As you’ll know if you follow me on Twitter, I’m passionate about animal welfare. It’s one of the issues that I regularly have a good old rant about – hunting with hounds, the use of animals in shops, cruelty to pets and of course keeping wild animals in captivity…
Banaz: A Love Story
1 October 2012 by Leave a Comment
Have you heard of a girl called Banaz Mahmod? I hadn’t until I saw the documentary Banaz: A Love Story screening at this year’s Raindance Film Festival. Now I want to tell everyone I meet about Banaz…
20th Raindance Film Festival Launches
4 September 2012 by Leave a Comment
The 20th Raindance Film Festival was launched this morning with details of 104 feature films being announced including a fascinating Mexican thread, the best of independent British film making and a number of thought-provoking documentaries on the schedule…
Top Ten: Raindance Films
14 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
My series on the 19th Raindance Film Festival has now come to an end. In the past couple of weeks I’ve brought you 23 movie reviews and 3 interviews, over on Twitter I’ve had some great discussions with directors and fellow movie-goers….
Scenes of a Crime
13 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
In the past few weeks the case of Troy Davis has brought the issue of miscarriages of justice in the American legal system to the front of public consciousness. People are appalled that an apparently innocent man could be sentenced to death against the evidence available…
Holy Rollers
11 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
I’m not a religious person but I do get a little tired of the cliched representations of people of faith in films and TV. If you’re Muslim, you’re a terrorist; if you’re Jewish, you’re the weedy, perpetual victim and if you’re Christian…
How To Start A Revolution
6 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
It always feels strange going to the cinema to see a documentary feature. When I think of factual films I tend to look towards Channel 4 or BBC 2 rather than a night out at the movies…
Interview – Fambul Tok Producer, Libby Hoffman
4 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
Fambul Tok is a moving documentary about the power of forgiveness and reconciliation which held its UK premiere at the Raindance Film Festival…
Fambul Tok
4 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
In my old job I worked with survivors of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. I was always struck by their dignity, desire to rebuild their lives and the lack of desire for revenge…
Festival Preview: 10 Unmissable Raindance Films
22 September 2011 by Leave a Comment
In just under a week’s time London’s Raindance Film Festival will begin. This is the first film festival that I’ll be attending since launching LouiseReviews and I have to admit I’m pretty excited about the festival, seeing so many new films, meeting film-makers…