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 274 reviews by Richard Mowe in the database: read them here
Latest Film Reviews
Pretty Babies
Two young girls flee their hometown drawn by the seductive promise of the Hollywood but their American Dream soon fractures.
Borges And Me
In the early 1970s writer and student Jay Parini finds himself committed to driving blind poet Jorge Luis Borges across the Scottish countryside. The pair form a bond over the journey.
Skintown
During the 1994 IRA ceasefire, two best friends try to escape their lives in a small Irish town.
Sea Of Glass
After experiencing immense family turmoil in the wake of her husband’s death, a woman seeks solace in a quiet seaside town. There, she forms an unexpected bond with a young woman.
Black Money For White Nights
After years of saving money from the small bribes they collect, 60-year-old Marina and her husband Gosha from Bulgaria are preparing for their dream trip to St Petersburg to witness the White Nights. But when Russia invades Ukraine and the travel agency vanishes with all their savings, the couple’s dream collapses.
The Guest
New parents Karl and Emilie are looking forward to a weekend break where they plan to announce their baby's name. The day before the celebration, Karl's estranged mother shows up.
A Happy Family
A mother finds her life turned upside down after a fire leads to her children being put in foster care and becomes determined to track them down.
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