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 256 reviews by Richard Mowe in the database: read them here

Latest Film Reviews

Sirât
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Leave One Day
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born... and runs into her teenage crush.
Enzo
A 16-year-old boy breaks out from his bourgeois family and starts an apprenticeship as a stonemason. He also meets a Ukrainian colleague who turns his world upside down.
A Magnificent Life
Animated consideration of the life of the cinema pioneer.
The Phoenician Scheme
The story of a family and a family business.
Nouvelle Vague
This is the story of Godard making Breathless, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made Breathless.
Die, My Love
A woman battles her demons.
The Great Arch
1982. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of La Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Against all odds, Otto von Spreckelsen, a Danish architect, wins the competition...
Bono: Stories Of Surrender
A vivid reimagining of Bono’s critically acclaimed one-man stage show, Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…
Eddington
A stand-off between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbour is pitted against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico.

Features

Director István Szabó on reflections, restorations and why he will never say never
01 Jun 2025
Director István Szabó on reflections, restorations and why he will never say never
Marcel Ophuls obituary
26 May 2025
Death Of The Sorrow And The Pity’s Marcel Ophuls at the age of 97
Jodie Foster: Speaking the language turns me into a totally different person
23 May 2025
Jodie finds the right French accent in A Private Life
'It’s the work that is going to stand above all awards'
23 May 2025
Spike Lee on hard graft, collaborating with Denzel and his love of the Knicks
Sylvain Chomet on animating Marcel Pagnol's career in A Magnificent Life
20 May 2025
Sylvain Chomet on animating Marcel Pagnol's career in A Magnificent Life

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News Stories

Douglas takes Cuckoo’s Nest to Karlovy Vary
12 Jun 2025
Celebrations to mark film’s 50th anniversary with gala screening
Pushing boundaries in Karlovy Vary
03 Jun 2025
Festival organisers unveil challenging selection of titles - and a tribute to John Garfield
Panahi scoops the Cannes Palme d’Or
24 May 2025
Trier’s Sentimental Value awarded the Grand Prix
Chilean director takes top award in Un Certain Regard
24 May 2025
Palestinian brothers share best director accolade in Cannes ceremony
A Useful Ghost spirits away Critics' Week top prize
22 May 2025
Cannes jury praises 'bold, free and unclassifiable work.. that bends the rules'

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Galleries

First images of The House That Jack Built
27 Apr 2018
Cannes 2024 - opening night
14 May 2024
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