Richard Mowe

Richard is an arts, film and features journalist, attends festivals around the world including Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Deauville, Locarno, London, Venice and Taormina. His passion for cinema ran away with him when he helped to create two Film Festivals, now 20 years old, and devoted to French-Francophone cinema and Italian cinema at different locations around the UK in November and April respectively.

He is a director of boutique UK film distributors CinéFile and ran the Lumière cinema in Edinburgh over a number of years. He is a member of the National Union of Journalists, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, FIPRESCI the international federation of film critics, the Critics’ Circle, and the Guild of Regional Film Journalists.

We have 224 reviews by Richard Mowe in the database: read them here

Latest Film Reviews

Red Rooms
A woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer.
The Edge Of The Blade
Paris, 1887. Duels have been officially outlawed but are still regular practice. This historical drama is set against that backdrop.
Bleeding Love
After overdosing on benzodiazepines and opioids, a young woman is picked up from the hospital by her father and the two embark on a road trip together. He was absent during most of her childhood due to addiction. In a last ditch effort to save her, he attempts to convince her to get sober.
Firebrand
A dramatisation of the marriage between King Henry VIII of England and Catherine Parr.
Asteroid City
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Club Zero
A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship which eventually takes a dangerous turn.
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
Black Flies
A young paramedic makes his way through his first year on the job in New York City.
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major FBI investigation involving J Edgar Hoover.
How To Have Sex
Three friends contend with peer pressure in their decision to “do it”.

Features

Nicole Garcia on Disney+ series
03 Mar 2024
When real-life imitates art in new Disney+ series Everything Is Fine
Robin Campillo trounces childhood demons and colonisation on an island in the sun
27 Feb 2024
Red Island director trounces childhood demons and colonisation in the sun
Director of The Taste of Things on Binoche, Magimel and the row around the Oscars
14 Feb 2024
Director of The Taste of Things on Binoche, Magimel and an Oscar polemic
Juliette Binoche on being reunited with Benoît Magimel onscreen
11 Feb 2024
The Taste Of Things brings France’s celebrity couple together again
Catherine Frot - under the spell of Loach, Leigh and Frears
29 Sep 2023
French actress declares her love and admiration for British Cinema

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News Stories

Many lives of Abel Gance’s Napoleon
19 Apr 2024
Epic silent film restored for a 'new' version in Cannes Classics
Sophie Fillières' final film to open Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
16 Apr 2024
Agnès Jaoui escapes to the Highlands in filmmaker's fond farewell
Cannes Critics’ Week to open with Ghost Trail
15 Apr 2024
Record number of contenders vie for space in the selection
Coppola, Arnold, Cronenberg hope to make bumper Cannes
11 Apr 2024
Thierry Frémaux announces the return of the Festival’s big guns for 77th edition
Costner and Lucas ride out at Cannes
09 Apr 2024
Stars return for world premiere and a Golden Palm, while Andrea Arnold also to receive honour

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Galleries

First images of The House That Jack Built
27 Apr 2018
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