feckless son. And Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson makes your heart bleed.” – The Arts Desk Feb 28, 2024 Full Review The Settlers (2023) 94% 3/5 EDIT “The film might have worked both as a brutal Western and as history... But a desire to explore how the state covered up the slaughter of the Selk’nam people led [Gálvez] to abruptly switch genres -- from western to period drama -- and to adopt the clichés.” – The Arts Desk Feb 9, 2024 Full Review The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023) 100% EDIT “Nicole Newnham’s superb documentary charts the dramatic rise and fall of this brave woman who optimistically remarked that “equality doesn’t seem dangerous to me.”” – The Arts Desk Jan 12, 2024 Full Review Queendom (2023) 100% 4/5 EDIT “I’d have liked to see more of her strikingly beautiful costumes and performances... But instead, Galdanova focuses on the fraught relationship between Marvin and the grandparents who brought her up. ” – The Arts Desk Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Beyond Utopia (2023) 100% 4/5 EDIT “he history of Korea and the appalling conditions that drive people to defect are revealed through archive footage, clips smuggled out from North Korea on mobile phone chips and the testimony of Hyeonseo Lee.” – The Arts Desk Oct 31, 2023 Full Review The Nettle Dress (2023) 100% 5/5 EDIT “As well as a beautiful example of independent or “slow” film, then, The Nettle Dress can also be viewed in the context of a burgeoning movement that aims to foster ways of making clothing that is less environmentally destructive than fast fashion.” – The Arts Desk Sep 25, 2023 Full Review A Life on the Farm (2022) 96% 4/5 EDIT “They analyse the odd ball footage, comment on the man and assess his creative achievements and legacy. All of this is interesting, but as a result, Carson’s output comes sliced and pre-packaged. ” – The Arts Desk Sep 8, 2023 Full Review Baato (2020) 3/5 EDIT “The film is not only about their arduous journey, though, but a region undergoing dramatic change.” – The Arts Desk Jul 31, 2023 Full Review Hello, Bookstore (2022) 88% 4/5 EDIT “It’s impossible not to fall in love with Matthew Tannenbaum, the man at the centre of this delightful film.” – The Arts Desk Jun 29, 2023 Full Review The Dam (2022) 80% 3/5 EDIT “By juxtaposing life in the brickyard with events in the capital, Cherri has created a remarkably haunting allegory. ” – The Arts Desk May 8, 2023 Full Review Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023) 94% 5/5 EDIT “Cortés’s film is so rich and illuminating that it seems churlish to ask for more.” – The Arts Desk Apr 27, 2023 Full Review Antidote (2023) 3/5 EDIT “Marc Silver’s fly-on-the-wall shooting style is not suited to rigorous enquiry. As a one-man band, he could have done with another pair of eyes, someone to ask exactly what he was trying to say.” – The Arts Desk Mar 27, 2023 Full Review Town of Strangers (2018) 83% 2/5 EDIT “It’s so naff, you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.” – The Arts Desk Feb 8, 2023 Full Review Fire of Love (2022) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Seeing the ash plume unfold in the shape of a mushroom cloud 40 kilometres high -- beautiful but deadly -- is awe inspiring. But Dosa undercuts the raw power of such glorious moments with hideous sentimentality.” – The Arts Desk Aug 1, 2022 Full Review We (2021) 80% 2/5 EDIT “Despite Diop’s sympathetic approach and some beautiful camerawork, the only time We takes off for me is when she accompanies her sister on her rounds. ” – The Arts Desk Jun 29, 2022 Full Review
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